3. Pre-Production
I used word to write several of my pre-
production pieces, it is useful as it is easy
and its grid feature was useful for the
production schedule.
Powerpoint was used for my genre
research, as well as piecing together my
story board and shot list images. Again, it is
quick and easy to use, however I tried to
not use it where I could avoid it as they can
be boring in numbers. (oh the irony...)
I used outlook to email my teachers with
my current work to ask how to improve
it, as well as receiving idea feedback from
my friends.
Gmail was used was to get in contact
with record labels and recording studios
related to the band.
Blogger has been used to
put all of my work online,
so that it can get marked
and is all in one easy place.
Haiku deck is a similar
presentation tool to
powerpoint, however it is
slightly different and a bit more
fun so I used that occasionally.
Emaze is a very intuitive
presentation tool which allows a
very visually engaging piece of
work. I used this on my location
piece to add some variety.
I used prezi for my actors and
equipment task. It is an interactive
tool that allows a more interesting
presentation whilst still allowing a
large amount of detail.
4. Production and Editing (Software)
I used vimeo several times to put my first drafts of my video online for friends
to watch and to give me initial feedback so I could go and tweak bits of it.
I used Adobe Premiere to edit all of my video, I cut all the clips down, placed
them together, colour graded them and did all the basic lighting editing that
my film required. Had my film needed more heavy duty editing, with effects
and other video techniques, I would have used Adobe After Effects. I did not
have to do this in the end as the effects were not demanding in my video.
I used youtube to upload my video for marking, however there were complications
with the copyright. I had a long stream of emails with the bands publisher who
seemed co-operative to help me, they went over and reviewed the copyright
strike. Unfortunately they came back to me the next morning saying that it was
higher up the chain and Sony was involved and it would have to go through them
to get any further. He provided me with a direct email for someone in Sony, but I
am yet to receive any replies from any of my requests.
5. Production and Editing (Hardware)
I used aWindows computer to edit
my video on. It was good as it a very
fast computer and so rendering all of
the clips was very quick which made
the whole process faster.
The Canon 700d was the camera that I used for all
of my video, it was great as the quality was
brilliant.Also because it had a flip view screen it
allowed me to see myself when I was filming the
scenes of me so that I knew I was always in the
image. One annoying feature (although
unavoidable) was that the zoom on the lense
wasn't great at staying sharp at long range.The
shots where I was trying to get the flying bird were
difficult to get a good take, however I think I
managed to get the best I could in the end after
about half an hour sitting waiting for birds to fly in
the right direction.
There was also theVelbon
tripod I used which was
invaluable when I was
doing moving shots, as I
used it as a primitive
steadicam, which for me
worked better as I am not
good at using real steady
cams. But the extra
stability made the shots
look better than they
would have done
otherwise so I am happy
with how it all worked out.
