What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Through the construction of our film, I have learnt a number of vital things about the software and equipment that I used to construct my media product.
From the process of filming I learnt how to pack at set up equipment fast and safely, we were told to always check the equipment and make sure everything that we needed was ready for use.
The equipment we had to check was:
· Camera ( Canon XAHi)
· Tape
· Clapper-board
· Chalk
· Portable batter pack
· Cap for lens
· Tripod
SHOOTING EQUIPMENT.The shoot my film I used a Canon XAHi before the construction I wasn’t aware or comfortable in how to use or set up any sort of camera but during the process I learnt how to:
I learnt the different parts of the camera and where to ‘record, play, stop, rewind, forward etc’.I was shown the places in which the battery was placed and how to insert the tape and take out the tape safely.
We then uses a Libec SL20 tripod which I had to learn to use effectively in order to get a range of smooth shots , pans , distance , levels and movement. The steps to set up the tripod were as follows:
Remove tripod from its bag > release the wire holding each of the legs together> untwist the grips of each legs> place on the floor and raise to the highest level> tighten grips back into place to prevent slipping or unstableness>Untwist the second set of grips to extend the top half and rise to my eye level>tighten grips back into place>Check sprit level by making sure the ball was in the middle of the circle , I done this by controlling a ball underneath the head of the tripod so filming can be done accurately and level.
The camera was then removed from its bag being held by its handle, it was then attached to its shoehorn and tightened with a 2p coin once that was secure I slid it on to the tripod and tightened the side.
SOUND EQUIPMENT.
We used a Seinheiser microphone to record the sound we needed in our film, which was placed on top of the camera, in case of bad weather condition or filming outside, we were shown how to set up a windshield system so that rain would affect the microphone we were using, however in our film production we were shooting inside a very remote basement so noise wasn’t an issue that we had to face.
On our camera we were shown how to make sure that the levels of sound were within the boundaries for it to sound clean rather than too loud we done this by making sure the noise level was on green rather than red.
LIGHTING
We came across a few issues with lighting as we were filming in a dark area and wanted to create that dark atmosphere however the torch we brought didn’t supply enough light to film so we resulted in filming in the light.
EDITING
To edit our film footage we used software called Adobe Premiere Pro
Where we digitised, trimmed, cut, and edited out footage to create our final film.
In using this software for the preliminary task I was quite familiar in the steps needed to begin editing my film.
We first had to transfer our rushes to the actual software so we could begin, we connected the camera to the computer using a fire wire lead which linked in a small socket and the back of the camera and with the tape inside rewinded to the beginning of our footage. We then connected a Lacie drive (80 GB) a hard drive extension where we would save all of our editing film process onto.
Once this was all done, we started up the adobe premier pro software, clicked on > New Project and saved our new file under all our names as we hadn’t yet came up with our films title.
Next a member of our group clicked on F5 which was a shortcut for digitising, once the second screen had appeared we clicked onto play where we played the rushes recording and stopping in and out of each of the shots we wanted, in the production process we made sure we used the clapper board to label each of our shots and note whether each was either a good shot or a bad shot so that when it came to the editing process, it would be much more easier to pick out the shots we needed as each of them was labelled.
Once the digitising process had been completed we then needed to arrange the shots we knew we were going to use into the right order in each of the shots we marked in and out the section we wanted accurately and placed it on timeline.
After our rough edit was completed, we began trimming each of our shots to make sure each of the shots were cut precisely, we zoomed in on the time line so that the maker could track each shot in much more detail were we then trimmed each shot down with the razor tool.
During our editing process we noticed there were a few shots missing and that we should have filmed the shots more than what we had already done, this made certain areas of our editing process much harder than expected because we still had to be careful with common mistakes such as continuity however with very careful and precise editing we were able to construct our film together smoothly.
Once all the main editing had be completed , we began to think about the effects that we wanted to add to our film, because our film genre is drama, which is known for portraying real life situations, too much unnecessary effects would mean our film would stray sway from the conventions of our chosen genre. Therefore our effects were very limited as the only effect we did have was a black and white theme throughout the opening sequence and a few transitions e.g. fade in/out to make each shot move from one to another more smoothly.
After all our transitions were completed all that was left to complete was our music, sounds titles and credits.
The copyright free music we chose came from a website called the music worked in parallel to the mood our film was trying to create making it suitable to use in our film, we worked out when the volume of the music changes because we were also adding voice overs and non diagetic sound to our film meaning that all elements had to work In conjunction with each other.
We finished the music and then moved onto the voice overs, which we also found on a copyright free website, we imported it into the software and like the music; we altered the volume and placed it in the right areas of our film.
Lastly was our title, we designed our company title ourselves and using another software called Photoshop we able to construct it and import it into the software where we were editing our film. The title of our film we also constructed ourselves thorough using baby powder and shaping it into our film title ‘ FORSAKEN’ on the table. Other title of the actors/tress’s were made by the actual adobe premier software itself a basic ‘text’ tool we used and placed into onto the right position on our film.
Finally we had finished all the steps in making our final media product; throughout this process I learnt many different techniques and aspects of filming that I didn’t know before creating this product
In hindsight;
- Remember to check and make sure all equipment is present.
- It is important to film shots no less than twice as it is unlikely to get the shot accurately in the first take.
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