Evaluation of the whole production: Undisclosed Desires! Part 5

Creative Tools

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

During the production of my opening sequence and my course, I have learnt a number of different technological skills which may surprise you!

The Digital Camera that we used was Thomas' and  it was thanks to my colleague that we managed to gain a better quality camera. The camera performed better than expected and had many features such as special effects. Unfortunatly, I was not the cameraman and so therefore I did not offically use the camera; but Harry told me that it worked superbly and it was a pleasure to use.

The lighting that we used could be described as 'primitive' in relation to the film industry. This is because we mainly used the ordinary sunlight and a torch which only shines a direct beam of light. This proved difficult to use, however, I do feel that we overcame the disadvantages of this method and succeeded very well. In contrast to this, we then used a fully functional and up-to-date piece of software called Imovies HD.

The main skill that I developed was without a doubt; editing. I had never edited a film before so therefore had never used any software remotely similar to Imovies HD. Particularly during the production of our opening sequence, I learnt how to cut and split scenes, add in transitions, include sound effects (SFX) and video effects (VFX) as well as using the iMac microphone. This in particular was used on a couple of occasions and I was amazed at how well it picked up sound through the sheer quality and sensitivity of it. Remarkable!

The one downside to Imovies HD though is that when ever I included a transition, it 9 times out of 10, kept the previous, old diegetic sound which we did not want. This was frustrating as I felt it not only infringed on our final product, but it also prevented my creative flow as if this did not happen then the potentially for my imagination and the movie would have been unlimited. Despite this problem though, I enjoyed the challenge and overcame it by reducing gradually decreasing the sound leading up to it.

Nevertheless, Imovies HD is an exceedingly good program to use when it comes down to professionally editing a film. I feel that this piece of software would have been closer to the film industry than any other pieces of technology that I used as it worked very well and had all the tools you needed despite the one flaw that I came across. This now concludes my evaluation.

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The whole experience was brilliant and I feel that I have learnt a lot during this time, and learnt many new skills. Thank you for reading my blog about my course over the previous months and I hope you have enjoyed reading all about this course with me just as much as I have enjoyed writing it!

Many Thanks

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