6 New Technology

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

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RESEARCH

PINTEREST: Pinterest is a collaborative, easily navigated online pin board that allows you to pin any image that you see to a board that you have created. There is also a Chrome browser extension that allows any image to be taken and pinned to one of your personal boards. 

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TWITTER: I created a personal Twitter account for my Media A Level so that I could follow significant individuals and groups that were related to film production, for example; Warner Bros and Casey Neistat as well as Pete Fraser, our chief examiner. I read an article by Alan Rusbridger, which stated that Twitter is extremely useful as a research tool.

FACEBOOK: I used Facebook in order to research official Facebook pages of many successful films such as Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which was extremely useful in seeing how companies like the Big Six organise Facebook pages for marketing their films.

ART OF THE TITLE: Art of the Title was extremely useful as a research tool because it enabled me to view hundreds of Film Openings of a similar genre to my own, and it gave me inspiration through watching the various film openings of what I could include in mine. I have used Art of the Title for such films as Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Guardians of the Galaxy.     

PLANNING

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PINTEREST: Pinterest enabled us to collect together a series of images for the mise-en-scene, props, and lighting that we should use to present our characters and locations.

GOOGLE DOCS: I used Google Docs in order to present my Shot List in a manner that is attractive and easily to use for anyone who is looking at it, and Google Docs enabled me to present it in a way that was easier and more attractive than simply in a Microsoft Word Document.

TRELLO: Trello was an extremely useful tool as I have a list of objectives and I can easily tick them off as they are completed.

BLOGGER: Blogger was extremely useful in planning as it enabled me to create my own blog, which gave me access to lots of different presentational tools which I used for planning my film opening.

FACETIME: Using Facetime, I was able to communicate with the other member of my group and was able to decide over Facetime what scenes we wanted to film as well as what the intial plot of our film would be and how we would develop it 

CONSTRUCTION

CAMERA: I used a Canon 700D to film my opening, which was extremely useful as it is easy to use, and the quality of the camera is high along with its depth of field.

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FINAL CUT PRO: I will be using Final Cut Pro as my primary editing tool in stringing together the continuity of my film as well as sound effects and music, which was easy to use and let me do whatever I wanted to the clips of my opening.

TRIPOD: I used a Manfrotto Tripod to assist in my filming by using it to stabilise the camera and achieve a much more solid, professional shot rather than simply using handheld.

RODE MICROPHONE: I used a Rode microphone to enhance the diegetic sound in my film opening, which was extremely useful as it gave our film a much clearer and more grounded professionalism to it.

EVALUATION

YOUTUBE: I uploaded my final film opening to Youtube, where I was able to receive feedback from my peers. I also used it for my evaluation question 1, where I annotated my work on my production. My production work will form part of Claremont Media’s Youtube channel, where it will be available to most people.

FACEBOOK: I made a Facebook page for my film opening and it enabled me to receive feedback, which assisted me in evaluating my opening.