evaluation

1. HOW DID YOU USE NEW MEDIA
TECHNOLOGIES IN THE
CONSTRUCTION, RESEARCH,
PLANNING AND EVALUATION
STAGES?

2. IMAC - COMPUTER
• THE IMAC WAS PROBABLY THE MOST INDISPENSABLE APPARATUS’S AS IT
PROVIDED US WITH THE ABILITY TO ACCESS SOFTWARE LIKE FINAL CUT PRO,
LOGIC PRO X, GARAGEBAND, PHOTOSHOP AND ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS.
• IT ALSO HAD
A LARGE HARD DRIVE
(MEMORY STORAGE)
ALLOWING US TO STORE MORE
INFO AND USE FINAL CUT PRO
FREQUENTLY.

3. FINAL CUT PRO X
FINAL CUT PRO X WAS THE EPI-CENTRE
OF OUR DEVELOPMENT AS IT PROVIDED
US WITH THE ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY:
• EDIT
• EXPORT
• COLOUR GRADE
• SPLICE
• APPLY GRAPHIC EFFECTS I.E TITLES,
TRANSITIONAL EFFECTS
SINCE AS LEVEL MY CONFIDENCE
LEVELS IN PERTAINACE TO FINAL CUT
PRO HAS SIGNIFICNATLY IMPROVED I
AM

4. CAMERA
THE CAMERA WE WERE FACILITATED WITH LAST YEAR WAS INEXPENSIVE AND
UNRELIALBE,TO SAY THE LEAST.WE WERE COMPLETELY BLINDSIDED BY THE
LACK OF QUALITY AND WERE INEXPERIENCED IN WIELDING THE CAMERAAND
DECIDING THE SHOTS THAT WOULD BEST REFLECT AND BRING OUR ARTISTIC
VISION OF HOW WE WANTED OUR FILM TO LOOK LIKE INTO FRUITION.
A PROBLEM WE WERE CONTINULALLY FACED WITH WAS THE CONSTANT
SHAKING OF OUR CAMERA, WHICH INSTANTLY INDICATED TO OUR AUDIENCE
THAT WE WERE SOMEWHAT INEXPERIENCED AND NOVICE.
A SECONDARY PROBLEM WE WERE FACED WITH WAS THE CONSTANT
FLUCTUATION IN LIGHTING ESPECIALLY FROM OUTDOOR TO INDOOR.
ALTHOUGH THESE PROBLEMS STILL EXIST WE WERE THIS YEAR WERE MORE
AWARE AND DISCOVERED MORE EFFECTIVE METHODS OF COMBATING THESE
PROBLEM

5. CAMERA (CONT.)
THIS YEAR WE WERE DEFINETLY MORE CONCIOUS ABOUT THE
LOCATION AND LIGHTING.WE MADE SURE WE FILMED IN AREAS
WHICH WERE WELL LIT IN ORDER TO MAKE THE COLOUR GRADING
PROCESS EASIER. WE HAD PLANNED PRIOR TO THE VIDEO SHOOT THE
TYPE OF SHOTS WE WERE HOPING TO ACHIEVE AND ITS PURPOSE.
WE HAD TAKEN FOOTAGE SEVERAL TIMES OVER SO WE WOULD HAVE
A BETTER SELECTION OF SHOTS AND FRAMES TO WORK WITH.

6. LOGIC PRO X
• WHILE I MUST ADMIT LOGIC PRO WASN’T THE FIRST
DAW (DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION). I ORIGINALLY
STARTED OF USING GARAGEBAND, WHICH WAS
MUCH EASIER AS I WAS MUSICALLY INCLINED. MY 2ND
YEAR I MOVED TO A MORE ADVANCED SOFTWARE
(LOGIC PRO)TO WHICH I BECAME MUCH MORE
ADEPT AT USING THE FACILITIES IT OFFERED.
• LOGIC PRO HELPED ME TO COMPLETE THE RADIO
TRAILER AS I WAS ABLE TO CHOP AND RECORD THE
VOICE OVER AND ADD THE NECESSARY EFFECTS TO
MAKE IT SOUND UNIFORM AND PROFESSIONAL (I.E
COMPRESSORS, EQUALIZERS, NOISE GATES ETC