Probably one of the most useful products we used for this
assignment would be Blogger. This is a web program that allows the user to
create a blog with the intended purpose of organising the project and giving a
constant update in the progress of our film opening. The website has a large
amount of pro’s; one of which is that it is well organised. This allowed us to
clearly show the audience the progression of our film opening in a clear and
professional manor. Another is that it allows the user to upload a multitude of
different technologies to the blog some of which I used were Glogster, YouTube,
and Final Cut Express. For the most part it was relatively easy to use to
effect; however I personally found that uploading videos was slightly slow and
I often had problems with them loading correctly.
As a technology; YouTube played a large part in the research
part of the assignment. It gave us an easy access to and a large variety of
resources. However one down side of this website would be that due to the fact
that there is so such a large range of videos on it; and when time Is of the essence,
it can take a while to actually find the exact thing your are looking for.
Something which I experimented with was Glogster. This is a social
based network in which the user can create design and share “Glogs”. I found
this very effective in being able to visually portray information to the
audience. It allows you to upload pictures and videos to the Glog while having
space to insert text as well. On the down side I found this network very
unpredictable, and unreliable. The glogs had trouble uploading the videos and
the actual website frequently froze resulting in loss of work.
Most of the work was done of the MAC’s. These computers
provided us with access to a large variety of up to date and industry standard programs.
They were fast and efficient which increased productivity. As well as this the
MAC’s were able to support essential programs such as Garageband and Final Cut
Express. However a big problem we encountered was that before Christmas we had
to make space on the computers through deleting a large amount of data, (this
is mostly due to use of the HD cameras). Along with this obviously we used the
MAC’s for internet access which is extremely beneficial due to the fact that
they are not prone to viruses which greatly increases reliability and safety of
work.
Garage band is a music program in which the user can create
soundtracks. On this program there is a vast amount of pre-created sounds and
also the option of composing your own. This was used to make the soundtrack to
our film. I personally found no fault in this program. It is fast efficient and
professional. It never froze and was extremely reliable and easy to use.
Final cut express is a program for use of the MAC’s which we
have used for the editing part of our opening sequence.
The camera we used for the actual filming is a Cannon 600
Eos D. This camera is digital and can record in HD. This provided us with a
clear image. It also had a screen which allowed us to watch over the films
straight away which was very helpful. Also there is the fact that it let us
delete and wipe the camera without the use of a computer which was vital for
times when we were out filming and it ran out of space. We were able to upload
the footage/images directly to the MAC’s which sped up the process a lot.
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