The document discusses using a camcorder and different editing software to create a preliminary task and horror film. It describes using a Toshiba camcorder to practice and experiment with different ideas. Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 was initially planned for editing but was difficult to use, while iMovie was easier and quicker. IMovie had helpful features like lighting effects but more limited transitions compared to Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.

2. To create both our Preliminary task and horror film we had to use a camcorder.
We used a Toshiba camcorder which was at first something we had to learn to
use. Our preliminary task was our chance to practice and get used to the camera
and it was a good chance for us to investigate with different ideas.
Something we used a lot of when using the
camera was the Zoom; there were specific
shots we need to have close ups for, such as
when Grace appears from the forst and the
Zoom was something which was very helpful
as it allowed the shot to be close up showing
off more of the characters emotions.

3. Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 was what we were planning on using to edit our
film; we began to edit on this program but it was more difficult than
expected. There were some very good aspects to this program for example
the different transitions- there was a wide range of different transitions to
chose from which was very helpful however it was a very slow process and
took a lot of time to edit.

4. We decided to use Imovie instead of
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 to edit our film;
when we started using imovie we found it
a lot easier and quicker to use which was
very helpful.
As a group we were used to working on other editing programed such as
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and movie maker so this was something new to us
that we had to learn. Imovie had different aspects to it which were very
helpful for example the lighting technique ‘old world’ this was the perfect
lighting which fit our production perfectly. Something which we did not
find as good as Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 for example was the transitions, we
felt this was the only thing that limited us.