Evaluation (part 7) Technology.

During the pre-production we used the internet to start research into areas such as cast, directors and target audiences as we wanted to make sure they were right for our film. we looked around the internet and found the best place to look for cast and crew was IMDB, which is a site full of actors/actresses, directors and possible crew members. we also looked at suitable camera angles and decided the best shots were going to be close up and canted to show the killers character.

Throughout production we learnt about the cameras and what they were able to do and not. We had a lot of difficulty with the original as it didn’t let us achieve the shots we wanted to as it had auto-focus which was unnecessary for the footage we wanted to shoot, so throughout production we decided to change cameras, as the original camera just didn’t work as well as we needed it to, yet we did have some good footage from that one we changed to a better camera which allowed us to change focal points and help us deliver intended shots easier than before.   The original camera was a “Canon Powershot SX170 Compact Digital Camera”  the camera we changed to was a “Canon EOS 1100D 12MP DSLR.” Borrowed from school. 

During the post-production we used Final-Cut Pro on the iMac’s to help us view the footage and see which shots needed redoing, and cut the good footage to make it a suitable length for a title sequence. We also used an editing tool called ‘Bad TV’ on Final-Cut pro to help us achieve the scratchy effect we put on the footage.  We used the internet again to find a suitable font after this that would work with the eerie footage. We looked on DaFont.com and found some, and used Photoshop to write the credits and colour them so they could later be put onto our sequence.

The less successful area was the beginning of the production as the camera wasn’t doing what we needed it to do, and the batteries died very quickly meaning we didn’t view the footage properly until we uploaded it to the iMac’s. 

I have learnt a lot more about what Photoshop is able to do, how to use it and how I can change the way things look easily using it. Overall I have a better understanding on what technologies can help me with that what I would of before this task.