Evaluation Q6 - Technologies

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

• final cut pro
• video cameras
• garage band
• LiveType
• Youtube
• Blogger
• IMDB

final cut pro

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Final Cut Pro:

We used final cut pro to edit all of our footage including vodcasts and any rough work done. We also used it partly when making our idents and its a quick and successful way of editing footage. It is very easy to use and has lots of options, effects and useful transitions to improve any footage. It was very useful  when creating vodcasts and adding writing and titles on screen. 

Cameras:

We use HD video cameras for all our footage, and we used them for our first few vodcasts. They are very easy to use and the footage can be uploaded straight from the memory card into final cut pro. This makes it very quick to get footage imported and edited.

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Garage Band:

We used garage band to add music to our idents. It has lots of different sounds and you can create lots of layers. For our production it is very important to have appropriate music, as it could add or take away a lot of how effective it is.  

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LiveType:

LiveType is the software we used to create the majority of our idents. I found it quite hard to understand at first, but it became easier as I carried on using it. However, I couldn't achieve all the effects I wanted on my ident so i had to export it and reimport it into final cut pro to improve it slightly.

Youtube:

We use youtube to look at past coursework examples, get screen shots from short sections of film and to upload our own work so it can be easily added to blogger. Youtube is very useful and helped a lot with research, especially getting screenshots and examples from slasher films. It makes it a lot easier to embed videos and from youtube it becomes easy to share videos to lots of different social networking sites, which is what we plan to do with out finished production.

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Blogger:

We use blogger to show all our planning and research into our production. It is useful as it easy to link sources and attach our own work so it is all in one place and easy to gather and evaluate. Blogger is also very useful when communicating and sharing ideas with other people in our production group, for example, if one of us uploads a video relevant to the group we can quickly see it and embed it to our blogs as well. 

IMDB:

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We use imdb to look up useful information about films we are researching and to help look at common conventions and find more information about distributers and production companies.It has a lot of information that is relevant to us making important decisions about our productions.