Pre-Production
One of my examples for the Hardware in which i had used which allowed me to set up my 'Skrew It' was by using the Apple Mac. The Apple mac was our main equipment during our pre production work because on the apple mac we used it for Microsoft Excel where we prepared our shooting script, going on you tube and getting examples. The main reason that we used apple macs was because we were provided with these and we didn't really get the chance to change if we didn't like the Macs. The cons of using Macs was that i never had used a Mac before i started Media Studies and i was a bit worried that it would be quite confusing to use but it turned out to be quite easy to understand. Therefore, my personal development was good when it came to using the Macs because I eventually managed to get to grips with the basics of using the Mac.
One of my examples for the software in which we had used in our pre-production work for our opening sequence was blogger. At first i wasn't really confident with using blogger because i rarely heard about it before i began Media Studies so it became very interesting to me when i found out we would be completing and posting our classwork on blog as evidence. One of the cons from using blogger is that i had a lot of issues of presenting my images with some pieces of work and getting them in the right position. Occasionally the images I wanted to use in my blog never appeared i don't know why so i had to write more and leave a web link to show where i had got my image from to ensure that i have some piece of evidence. A benefit from using blogger is that i got to show the work that i produced world wide which I found was very cool and fun to do because i can share my research with people across the world in America and so on. So my personal development with blogger wasn't so great because even up to today I still have issues with my pictures not begin visible to myself and anyone who views my blog.
My second Hardware in which myself and my group had used was DVD's. We had the availability to watch certain BSR's like Train-spotting, London to Brighton, Kidulthood and so on. All of these movies had helped us come with the idea to use certain props like cocaine, the location inside the school and deciding what classes pour characters should be. In London to Brighton we see the scene of the mother and daughter eating chips in the cubicle so we had taken a while to decide whether or not we should have the two main protagonists taking in a block or in the cubicle which we saw in the movie London to Brighton as i said. Tis had helped us with gaining some ideas of how our two main protagonists would take the cocaine. We also saw the movies Wild bill which is based on a man trying to get his family back after being in prison for some time. This movie had helped us to use some different camera shots for scenes that we didn't think was appropriate to use camera shots. An example would be a crab shot when Bailee is walking and sending a message to Edward we also see this at the start of Wild Bill where he is walking out of the prison and along the cow try side.
Production
During our production of making 'Skrew It', one main hardware in which we had used was a camera. The camera we used had allowed its to film multiple scenes of what we wanted to be in the film then at the end look at all of them and se what we can do different or what e could add. benefit from using a camera was that i already had a clear idea on how to use a camera is that it allowed me to help my other group members if they were struggling with certain aspects of the camera. However, one drawback of using the camera was the fact that our battery pack was very weak which meant that we didn't have a lot of time to film because the battery kept dying. At some points we would have to miss entire day of filming just so we can ensure that we can get a lot of filming done in one day to make up for lost time which at the end had worked out well for myself and everyone in my grip as we managed to finish our opening sequence. My personal development when it came to using the camera was very strong because i feel that i am even better than i was with the camera before which could help me in the future.
One major software in which was really important during our production of 'Skrew It' was final cut pro. Final cut pro was a built in software on the mac which enabled us to edit our film entirely which meant shortening scenes, adding effects and so on. One benefit from using final cut pro was that i had already used it once or twice which meant i knew how to use it straight away which had saved us a lot of time in the end as we had finished our production before other groups. Also, my other group member myles, had used it swell which meant that we could get to grips with what effects and transitions to use more quicker than other grouse which saved us a lot of time looking back. However, a drawback from using final cut pro was that at some points it had crashed which meant we couldn't edit at certain points which was very frustrating for us all because we had really good ideas for our credits but couldn't include them in because final cut pro had crashed unexpectedly which was a major drawback for us when it came to finalising our opening sequence. My personal development is still the same because i had previously used final cut pro and knew how to record and delete clips easily.
Another software programme that we used during our production of our opening sequence was Abode Flash. The only point at our production where we had used Abode F;ash for was after we did our credits so we can make our institutional logo. Our institutional logo was called FAM Productions and was shown it moving in the cinema. We did this so our title could relate to where we want to show our movie first before releasing it on DVD's. One benefit from using Adobe Flash was that we had already designed what our logo should look like so when it came actually creating it we didn't spend days or hours discussing what it can and should look like. However, one drawback from using Abode flash is that i never had used it before which had led to leaving Myles with doing the whole creating of our logo with me and Fabio giving our ideas on what colours and how to position our institutional logo. My personal development for using Abode Flash was quite good because despite not being good at using it i have a bit of knowledge of the basics which could help me sometime in the future.
Post-Production
One piece of hardware in which we had used in our post production from our opening sequence 'Skrew It' was a projector. We used a projector so we could show our audience focus group our final version of our opening sequence so we could get feedback on what was good and what we can improve on for next time. The benefit of using a projector is that it allowed us to show our opening sequence on a big screen which could stand out more and be more appealing for our target audience of 16-24 year olds who were also members of our focus group. However, a drawback from using a projector is that it is a very confusing type of hardware to sue because it takes a lot of steps of setting it up and ensuring it is in the correct position which had wasted a lot of time where we could of been evaluating what went well and even better if. My personal development which didn't really have an overall factor when it came to projectors because i was just focused on ensuring that the camera was well positioned so we can see their reactions and asking them questions about our product effectively.
A software programme in which i had used is Microsoft PowerPoint. I had used powerpoint to write up a part of my evaluation talking about how our characters are represented in specific social groups. I only did three slides because there was only three characters in our opening sequence but i managed to write a lot about each characters. On my powerpoint i talked about how the clothes on each character represents that specific audience group mainly. One benefit from using powerpoint is that i already knew how to use power point well which allowed me to finish this part of the evaluation quite quickly and to a very good standard. However, an issue i was having with powerpoint is uploading it onto blogger. This was a problem because i was a bit late on uploading tho apart of my evaluation because my powerpoint wouldn't fully upload onto my blog which was quite frustrating. My personal development with using PowerPoint wasn't really improved because I had used PowerPoint before but seeing all the layouts, transitions and designs in more detail made me be more acknowledge in what Microsoft PowerPoint can really provide.
Lastly, a hardware that we used in our post production of Skrew It was our phones. We used our phones to film our audience focus group. We used our phones because our camera was broken at the time and we had little time to get this part of the evaluation one so we decided to use a phone to record our audience focus group to save time and to prevent us spending a lot of time trying to get our camera to work. One benefit from using our phones was that we could immediately upload it onto our blogs because we had brought our cables which allowed us to upload our video on onto you tube and on our blogs. However, a drawback from using our phones is that the quality and the sound was not to the standard that we had hoped so it was hard to see and hard to hear which was a let down but we had to deal with it. My personal development wasn't as great because i didn'tr eally use my phone for much just only pressing record and holding it.
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