- DSLR- The DSLR was the only piece of equipment that we used to capture footage. We chose this over the other cameras available due to its high resolution and ability to accurately focus on specific objects and blur the background, something we did quite frequently throughout our film.
- Scanner- We used the scanner a couple of times throughout the research and planning stage of our project to present the work that we had done on paper on our blogs, this was useful as I found it quicker and easier to make several drafts of different pieces of work on paper and scan the best one.
- Voice recorder- While we didn't use the voice recorder too much it was quite useful for me when creating different sound effects in the film itself i.e. heavy breathing etc. It was also helpful when we realised that some of the audio could need some polishing and so we simply replaced the original audio with the freshly recorded version rather than having to re-shoot the entire scene.
Software:
- Adobe Premiere Pro- Other than in our preliminary task this was the first time i had used premiere pro and after alot of research in my own time and a fair amount of playing around with random video clips, I eventually managed to gain a good knowledge of how to created different effect for both the visual and audio aspects.
- Adobe After Effects- I personally spent a lot (maybe too much) time using After Effects to create our main titles which I wanted to animate in a way which would suit the genre of our film. After several hours of work, and a lot of restarts, i began to understand the way in which the program worked and was eventually happy with what i had created, even though it wasn't exactly how i waned it to look.
- Adobe Photoshop- I didn't use Photoshop too much in the making of our project however my partner did when making rough drafts of or production logo, which he eventually created in After Effects. we had initially intended it to look as it does below, with the Crooked Spire, a local church, and significant part of our local area, incorporated into it however we decided against it as we couldn't make it look as good as we wanted it to.
- Microsoft Powerpoint- While I have been using Powerpoint for many years now throughout school, the time I have been allowed on this project has allowed me to find much more effective and organised ways to compile my noted and work.
- Slideshare- I was not aware of Slideshare before this project and found it very useful when it came to embedding my Powerpoints into my blog posts which made conveying my work to a viewer much easier.
- Prezi- Prezi was another useful way to present my work other than a simple Powerpoint or Word document, however, I was not a fan, which is why it appears to be quite scarce on my Blog site. I have however used it for a couple of other evaluation questions to make my evaluation multi-modal.
- Mixcraft- I have used Mixcraft a couple of times in the past and was able to use both custom music made by myself and my partner, and a few presets on the program itself to create the score for our thriller. I would have liked to have made the entire score from scratch, however, due to lack of time, and slightly poor time management, we had to compromise.
- Blogger- We have been using Blogger throughout the entire course and it has helped me to understand the idea of blogging. It allows me to upload work from several different sites and programs and allows me to log each action that I have taken towards this project.
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