Evaluation 6

Question 6: Blog & shoot/edit screengrabs

Charlie: Blue

Caitlin: Pink 

Camera:

We used this type of camera to film our thriller. We learned skills such as zooming in and out for close ups and focusing on certain things within shot. Using the tripod, we learnt how to produce high and low angles, also we learnt how to level out the camera so the shots were not wonky and were up to standard. Our paranoia edit is an example of how we learnt to use the camera. 

When making Paranoia, we was set a task to set up the shot by using different angles and shot types. This allowed us to get used to using the camera to create different atmospheres. for example, we got told to use a close up, this allowed us to experiment with the camera on how to make a close up. Experimenting with the camera earlier allowed us to view back and pick flaws in our work for our final piece. 

Garageband:

We used Garageband to level out the volumes of the soundtrack and the sound effects. Also we learnt how to adjust the length of the sound effects and how to move them to sync up with the film itself. From Garageband we could use some of the sound effects for the foley in our film, but we could also go onto youtube and download certain foley sounds that we liked to our film and put them into Garageband to add to the layers we already had.

Falling down is an example of how we learnt to use Garageband.

We created falling down by being given a blank video and we had to use sound effects given to re create it. When fiddling about with garage band, we stumbled across the built in sound effects which we then used to get us extra marks. Although, we never used these built in sound effects in the final piece as we couldn't find one that matched 

Final Cut Pro:

In final cut we edited all of the footage from our film together in order, we shortened parts of the clips so that the length of them was just right. We also added titles over the top when everything was edited, like in this screenshot of our film, The titles are integrated into the background and move when our actor walks in front of it. 

We also learnt how to colour grade the footage to make it look 

more like a thriller, this would give it more of a real film feel.

The colour effects the look of the film as it makes it look

less amateur like. In this screenshot of our film, you can see the colour is slightly blue, to give it more of a dark feel to it, making it look more like a film.

Youtube:

We used youtube as a platform to upload our thriller opening onto, as it is easier to upload onto youtube and then embed on our blogger account, rather than to upload straight to blogger, as it takes a longer amount of time. Another way we used Youtube was to get different sounds we liked that went well with the footage and download them and put them into our sound in Garageband. 

Blogger:

We used blogger as another platform to showcase the process of making our work. We learnt how to embed youtube videos and how to add pictures. We also uploaded all of our planning onto our blog so we could go back to it for reference whilst we were making our thriller.

With Blogger, we had to set up our own blog accounts for our exam work which allowed us to get experience from blogger for our opening piece.