Evaluation - Question 6 Technology

What have you learned about technologies from the process of construction this product?

The research and planning Blog:

During the research and planning of the opening sequence we have been using our blog help visualize our ideas of the sequence itself and the narrative by the experimenting with varied uses of technology. The technology we used are: 

• Adobe Premier
• Prezi
• YouTube
• Adobe After Effects
• Mac computer

We used these technologies to allow our group to display our work in a creative way, such as the use of Prezi allowing us to display on blogger a new and creative way, making the blog more original with the key information.

The technology used to create our opening sequence:

At the beginning of the production we had challenging aspects to feel comfortable with the new production technology as we needed to know the in and outs of the tech to make sure we get the best and creative shots as possible.

The technology that we used were:

• DSLR camera 
• Tripod
• Green screen 
• LED light 

The DSLR camera was a brand new piece/ updated piece of technology that we used before as it was to a more professional level. It different variations of focus for different situation such as close-ups, portraits and landscapes.

The use of DSLR camera in London:

 we also used a new piece of hardware called a Green-screen; we had issues with setting up as we needed an extra back light so that we could edit it properly using Adobe software, so we overcome this problem by using a LED light on top of the camera.

Personally i feel that i have developed my skills with the use of the DSLR camera as we before started filming our opening sequence we needed to practice production with the tech so we would not hesitate and feel uncomfortable with the equipment. Here below was first initial try with the new DSLR cameras.

What technologies have allowed you to produce something really creative?

Using the our developed skills with the new pieces of technology, we had the confidence to create something interesting such as these silhouettes to create a more interesting shot for the Titles as we were trying to creating a title sequence more than an opening sequence. 

We then developed the background of the the silhouettes shots with the software Photoshop. we decided to develop it so that we can fit it more into the genre of thriller more by using a typical convention; low key lighting which creates more tension to the atmosphere

Being able to publish our progress and work onto YouTube has been a very useful tool as it also allows to embed the work into our blogs giving a more visual creativity and allowing me to break up the text structurally. YouTube has not been the only software that help me develop my blog; Prezi a new modern presentation software that allow me to present my work with creativity using videos, sound, text and designs. I was also able to use A film recording using the QuickTime software on the computer hardware Mac so that a 'blog reviewer' would not have to always read from text.

Using the Green screen needed to be organized and careful use as we all needed to be there to be able to film and as it was expensive equipment we needed to be able to set it up  carefully. we also needed to think about the camera direction, level and focus when filming in front of the green screen as we were not allowed any of the background not to be green otherwise the background would not work.

because of the change of quality in cameras were able to get a professional look with our work using technique such as a focus pull. also we were able to show more creativity being able to use the green screen we were able to use software like after effects which made it possible to use green screen shots.