When creating our media film we
realised as a group that media technologies were incredibly important. When
deciding on what we would do for our film we knew that we would have to push
ourselves to the limit when using the media technologies we had available to
create the result we got. For the filming of our product we used a Sony HDV1000
camera and tripod. Setting the white balance whenever we changed rooms took up
quite a lot of time when filming, we tried to film in bulks so that we stayed
in one room at a time, making it less time consuming. Another time consuming
aspect of using the Sony HDV1000 camera was the fact that we needed to adjust
the focus for every shot. When we first filmed we didn't focus the
camera so we ended up with a blurry background once we enlarged the screen. We
had previously used HDV1000 cameras for our first year film, however this year
we found ourselves recording in HD, which made the focus and white balance
mistakes stand out more than the previous year. Our film also involves the use
of a voice over, which we produced using a Zoom recorder. It was the first time
any of us had used a Zoom recorder so we weren’t aware of how far away from the
recorder we needed to be when recording the voiceovers resulting in us
originally having a crackling version which we had to redo, causing us to spend
more time correcting our mistake.
The attention to detail needed
when
editing our film the use of the editing software Final Cut Express made
the cuts and effect all the more plausible. Even after using the HDV1000
cameras to white balance our footage we found that some shots didn't match up
with the previous one, mainly due to the fact we went from inside to outside.
Using Final Cut Express allowed us to change the colour balance to allow
continuity throughout the film. The white balancing effect on Final Cut
Express made it easier for us to correct the colour matching the codes with that
of a correctly white balanced shot. When we originally watched through our film
footage we noticed that the focus wasn’t always correctly set alongside the
white balance problems. When watching the footage back on the camera the focus
bouncing wasn’t obvious, however when on the screen of the Mac, the focus
bouncing was easier to see. This was something we couldn't fix using Final Cut
Express so we had to re-shoot certain scenes to complete the collection of rough
cuts. When we re-shot the footage, making sure we focused for each shot, we
found that the spinning ring didn't have a barrier to it, so it continuously
changed the level of focus, the spinning ring moved rather fast, so it was hard
to find the right focus for shooting the scene. Some of our shots were also
darker than expected when viewed on the Mac, resulting in us changing the
colour on the shots once again; however this time it involved us doubling up
the video footage, we changed the contrast settings on one of the frames which
made the overall image lighter.
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As a whole the created of our film, poster and radio trailer, I believe they have allowed me to enhance my creativity as I was allowed to chance to create my own storyline for the final film, along with how to present ideas and films using images and sound as separate formats rather than both at the same time.
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