HOW DID YOU USE NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE

CONSTRUCTION, RESEARCH, PLANNING AND EVALUATION

STAGES?

IMAC - COMPUTER• THE IMAC WAS PROBABLY THE MOST INDISPENSABLE APPARATUS’S AS IT

PROVIDED US WITH THE ABILITY TO ACCESS SOFTWARE LIKE FINAL CUT PRO, LOGIC PRO X, GARAGEBAND, PHOTOSHOP AND ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS.

• IT ALSO HAD A LARGE HARD DRIVE (MEMORY STORAGE) ALLOWING US TO STORE MOREINFO AND USE FINAL CUT PROFREQUENTLY.

FINAL CUT PRO XFINAL CUT PRO X WAS THE EPI-CENTRE OF OUR DEVELOPMENT AS IT PROVIDED US WITH THE ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY:

• EDIT • EXPORT• COLOUR GRADE• SPLICE • APPLY GRAPHIC EFFECTS I.E

TITLES, TRANSITIONAL EFFECTS

SINCE AS LEVEL MY CONFIDENCE LEVELS IN PERTAINACE TO FINAL CUT PRO HAS SIGNIFICNATLY IMPROVED I AM

CAMERATHE CAMERA WE WERE FACILITATED WITH LAST YEAR WAS INEXPENSIVE AND UNRELIALBE,TO SAY THE LEAST.WE WERE COMPLETELY BLINDSIDED BY THE LACK OF QUALITY AND WERE INEXPERIENCED IN WIELDING THE CAMERA AND DECIDING THE SHOTS THAT WOULD BEST REFLECT AND BRING OUR ARTISTIC VISION OF HOW WE WANTED OUR FILM TO LOOK LIKE INTO FRUITION.

A PROBLEM WE WERE CONTINULALLY FACED WITH WAS THE CONSTANT SHAKING OF OUR CAMERA, WHICH INSTANTLY INDICATED TO OUR AUDIENCE THAT WE WERE SOMEWHAT INEXPERIENCED AND NOVICE.

A SECONDARY PROBLEM WE WERE FACED WITH WAS THE CONSTANT FLUCTUATION IN LIGHTING ESPECIALLY FROM OUTDOOR TO INDOOR.

ALTHOUGH THESE PROBLEMS STILL EXIST WE WERE THIS YEAR WERE MORE AWARE AND DISCOVERED MORE EFFECTIVE METHODS OF COMBATING THESE PROBLEM

CAMERA (CONT.)

THIS YEAR WE WERE DEFINETLY MORE CONCIOUS ABOUT THE LOCATION AND LIGHTING.WE MADE SURE WE FILMED IN AREAS WHICH WERE WELL LIT IN ORDER TO MAKE THE COLOUR GRADING PROCESS EASIER. WE HAD PLANNED PRIOR TO THE VIDEO SHOOT THE TYPE OF SHOTS WE WERE HOPING TO ACHIEVE AND ITS PURPOSE.

WE HAD TAKEN FOOTAGE SEVERAL TIMES OVER SO WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER SELECTION OF SHOTS AND FRAMES TO WORK WITH.

LOGIC PRO X• WHILE I MUST ADMIT LOGIC PRO WASN’T THE FIRST

DAW (DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION). I ORIGINALLY STARTED OF USING GARAGEBAND, WHICH WAS MUCH EASIER AS I WAS MUSICALLY INCLINED. MY 2ND YEAR I MOVED TO A MORE ADVANCED SOFTWARE (LOGIC PRO)TO WHICH I BECAME MUCH MORE ADEPT AT USING THE FACILITIES IT OFFERED.

• LOGIC PRO HELPED ME TO COMPLETE THE RADIO TRAILER AS I WAS ABLE TO CHOP AND RECORD THE VOICE OVER AND ADD THE NECESSARY EFFECTS TO MAKE IT SOUND UNIFORM AND PROFESSIONAL (I.E COMPRESSORS, EQUALIZERS, NOISE GATES ETC