Task 6

Anthony Grey

Hardware & Software

• iMac• Canon HD Camera• Condenser Microphone• Tripod• Spotlight• Diffuser light

• Final Cut Pro• Garage band• Safari• YouTube• Mahara• Sound Cloud• Slide Share• Word Generator

Hardware

• Another one of the most essential pieces of equipment we used was the Canon HD Camera for shooting the scenes .

• In-order to research and create the final version one of the most essential pieces of technical equipment we used was an Apple iMac. This apple mac was used to upload, create, edit and research information.

LightingOne type of lighting we used for some shotsWas the diffuser light on the left, this gave the room general lighting as it was a bright light, we used it to get the room to a certain level of lighting so we didn’t get any pixilation in the playback of the Camera shots.

The Second type of light we used was a spot light with shutter doors we used this to create the effect of the door being open as we used a dark room to shoot the cupboard scenes in.

• Another piece of minor equipment was the camera tripod as we only used it for 3 scenes in sequence we used the tripod for stability during filming. The reason being it only being used for 3 scenes is because in most thrillers you see free hand stabilizers used to give a POV effect Again another piece of equipment we

used was the small condenser microphone we used this to record a voice over you hear in the opening sequence. The reasons we used the Condenser Mic is because it was the best option to use for example it is better than an iPad mic or a phone mic.

Software

• Another one of the most important piece of software we used was Garage Band this was used to create all the music, voice overs and sounds effects through the opening sequence. Garage band was the main software we used because it was free for us to use and it had all the loops and instruments pre installed.

• One of the main pieces of software we used was Final Cut Pro this was used join the music and scenes together. This was the main software for editing and re-working the shots we got.

Online Software

• We used YouTube to upload our videos when we progressed and to upload the final video sequence (Final Cut).

• We also used an online blog software called Mahara which allows us to create new posts and show what we have done by updating with a new blog. Which allows me to do my work

• Slide Share – allowed us to upload work from Word or Power point which we could embed into the post and saves the upload limit we had on Mahara.

• Sound Cloud – Was used briefly to upload the music we made onto so we had a platform where it was available to view it.

• Word Generator – I also used word generator to create a nice colorful cloud of worded feedback that I was given. To make my blog more colorful.