What post-production decisions did you make?
Music video- After the film shoot we got straight into editing our shoots by cutting them, rearranging them and adding transitions between shots on 'Final Cut Express'. This enhanced the continuity of our music video. After our draft cut we decided we didn't have enough shots of our lead band member singing the lyrics, which was what our genre had, so we did some extra filming and added some more. With our ancillary products we used the programme 'photo shop' to create a digipak and poster which added to our whole project. We added a filter onto our music video to give it the rustic and old effect that we wanted.
What is the function of post-production?
The function of post-production is to enhance our raw footage to make it into a string of images that makes sense and creates a narrative. This is all about cutting down from the raw footage to produce a refined and finished product with use in editing and sound.
Write a minimum of 250 words on how your post-production skills have developed over the two years- give detailed examples
Editing: Over the two years we have used Final Cut to edit our images together. When we first used Final Cut it took a while to get used to how it worked. With all the cutting tools and transitions tools. We had the same problem with garage-band and with photo shop but after two years and three media projects we advanced our skills and we now more confident when using the software. Over the two years with practice in three projects our skills at cutting and continuity have greatly improved through 'Final Cut Express'. For example in our first childrens opening our continuity was very poor with shots not syncing in time with each other like in our chase sequence when I ran around the corner when the other appear behind me I had run almost 30 metres in the space of a second. After two years the improvement shows in how we were able to use shot and sharp cuts of footage to fit in perfectly with the rhythm and beat of the music video.With Garage band our skills have improved over the two years, for example our soundtrack on the Thriller opening was rushed. We didn't leave enough time to create a good soundtrack and it ended up not matching with the footage which therefore ruined the whole product. In Final Cut Express we also learnt how to use filters and change the saturation and colour of our images. This benefited us greatly when it came to editing our music video. We could change the saturation and make it look old fashioned like we had planned.
Write 500 words in reponse to "To what extent have digital technologies helped develop your research and planning skills during your media A level."
Over the two years our ability in groups and as individuals has greatly improved and developed due to the developing digital technologies like the internet, blogger, facebook, quicktime player and many other technologies. Firstly the biggest digital technology which has had a big effect on to what extent our skills of planning and research have improved is the internet which we used for browser and site searches. For instance we used the internet to expand to amount of research we could do on our target audience for our music video, where we researched not only our bands music site but also others within that music genre. The internet enabled us to expand the amount of research and information we could get to make the planning of our project more defined and meaningful. We have also used blogger to write down all our research write helped us to improve and develop our skills in planning because we could access our work any time we wanted which made working from home much easier. Also with the application of QuickTime player we were able to research and access more material which improved our ability to research certain areas and genres within media like films/clips which may not feature on youtube. For example we used QuickTime player to play a digipak from some media examples as we research for features and conventions of digipaks like character evaluation from the director and the featured music video but with voice over commentary. another digital technology which improved our ability to research and plan was the site of 'facebook' because this allowed our group to communicate between lessons on where and when we planned to film and what each person needed to bring, this shows how the free technology for socializing was used for the benefit of planning in detail. Another digital technology whch gave us the edge when it came to research and planning was the digital stills camera which was used to take photo's of possible locations in our thriller opening. This really helped and enhanced our ability to plan as it not only gave us a location but also it allowed our group to plan shots and editing possibilities which we could use on the day of filming.
Children's film- after we filmed our film shoot we had to make huge changes to the order of shots and how the transitions went between each shot. Also we used final cut express to introduce editing techniques to add continuity to our piece. We used 'Garageband' to create the soundtrack for our peice and to add sound effects to enhance our product.
Thriller opening- In Post-production we used final cut express to edit all our shots together. We edited the saturation in our piece to enhance the horror genre. We also put text in our piece and edited it using Photoshop to make it look as if it was painting on the road. We edited our shots together to make it look like our main character was being stalked. We used Garageband to create a creepy piece of music to be the soundtrack to our Thriller.Music video- After the film shoot we got straight into editing our shoots by cutting them, rearranging them and adding transitions between shots on 'Final Cut Express'. This enhanced the continuity of our music video. After our draft cut we decided we didn't have enough shots of our lead band member singing the lyrics, which was what our genre had, so we did some extra filming and added some more. With our ancillary products we used the programme 'photo shop' to create a digipak and poster which added to our whole project. We added a filter onto our music video to give it the rustic and old effect that we wanted.
What is the function of post-production?
The function of post-production is to enhance our raw footage to make it into a string of images that makes sense and creates a narrative. This is all about cutting down from the raw footage to produce a refined and finished product with use in editing and sound.
Write a minimum of 250 words on how your post-production skills have developed over the two years- give detailed examples
Editing: Over the two years we have used Final Cut to edit our images together. When we first used Final Cut it took a while to get used to how it worked. With all the cutting tools and transitions tools. We had the same problem with garage-band and with photo shop but after two years and three media projects we advanced our skills and we now more confident when using the software. Over the two years with practice in three projects our skills at cutting and continuity have greatly improved through 'Final Cut Express'. For example in our first childrens opening our continuity was very poor with shots not syncing in time with each other like in our chase sequence when I ran around the corner when the other appear behind me I had run almost 30 metres in the space of a second. After two years the improvement shows in how we were able to use shot and sharp cuts of footage to fit in perfectly with the rhythm and beat of the music video.With Garage band our skills have improved over the two years, for example our soundtrack on the Thriller opening was rushed. We didn't leave enough time to create a good soundtrack and it ended up not matching with the footage which therefore ruined the whole product. In Final Cut Express we also learnt how to use filters and change the saturation and colour of our images. This benefited us greatly when it came to editing our music video. We could change the saturation and make it look old fashioned like we had planned.
Write 500 words in reponse to "To what extent have digital technologies helped develop your research and planning skills during your media A level."
Over the two years our ability in groups and as individuals has greatly improved and developed due to the developing digital technologies like the internet, blogger, facebook, quicktime player and many other technologies. Firstly the biggest digital technology which has had a big effect on to what extent our skills of planning and research have improved is the internet which we used for browser and site searches. For instance we used the internet to expand to amount of research we could do on our target audience for our music video, where we researched not only our bands music site but also others within that music genre. The internet enabled us to expand the amount of research and information we could get to make the planning of our project more defined and meaningful. We have also used blogger to write down all our research write helped us to improve and develop our skills in planning because we could access our work any time we wanted which made working from home much easier. Also with the application of QuickTime player we were able to research and access more material which improved our ability to research certain areas and genres within media like films/clips which may not feature on youtube. For example we used QuickTime player to play a digipak from some media examples as we research for features and conventions of digipaks like character evaluation from the director and the featured music video but with voice over commentary. another digital technology which improved our ability to research and plan was the site of 'facebook' because this allowed our group to communicate between lessons on where and when we planned to film and what each person needed to bring, this shows how the free technology for socializing was used for the benefit of planning in detail. Another digital technology whch gave us the edge when it came to research and planning was the digital stills camera which was used to take photo's of possible locations in our thriller opening. This really helped and enhanced our ability to plan as it not only gave us a location but also it allowed our group to plan shots and editing possibilities which we could use on the day of filming.
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