equipment list: software
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Equipment List: Software
Angel BirdAnonymous Productions
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word was an essential part of our project as we used it during pre and post production.
Most of the laptops and computers we used throughout the process has a form of Microsoft Word on, which allowed us to type up our ideas.
Microsoft Word was one of the most useful programmes as we knew how to use it before hand, which meant that didn’t need to learn how to use it.
Microsoft Word was used to create the Genre Research, Treatment (etc)
Microsoft PowerpointEven though we didn’t use PowerPoint very
often during the production, it was still a helpful piece of software.
We used PowerPoint to create presentations that could then be uploaded onto SlideShare.
PowerPoint was useful as we already knew how to use it so we didn’t need to take up any time exploring its features.
We used PowerPoint to create the Hardware List, Meeting Notes (etc)
Scribd
Scribd is a website that allows you to upload documents so that they can easily be uploaded to other sites (Such as Blogger).
This made it easier for us to upload the documents we had completed in Microsoft Word to our blog.
Bubbl.us
Bubbl.us is a website that allows you to create colourful brainstorms.
This website was useful in the pre production planning of our opening sequence as it allowed us to colour code certain segments of the brainstorm.
We used the website to create our main Brainstorm, Uses and Gratification Theory, (etc)
Slide Share
Slideshare is a website that allows you to upload presentations that they then convert into an embed code so they can be easily posted onto another website (in our case Blogger).
We used it as an alternative to PowerPoint for documents such as this Equipment List.
PreziWe also used Prezi as an alternative to
PowerPoint to make sure our work style was varied.
Since we hadn’t used Prezi before, it took a while to get used to, but once we had it helped us create more personalised presentations with smoother transitions.
We used Prezi for our Pitch.
PowToonWe used PowToon during the project as an
alternative to PowerPoint. This helped keep our blog varied and interesting.
Even though we hadn’t used PowToon before, it was simple to get used to. However it did take quite a while to generate presentations.
We used PowToon for Credit Used and Location Notes.
Easel.lyThis is a website that allows you to present
information and pictures in a creative way.We hadn’t used the website before so it took
a little while to get used to the different features.
Easel.ly was useful as we didn’t want to present all of the documents in the same way as we thought it would become boring.
Easel.ly was used for the Costume Notes.
Gmail
We all created a Gmail account so we could communicate throughout the project.
Gmail was simple to use so we used this site to create our group email address (as opposed to Outlook).
Gmail helped us to communicate documents and photographs during the course of the production.
BloggerBlogger was probably the most essential
piece of software we used throughout making our production.
Every piece of work we did was uploaded to Blogger.
Each group member created a blog to post their work on and linked the group blog to it.
This enabled each person in the group to check what work the other members were doing.
We chose to use Blogger as we knew it was easy to customise.
Final Cut Pro
We used Final Cut Pro to edit our footage on the preliminary and main task.
As we didn’t have much experience with the programme, it took a while to get used to. However the preliminary task helped us to gain some experience in using the programme.
Overall, we thought that Final Cut Pro was better suited to the task than any other editing software.
Adobe Photoshop
The only time we used Photoshop was when we were creating our Production Company Logo.
As every member of the group had used Photoshop before, the task wasn’t as difficult to complete as we thought.
We used Twitter to promote our production as we knew that the majority of our target audience used the site.
We also thought that it may attract a wider range of people from outside our planned target audience.
We used Facebook to communicate and send each other pictures and queries about tasks that needed completing.
We also used Facebook as a form of advertising for our Production and Production Company.