1. 1. How did you use technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages?
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3. 3. For the entirety of editing we used iMac computers. At first we used iMovie for editing because we had used it in the previous year and it was familiar and easy to use. However we decided that it was too primitive and switched editing to Final Cut Pro, a much more versatile program with many more tools to utilise. We used Final Cut to manipulate features of our video through cutting, effects, lighting, speed and transitions. We used cross cutting for most of the video to jump between the various parts of the story. These were usually accompanied by fades or dissolve edits. We used some effects to enhance the imagery such as filters that made the shot look darker or colder as well as ones that made the imagery look bland and colourless without making it black and white. We also used a lot of speed effects such as slow motion to lengthen shots or to dramatize a specific expression on a characters face. In this sequence I used cross cutting to swap between shots of Annalise and Callum (who is sleeping) to shots of Callum and Vanessa in London. Callum is dreaming of his time with Vanessa which we see through cross cutting. He wakes up for a moment (cut back to him and Annalise in bed) but goes back to sleep (cut to Callum and Vanessa in London again) through this the audience can infer that Callum desires Vanessa. This is further suggested through the use of effects, we used Romance an effect that enhances the lighting and gives a glowing look to the images. I used it because it created a dream like look to the shot. This is one of the reason we chose Final Cut to edit because iMovie doesnt have the same features.
4. 4. We mainly used the internet to research Paloma Faith to get an idea for what her style and motifs were. This was mainly through the use of google. We used google to look up websites associated with Paloma Faith such as RCA records and Epic Records whom she is labelled with. We used this to find out what her audience was like so we could appeal to them with our own production. We also used Palomas own website for the same purposes. We also used social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook to see what kind of audience she had by observing her audience members tweets and statuses. This helped us better understand the people we were aiming for. For researching our audience we had first hand feed back by interviewing our target audience and recording using the Canon DLSRs. We edited these interviews with iMovie (as this was before we converted to Final Cut) To present our research we used tools such as Prezi, slide share and powerpoint.
5. 5. To create the storyboard, instead of drawing on paper I used a special drawing program Paint Tool Sai and a Wacom drawing tablet to create the storyboard on my PC digitally. This made for a better quality and more detailed storyboard as the tool allowed me to erase any mistakes and there were no problems that you would get with pencil and paper such as rips, smudging or folds. I then used Sony Vegas to edit the images into the animatic. This allowed us to visualize how we would film the scenes and made it easier to do so as we already knew what to shoot. Animatic