Question 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

After effects

Colour correction- this allowed us to change and remove certain colours from our film and also allowing us to insert certain lighting changes/effects such as a veient meaning our picture looks unique but Carries messages and connotations along with the voice over.

Titles- inserting titles in our products in different fonts and sizes so its a clear opening to the audience.


Final Cut Pro
-Shortcuts to render. (cmd + R)
-Enabled us to render the soundtrack more quickly and efficiently
-Splitting audio from a video file
-The voiceover for our product was taken from a video file, so learning how to split audio was very important as it needed to be precise as we split it into different sections.
-Keyframing Opacity and Crops
-Keyframing enabled us to create smooth and varied transitions between shots and overlays, giving our opening the slick upper class look we wanted thus presenting the characters situations and feelings to the audience .
-Colour Correction
- This enabled us to colour correct individual scenes to make them look brighter or emphasise specific colours to evoke a certain response from the viewer this also presented more contentions and messages to the audience subtlety although after effects was more effective.
-Compression
- Our film was recorded on a DSLR camera, meaning that it was automatically a H.264 codec. H.264 does not work very well with Final Cut Pro. This means that we had to use MPEG streamclip to convert H.264 to Pro Res 442 (which works a lot better with Final Cut Pro) in order to edit it. Also compressing our final film made it easier to move and import to different locations without effecting the RAM.
-Mirror Effect
- Enabled us to keep our opening interesting and helped the flow and continuation of the characters emotions and movements the due to the positioning in the shot.
-Resolution
- Enabled us to compress our footage correctly and use the highest quality obtainable, which is 1080p at 25 frames per second. However, we now know that recording at 60 frames per second may have produced a better opening. This is because some of the shots were slow motion and a higher frames per second means that a high resolution is maintained through these shots.