Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Media Skills

I have gained a range of new technical media skills, during our preliminary task.

Camera
The preliminary task was a great chance to just experiment with all the equipment and have a go with everything. During filming, I had a chance to try filming at different angles and we used a panning shot. During filming I learnt how to blur and focus, in one of our shots we started with our character in focus, but as they walk away they become blurred.



I learnt how to create depth within a frame, in one of our shots we positioned certain objects in specific places to show at least 3 different layers. We used a fan to create another layer in this frame.

Another media skill I developed was how the whole process of filming editing works, how you need to have a storyboard, shot list, location and cast. These are all very important components which help start the filming process. 

Editing
It was a new experience using Final Cut Pro, and there were a lot of things to do and understand before jumping into editing. I learnt that there is an order in which you edit. First you need to convert your footage using MPEG streamclip, and there are certain settings to get the best quality of video. Then you start to edit, there are many tools such as razor blade, which is used to cut bits of footage. 

Editing became quite easy as we used it more, I became more familiar with the tools. The process of editing became more effective, because I had better knowledge and more experience I could work faster, for example sequencing was easier.
However, sequencing could have been made easier if we had a bigger range of shots.

I mainly helped with sound editing, we had to find some music that we felt would fit with the film, then download it and import it into Final Cut Pro. We could then adjust the volume of the music and cut it into where we wanted it. 
When the music was added we found that we had to adjust the volume of some of our clips.

No comments:

Post a Comment