Software/Equipment

In our Preliminary task, we were given a JVC Camcorder to use, this was effective, as it was easy to use, and did exactly what we needed to accurately shoot our project. We were also given extendable tripods so that we could shoot from different heights, which gives more depth when it came to the shots we could use in our production. We were also given a blank cassette tape which allowed us to store all of our individual clips, so it would be easier to edit when we needed to. The editing software we used was Final Cut Express, which is far superior than other editing software such as iMovie and Windows Movie Maker, the programme easily allowed us to trim and add effects to all the clips, and considering we had never used the programme before, we could quite easily pick up on how to use all the necessary features we needed to create our preliminary task. Using the iMac Desktop was also helpful as the user interface is incredibly easy to manouvre around and find what you want to do, this saved time, as our project was always easy to find on the computer as the aesthetics allowed us to quickly find our work. When we needed to create a soundboard for our project, we used Garageband, this was incredibly helpful because it had sound effects built in, and its easy to use the drag-and-drop functionality to drag different sound files and snap them together to create a flow of sound, we used Garageband mainly for non-diegetic sound, but we had the ability to use diegetic sound effects, such as a door creaking in the first scene.

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