Digital technology- and piece of equipment that is equipped with features that allow digital use for example a stills or video camera.

Pre Production AS

I used www.blogger.com to organise my planning materials. Blogger is an example of Web 2.0 technology (O’Reilly, 2004). This means that the technology is interactive – audiences can post and edit content on the blogs – it links to the idea of two-way communication, communication is no longer linear (one way). Web 2.0 software is collaborative. I also uploaded planning materials and evaluations to my blog. I used Final Cut to edit my 2 minute film opening and audio files that had been recorded on the Flash mic when recording the voice over. Movie Maker introduced me to timelines, dissolve and fade transitions, titles and the layering of audio over images.

I used iMac computers to create my film opening. Before I began filming for my sequence I used the Sony hard drive camcorders to practice filming for your prelim task. I then uploaded the video footage using a USB cable to the iMac computers. I then used the software discussed to edit this footage. This initial task helped me learn basic editing and framing skills in terms of shot types.

Production/Post Production AS

Adobe Photoshop allowed me to manipulate graphics to create titles and company logos for my film. I used crop tools such as Marquee (magic wand), Lassos, and colour converters such as Red Eye Corrector, Colour Variations, Colour Dropper, Dodge and Burn.

I used iMovie to create an animatic for my film sequence. I also used iMovie to create examples of test footage. I used Live Type on the Mac computers to create interesting titles for my film opening. Once I had manipulated the effect, size and colour of my title I then needed to render out the title for use in Final Cut. 

I used Final Cut to edit my 2-minute film sequence; I then used the basic features of the software package and used razor and in/out markers to edit footage. I also used some effects and transitions; I used the chroma key in Final Cut to recreate the sin city effect. The top part of the chroma key allows you to select the colours which are going to taken away. Other options allow to select a very specific range of the spectrum. When the colour is chosen the invert key swaps the selection and keep the colours, which have been selected. I also had to use the colour correction to make our footage black & white by reducing the saturation and increasing the saturation in the shots where colour is present.

I also used Garageband to create my soundtrack and to record sound effects for my film for example the gun shot noise used. I also used the flash mic to record the voice over of the woman’s voice. I then imported MP3 file using a USB cable in to the software. Once the sound was completed I had to export it to iTunes before dragging onto the audio track in the Final Cut.