We have learnt much about technologies throughout the process of our film-making. For the camera’s, we learned much about how to operate and handle them carefully and efficiently. As they were digital as opposed to the cameras used in real media products like Shutter Island we could not use the focus to do shallow and deep focuses, this along with other things, were significant differences we learned between the two types. In an attempt to do different focuses we attempted to use the different features on the camera, such as face recognition, these were not as effective as a lens focus would have been however, and weren’t very noticeable.
Eventually we became more comfortable with filming and produced more creative shots. Knowing how to use the camera and editing software meant that we could be more adventurous in the footage we shot, for example, the match-cut of the footstep in the puddle, we placed the camera on the floor on top of a coat to prevent damage, and put a waterproof film over the top, to prevent any droplets of water damaging it, this allowed us to do a worms-eye view shot of the feet of the main character.
We also learnt a lot about editing, for example adding effects and transitions to the piece to make it more aesthetically pleasing. This was difficult at first, but as we got used to it we were able to do more, for example adding cross fades and motion blur.
Learning all this was long and arduous but made the video making process much easier, and overall, we believe we are now much more adept at filming and editing.
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