1. What have you learnt
about technologies from
the process of
constructing this product?
For this task I am going to discuss all the technology I have used in the
process, including hardware, software a nd any online techonolgy.
2. Final-Cut Pro
• Final-cut pro was an immense
part of our opening and it was
vital that we knew everything
about it to create the best video
we could:
This is the element you will be watching
the most and the easiest to explain, this is
your video that you are producing. Here is
where you watch your opening sequence
and view the changes as you edited them.
Using these tools enabled me to
change between the blade, cut and
select tool. Which we all used
frequently
We entered all clips from our video camera here so we could view
them and favourite the ones we were sure on, then we could enter
them into the main sequence.
3. By looking closely at some
of the boxes, we can
visually see what most of
them represent. For
example 'T' is meant for
text, where we could add
credits. The music symbol
and camera symbol
represent what they are.
These types of elements
are quite simple and self-
explanatory.
The purple bar is where you added sound effects /
music on top of the clips. This screenshot was
during the start process obviously there is a lot
more on there now. On this bar, it enabled us to
control sound so we could have it as loud or as
quiet as we wanted, we could cut the clips if we
wanted another sound to come in / dominate
4. Here, we were able to add
effects, transform, crop,
distort and stabilize the
clips within the sequence.
This is when we were
making our idents, we used
a template from final -cut
pro for a start and to get
the professional look, we
also added a filter as it was
too blue and friendly, this
made it link to our genre,
there were effects such as
'fish eye' to distort the
video which we used in our
opening.
Groups to avoid confusion and
different clips to represent
them
5. Garage
Band
Garage Band is something we didn’t include in our opening as we found a
better song to fit our theme online but I began to develop some knowledge
on this area.
What instrument we wanted to play, here you can see it visually,
there is a guitar. We also had an attempt at the piano.
How long an instrument is playing for was displayed
here. We could see it and crop it, this is the most
used area to us on Garage BandThis is where all major editing took
place and I only briefly got used to this
part
6. Group and Equipment
Our iMac was where we
accessed absolutely
everything. Including the
internet (where everything
else was) and most
importantly Final-Cut Pro.
The camera was where all
the shots / clips came
from. We uploaded all of
the film onto the Mac
where we began to edit.
The tripod was used to enable us to have clear and smooth shots; it keeps the
camera in a still position. This enhanced our professional look and made our
opening as realistic as possible, without this, the shaking and unnecessary
movement would ruin the sequence.
Katie, Caitlin Max & I
7. For all of my coursework, I have got to grips with all sorts of new websites on the internet to enhance my research. These are
most of the ones I have used frequently and have started to understand greatly.
Firstly, 'Prezi' is a presentation website and it’s a great way to interact with your audience, it is easy to use and there is lots
you can do with it.
Secondly, 'YouTube' is where I have posted my videos, from the Prelim Task, to the Final Task, it’s a great way to view my
progress and see how much I have learnt, I have also used a lot of visual examples from YouTube to enhance my research.
For example, I added TEXT annotations so you could visually see my analysis as watching the video, this so it all comes
together and any questions were answered.
Thirdly, 'PowerPoint Online' is what I have used for this task. It gives you an opportunity to be informative but to present it
wisely, avoiding boredom.
Fourthly, 'SlideShare' is used to upload certain documents onto my journal, for example this powerpoint will go through
slideshare to then make an apperance on my journal.
Up fifth, is 'word document', it is basically writing in an essay style, some would argue
its just the same as posting a entry on Mahara, however, this shows I have used lots
of different documents to enhance the entertainment.
Sixth, is 'Internet Explorer' I also used 'Google Chrome' if either was down. They are
to get to all these other elements, and to get these pictures I am currently posting.
Seventh, is 'One Drive' where I posted images so they could go on my journal. Also,
this is how I am accessing PowerPoint online.
Lastly, 'Mahara' is where all my entries are going to be submitted and is a great way
to show progression as its all together in one journal and posts in order, I will
definitely be using Mahara to post my work is the load is a lot.
I have used other methods to present
my work such a 'storyboard that' (etc)
but only used it briefly
