Video Camera

I had to get used to working the video

camera before I went out and started

filming with it and so spent a few hours

getting used to the zooming button as

well as rewinding the tapes and playing

them back.

To save battery life I also shot some of my

footage through the lens rather than on

the small screen as it runs the battery

down very quickly.

Because it was a video camera that took

tapes I had to record onto a tape to then

load onto a computer rather than using

the flip camera’s where you just use the

USB plug and slot it into the computer.

The video camera was a success to use and

I found it easy to get used to.

Tri-Pod Video Camera Stand

I used the Tri-Pod throughout my music

video. It came into its own during the

long and wide shots I had to get of my

narrative performance giving me some

good clear shots.

As for the band performance element of my

music video I had it set up for elements

of some of the songs but because of

the layout of the practice room and the

limited space it was easier to take the

camera off the Tri-Pod and film walking

around with it in my hand.

The Tri-Pod was also good for getting shots

which matched the height of my actors

as the height of the stand could be

extended greatly by the legs and the

neck. This made filming a lot easier.

Premier Elements

Premier Elements was the software I used to create my music video. I started with no experience using the system ever before and at first I found it to be a pain and just overly complicated. However, as I added my footage to it and got the hang of cutting clips, removing background sound and dragging a collected group of shots into place I got used to it learning as I moved along.

It is a good system to use with a fantastic range of shots and effects to use to manipulate your video and it you think of an effect you want, Premier Elements had probably got it.

However for the simplicity of my music video in only using a couple of effects and the rest being down to quick jump cuts, I believe Windows Movie Maker would of been the ideal programme for me to use. Simple, easy to understand and a programme I already had several hours of experience using it.

Photoshop

I used Photoshop to create my Digi-Pack

and Magazine advert. It is a system I

have used a lot in the past and so I

have a lot of hours of experience on it.

Because of this I found it very easy to use

this time around and did not really

come across any problems while

creating my two ancillary tasks and

finished them with ease.

It was easy to try things out and if I didn’t

like them get rid of them. I simply

created new layers and started

working on them. If I didn’t like them I

could just get rid of the layer and start

again rather than risk creating

everything in one layer and then

loosing parts which I wanted to keep.