First of all, when we were doing our initial blog to plan our film and research we used an Apple Mac with the iMac interface and operating systems which are massively different from those I am used to using on Windows, which meant for the first couple of weeks using this, but I got more and more familiar with the overall outlook of the operating system with more experience. When we were researching, we also used search engines such as Google to find out genres of films and different ideas such as posters and radio trailers. Using this, but I got more and more familiar with the overall outlook of the operating system with more experience. When we were researching, we also used search engines such as Google to find out genres of films
and different ideas such as posters and radio trailers. This is a screenshot of the iMac interface.
For our film, we used a Sony HDV 1000 and a tri-pod. Using the Sony was very effective for what we needed to film and was extremely easy to use with very little things to set up before we actually started filming which is always a bonus as we can just get straight on and start filming. But in addition to this, even though the Sony camera was very easy to use, it gives a very high quality picture quality which makes our film seem more professional. The only downside to using this sort of camera is that it is quite big and heavy, especially with the tri-pod as well which makes manoeuvrability quite difficult, it also takes up a fair amount of space when it is attached to the tri-pod, making certain shots more difficult than they would be when using a smaller handheld camera. Although a strong point from the Sony being quite big and bulky is that it gives a solid standing when you are using it with a tri-pod which can make it slightly easier to use on bumpy ground or against poor weather conditions such as wind. Below is the same camera we used when filming.
When constructing our film we used Final Cut express to edit it, this was key aspect of our film and without this we wouldn’t have been able to finish and construct it, this is because a large aspect of our film is in two different time zones and often more locations at once, for example when we used a split screen when two people are having a conversation over the phone, without using final cut express and editing it, our film wouldn’t have really worked and without knowing the story or plot you wouldn’t have been able to understand what was happening. Final Cut Express can be quite difficult to use when you first start although the more experience you have using it and more editing you do, you get more confident using it and editing more of your film. I personally thought it enhanced my creativity as this was only my second time using Final Cut express as I also used it last year at AS level to create my 2 minute opening sequence and I wasn’t very confident when I was using this particular Apple application although using it more made me feel confident using it and made me try more things and make our film more creative with some of the effects we used on our film.
Although editing went beyond our actual final product as we also used Adobe Photoshop when we created our A3 poster. This involved using Photoshop to import pictures such as the image of Kieran and Clare looking at the lamppost with the note on, writing text such as the title of the film and key points such as actor/actresses’ names and add effects such as blurring part of the background out to make the title and images more
prominent and important. Without using some type of editing software such as Photoshop, we wouldn’t have been able to create a poster like this. We also used an 12 megapixel camera to take the photo which would be put onto the poster, I have used a camera many times before so I could take a photo of this very quickly and easily, It is also easy to upload this picture onto a computer as you just need to connect a USB cable in both the camera and computer and upload. Using Adobe photshop massively enhanced by ability to edit large pictures like this into a poster as I have only really used photoshop before for small editing but now I have know how to work a lot of things in photoshop and have confidence to edit and create a large poster such as this one. To the right is a screen shot of me working on the poster using Adobe Photoshop.
To the left is an annotated screenshot of the effects of blur and using blur on our poster. We used blur to make the key aspects of the picture (titles, names and pictures are clearer and more prominant so they are the first thing that the audience sees and looks at on the poster. They can then also see that they are an important part in the film.
We used media technologies to a large extent when making our film, but also a large amount of our planning also involved using media equipment such as digital cameras. We used digital cameras to take pictures of the different location so we can upload our location photos to the blog. We felt that location photos are a key part of our planning and preparation as they can show the audience what the different locations of our films will look like and how they relate to our film. New digital cameras are very high quality and give a high quality shot to our locations in our film.
Furthermore, we also used a sound recorder which we used both in the film itself when various sound wasn’t recorded properly or how we would have liked and to record a 30 second radio trailer. We found this to be a very effective piece of equipment, and even though we haven’t used one of these before, we found it incredibly easy to use. We then put the recorded sounds on GarageBand where we edited them and made them into a radio trailer. 
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