evaluation 6

Technology

Technology

Overview

In general my understanding and ability to use certain technologies has improved. Despite at least basic understanding of all technologies used, before the course. Mainly my efficiency in using Adobe Premiere Pro and having faster turnover times for editing videos has increased. Also better understanding of Cameras and Microphones and their use on the field has improved since the beginning of the course.

Hardware

As for use of hardware throughout the construction my ability to use each piece effectively greatly increased as I had little to no knowledge on how to correctly use each piece before hand. For filming we used a Canon 600d with a stock lens. This wasnt too bad an a quickyoutubetutorial taught be all I needed to know to film my construction. What I found difficult about using this piece of hardware was its lack of flexibility when shooting film. The DSLR camera was primarily designed for still images and this was evident by its clunky focus adjustments and limited options for filming. The use of a good mic provided by RODE was necessary for filming at the location as it was in the middle of a windy area, I also used a wind sock to reduce the noise of the wind further which produced no peaking or wind noises in our final piece. The use of mics however could have been improved through the use of a boom stick or close proximity mics for each of my actors, I mention this as behind our camera/mic was a stream which was very loud and was picked up during filming. Finally to keep our camera steady we used a standard tripod. It wasnt very hard to use but as for improvements, if we were to have a Steadicam available I would have felt a lot more comfortable with moving shots and not losing overall quality due to a shaky camera movement.

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The editing software I used was Adobes Premiere Pro CC version 6.0 and 7.0. For the most part I knew very well how to use the software but what did improve was my vigilance in using the software being able to spot mistakes and correct them more quickly resulting in faster editing times and a faster editing turnover. I used premiere pro to colour balance all my shots as well as control the peaking of the mic through gain control and obviously cut together all my shots and add audio tracks and sound effects. I also dipped slightly into the use of Audacity, a freeware audio editing application to try and fix certain imperfections in my audio track. In my original video clips I had left the camera running a little before each shot to allow it to pick up the natural sound, or background noises of my shots hoping to then remove them from the audio using the audio sample and then remove/isolating it from the final track. Unfortunately due to time restraints I was unable to do this for all my clips and the audio corrections were not implemented in my final piece.

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As previously mentioned I used the RODE mic for on location audio and then the limited effects in Premiere Pro to tweak it, also tried implementing Audacity edited clips into my final piece with little success. I also used audio effects and music sourced from the internet. From previous involvement in creating videos for the online streaming service Youtube I was familiar with the music I was able to use for my final piece locating my music and audio from copyright free, royalty free and creative commons enabled libraries. The main one I used wasYoutubesvery own music library as I knew I could use all of the sounds effects and music tracks their without infringing on any copyright laws. I was even able to educate my class on what they could and couldnt use from this library and how to use it correctly (metioningcomposers and original authors if it was required under the creative commons agreement.)

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In conclusion I had to use every piece of technology to effectively created my final piece and each bit was vitally important to my final construction. Together with the use of the technology and the use of other more traditional media (storyboarding and scheduling sheets) the final piece came together better than expected considering it was the first ever live action construction I had created.

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