The document summarizes the tools and software used during the pre-production, production, and post-production stages of a student film project. In pre-production, the group used YouTube to gather inspiration from other films and learn new editing programs. They also used the Art of the Title Sequence website for title inspiration. An HD flip camera was used to film storyboards and gather audience feedback. Final Cut Express was the primary editing software, and Livetype was used to create titles. GarageBand was used to compose the soundtrack, and a Canon HD camera was the main filming camera mounted on a tripod. In post-production, Livetype and Final Cut were used again to finalize effects, edits, and audio mixing.

1. Pre production Youtube was mainly used in pre production to gather information in which we would use for inspiration. We used youtube to evaluate past AS students works. Youtube was also helpful in the use of learning new programs, youtube has millions of tutorials in which helped us learn how to work programs such as livetype and final cut. I used art of the title sequence in order to gain inspiration from other opening sequences, this website was very helpful giving us ideas for things like titles and effects.

2. Equipment This is a HD flip camera that we used in planning. WE used this camera to film short takes our our storyboard in order to make it a video. The HD camera was also used for audience feed back, we take the camera out and record people commenting on out thriller

3. Production Final cut express was used to edit the footage we took of each scene. The tools that Final Cut Express offers include color correction, video effects, audio filtering, audio automation and transition. All of these helped our group achieve the outcome we made in the most professional way possible. In production we also used Livetype; a program capable of making titles. Livetype played a big role in the production of our project, we used livetype to create the titles, to create a title on livetype you make a new text track and then play around with the pre programmed effects or if more skilled create your own effect.

4. GarageBand We used garage band to create the soundtrack for Restricted. Garage band consists of many audio editing tools such as virtual instruments and volume automation. Our music editor wanted to create tension in our soundtrack, he did this by using virtual instruments and audio automation, one problem we encountered was the fact that preset sounds were limited.

5. Camera The Canon GL2 HD Camera was booked out by our team to be used to film our shoots. We used this camera as it is capable of recording in high definition, which made it easier for our editor to edit as it was of a good quality, Final cut Express’ color correction was especially easy to use with the HD clips. We used a tripod in order to capture shots without the camera shaking this give the clip a professional look to it making our project look good.

6. Livetype Livetype was the program we used in order to create titles we went for a modern themed title, which compliments our modern environment On livetype we was able to create a production logo with animated text. We were also able to adjust the color of the eye in livetype.

7. Blogger Blogger was the website we made blogs on to help document all of our research, we had individual blogs for our individual research and a group blog to document everything we did as a group.

8. Post production Livetype was used in post production of our project. Finishing touches were applied at the end such as making sure the effects are timed long enough for the audience to read, making sure they were visible enough, spell checked the names and basically making sure all the information was correct. We used final cut in post production to finalize the edit, we checked each clip to make sure they all worked smoothly with each transition, we also made sure that each clip fitted strict time measurements. We also checked that the music imported from GarageBand fitted the scenes perfectly.