The Apple Mac was a new device available for us to use for editing this year. We had very basic knowledge of how the Mac worked which we gathered from using other Apple devices however this was the first time using this device. We spent a lot of time playing around with the Mac , which helped us to become more familar with it. We used a program called " Final Cut Pro" which is installed onto the Mac's as standard. This program was far superior to other programs we had used in the past such as "Adobe Premiere Pro " as it offered more editing techniques and effects. Once we had grapsed the concept to how to use the Mac's the editing process was very easy however one issue we did come across was the loss of quality when transfering the film from and Apple device to our school computers where we had to record our progress and show evidence of our work.
Blogger was a new website we was introduced with at the begginging at this academic year. This is where we was expected to record any research, evaluations or filiming we had done as proof. Again this website was very easy to use once you had the hang of it, however some simple processes such as uploading video's was slightly more complicated due to the use of the Apple Mac.
Looking back on our prelimenary task we can see a clear improvement in the quality of our horror film compared to our prelimenary task. This is a result of our improvement in skills and the equipment we could access.
In our prelimenary task we filmed the footage using a standard definition camera and then went onto edit using Adobe Premier Pro. The standard definition camera produced fairly good quality footage which we could then edit on Adobe which offered a small amount of effects which sometimes made the footage look unprofessional compared to the software we used in our horror film.
When filming our horror film we choose to use a high definition camera (HD camera) which proved to be a good choose. The footage we got looked much clearer than before and more realistic as it showed colour and tone much better. In affect this improved the experience for the audience. The switch between the two camera's gave us no problems as they both operated in similiar ways.
From this footage we then went onto editing on the IMac's using a software call Final Cut Pro. Final Cut Pro was more advanced for this process as it offered many more transitions and effects compared to Adobe which didnt make the footage look unprofessional and allowed us to link the soundtrack and the footage together. A good example of this is when the light flashes and at the same time the music becomes louder. However we did find that Final Cut Pro was slightly harder to operate at first , however over time we became more familiar and comfortable with the software ,which now i would happly use again in the future.
Combining both the HD camera and the use of the IMac software we where able to create a more effective and thrilling film for our audience which we recieved some positive feedback from. We also continued to use simple skills which we learnt from the prelimenary task such as match on action and the 180 degrees rule but developed a further understanding on the effects of using fast pace editing and other effects and editing skills from previous research that your stereotypical horror audience enjoys and looks for in a horror film.
Finally i found the prelimenary task very usefull as it helps support the progress that we have made .....
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