This post is aimed to show what skilles i have devgeloped during my time producing this piece.
There were many skills that I picked up during my time producing the piece, I would have to say that the main one would have to be learning how to use a Mac. I had not really used a mac before so this was a new thing for me. However I feel that I adapted well to using this piece of equipment as did my group. As Mike has a Mac at home he was a great help to me and sean as he could help us when we became stuck.
This is the camera and tripod that we used in our production. I had used a video camera before at home with family events and other domestic events. But i had always used it handheld so it was not up to a great standard whereas we needed our piece to be of a good quality and I honestly didnt realise how much of a difference a basic tripod made. It makes it more comfortable to use and not only this but it makes the shots so much more steady and improved the overall quality of the filming. I believe that I did not really improve my skills using the camera however I feel that I improved my understanding of these cameras, which did help massively. I also think that getting a chance to use these cameras helped all of us to understand some of the theory behind cameras which will help us in our exams as well.
We opened a facebook account in the first stages of planning as we felt that we needed to gain some input from people our own age. However as a group we did not feel that the facebook page helped us out much as we did not really gain much feedback. I feel that we could have done with advertising our facebook page a bit more as then we would possibly got more people looking at the page and possibly leaving comments on our wall. We could have benefitted from this as market research is always useful in any kind of new production.
This is a screenshot of the program Adobe Photoshop, I had used photoshop many times before as I took Graphics for GCSE. My main aim in the first couple of lessons was to ensure that the rest of the group knew how to use the program. Once everyone was familiar with the software we made a logo. I did not find that I improved tremendously on photoshop however I found that teaching others actually allowed me to notice where I was making my mistakes and by the end of the task Mike was actually teaching me things.
As you can see this is a shot of Youtube, I found this website was very helpful throughout the task. Over the length of time i managed to improve my understanding of the website and I would also find what I wanted to see a lot quicker. I found that making your search more precised actually brought in more accurate results. Youtube was helpful from the beginning as it allowed my group to watch tutorials on how to use Final cut which we would end up using more than any other piece of software during the task.
This is a picture of the piece of software called garage band which allows you to make simple pieces of music on the computer. I did not really use this software much but I did improve my basic understanding of the program as I now know my way around garage band and I would be able to show somebody else how to make a pice and upload it.
This is a website called Free play music where you can play and download non-copyright music, this was very helpful as it allowed us to find exactly what we wanted to use. I will definately use this website in the future fo similar tasks.
This is a shot of the main website that we used over the task that we were given as coursework. It is called blogger and is a very easy and proffesional blog website, it is ued to keep an updated blog for people to view and follow. I was very impressed by the website as with a few clicks you can add a detailed background and alter the layout. Another feature that I liked about blogger was how easy it is to upload photos links and videos. You can also edit the HTML which is quite handy. There is a range of fonts available on this site as well which means that you can make the blog look more proffessional by adding a modern and formal font. Labels are also easily added to the blogs which allows viewers to find exactly what they want. I have increased my understanding of the website and would now consider myself a skilled user of the site.
Finally this is a shot of Final Cut with my group editing our piece. Before this task I had never used this software before, I found it reasonably easy to pick up, the basic controls are fairly simple. The layout of the software is well done. The skills that I have picked up whilst using Final Cut are the ability to add effects to the clip, cut and move the clips and as well how to colour correct the different shots. I found that once i knew how to use each tool I did not struggle with the program. I hope that my improved skills within this software will motivate me to use this software in the near future.
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