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. 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. 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