Media Technologies

When filming and editing our trailer there was a lot of equipment involved to help us produce and achieve the task of creating a two-minute trailer.

We used my Panasonic camera to record most of the footage on for our trailer and we were pleased with the quality of the footage at first, as it was very clear. The only problem that we overcome while using this camera was getting the footage onto Final Cut as it would not import, but with the help of a technician we managed to sort the problem out and all our footage imported.

Another camera we used was a HD Flip Camera as the Panasonic ran out when we were filming so we used the school flip camera. This camera was extremely good and the quality was very high standard as it was a flip camera. After editing our camera we noticed that some of the footage was clearer than the others as we used two different types of camera to film on. But it wasn’t too noticeable and there was nothing we could do. The flip camera was very good and next time I would use it to film all of the footage on as the quality was much more advanced.

A tripod was very useful when filming the scenes as we used it to hold up the cameras so that there was no shaky footage and by using the tripod it will be completely still.  However the camera did not fit on the tripod properly so we had to balance it on which did cause some of our footage to be shaky so we did film again to make sure it was steady.  The tripod was useful for filming angles as you can adjust the height of the tripod to low and high.

For the voice over scene in our trailer we used the technology called an Edi-Role. This is a piece of equipment that is used to record sound; it’s similar to a flip but just doesn’t have a camera. With an Edi-Role it is very sensitive to sound so when you record the sound you want the background noise has to be completely silent. When recording Georgia talking it took a few times to get it perfect but I thought the Edi-Role was defiantly worth using.

To create our trailer we had the Apple Macs to use, on these computers they have software called Final Cut Express and this is the software we used to edit and create our trailer. This is a basic editing programme that allows you to import your footage and place each shot on the timeline.  Final Cut had many different things that you can do to help create your trailer such as use of transitions, text, Zoom, Lighting effects and many more. At first we found it hard to use as last year we used laptops and the software called pinnacle, that was very simple. I preferred using Final Cut Express as it had more of a variety to do and it is much more advanced that Pinnacle. Without this technology we would have not been able to create our trailer.

Another software we used on the Apple Macs was Live Type and this was to create our titles. At first we did not have a clue how to use it but someone we knew had previous experiencing working on live type and they showed us the basics of it. We then managed to type in our titles and change the font and colour to what we wanted. We then used it to add a transition on so that text faded in slowly which allowed more time to read the titles.  

While in the process of creating our complete package we used all the techonology that i have listed above and we have also used more programmes and websites to help us for our research and to help create our trailer. We used YouTube to research trailers to help with our inspiration and we also used it to find a background for our titles, and this is where we found the Bohek Background that we decided to use. YouTube also came in handy for watching music videos when we were researching music for the background in our trailer.

Photoshop was also used for creating our film poster and magazine cover, without photoshop these products would have not been as successful as they are now. We used Photoshop to change the lighting, hue/saturation, text, creating our title "Intimate" and also for the processing of each product.

All of these media technologies have help us produce each product in our package and they have become very useful. My knowlege and understandment of Final Cut has improved since we have been using it a lot more and each lesson i have learnt more. When it comes to media technologies i believe i have more advanced skills now as each of these equipments have helped me extend my skills and become more improved with using them.