Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Technologies & Equipment Used So Far


During the filming process we used various technologies and Equipment. All of which have aided our project. When we began filming our test footage, we tried using a dolly for the tripod and camera.

 We used this as we believed it would aid our filming process. In the end we opted to not use the dolly and any filming which we needed to move the camera in, we used the camera handheld.

We also used a tripod in filming and this was very useful. The reason being is because a tripod provides much steadier filming and the footage is much clearer. We used the tripod in many scenes in our project and it was hugely useful.





We also used a sony HD camcorder. This was used as the main technology in our project. This camcorder is great quality and really aided our filming. The camcorder allows us to edit or change our footage on the camera which came in very useful.
Along with this, the camcorder as well integrated with the editing software we are using which made it easy to transfer all the filming we had done.




The editing software we are using is Final Cut Express. This software has many many features which really help our editing. For example, In our filming, there are certain clips which are to dark and we can correct that with tools on Final Cut such as "colour corrector". We can also speed up or slow down shots so that we can make sure they fit in with the time of the song.






We downloaded the program "Debut" which is a video capturing software. This program allowed us to record a screenshot of Facebook, which we needed for the introduction of our music video. The program was extremely easy to use and download. Without this program, we were going to have to record the computer screen with our camera which would create an extremely amateur appearance. The use of "Debut" has helped us to create a more professional video. 




We also used a variety of light sources such as torches to give our shot more light and visibility. With the help of reflectors, we could create different effects by reflecting the light of the reflectors. 

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