Task Six - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

 Chapter Fifty-One:

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have learnt a lot while constructing my opening sequence to the thriller Evangeline. In terms of online technologies, for the Pre-Production, before I began filming I used Blogger, to plan out shots and the plot of the opening sequence. I blogged research on other opening sequences and thrillers by finding them on YouTube also. The software I used to edit the material I had filmed was Adobe Premier Pro. I really enjoyed using this software as it is a new software to me, I previously have only used Final Cut Pro and iMovie. This was a new option for Post-Production editing in my opinion it was the best.   On the day where Production was due to start I used hardware including A Sony NX5 film camera to capture the material I would later edit and my iPhone 5 to record what happened throughout the day via photographs. On the NX5 I learnt to use the focus, zoom, white balance, exposure and record buttons. I used two Online Technologies to find sound for my thriller. I used YouTube to search for copyright free music, and SoundCloud for sound effects.

In Post-Production, there were a lot of tools to learn about before I could begin editing my thriller. I learnt how to create a Bin. I also learnt how to move Rushes into the bin. I began Cutting the rushes using the I and O buttons on the keyboard. I then ordered them so the clips could change in the right places. To make clips longer or shorter I learnt to use the Arrow tool which is enabled by pressing V. I learnt it was possible to Unlink sound which is important if it needs to be dubbed over a visual slide. Once sound and video were sorted I needed to add in Titles. There is a tab for this. Finally I Exported the video into a film and it was available to upload to the Online Broadcasting Network YouTube.

Task Seven - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Chapter FIFTY

PRELIM TASK [Click to View]

For the preliminary task I have to film and edit a piece of film:

OCR’s preliminary task asked for a:

Preliminary exercise: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule. 

 

This is the opening title sequence to the new fiction film 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' 

When filming the prelim task, I had to simply edit shots to make a sequence. Since filming and editing EVANGELINE I have understood how to use the camera better and the importance of the microphone. I also had to concentrate on continuity doing filming and editing. The shots had to fit and flow smoothly in the edit. The match on action shots had to look as one or the picture would look robotic.