Mair, Laura and I used the camera at different times, as we were all in different acting scenes. The camera we used was borrowed from the college media department. The camera was much like the one that are used by the general public, it was handheld and attached to a tripod stand. At first, we found it a struggle to get to grips with how to screw it onto the tripod and get the tripod to stand properly, and at different angles. After a few tries, we knew what we were doing!
We used Adobe Premiere Pro to edit our opening sequence of our film. In order to get the footage off the camera, we connected it with a USB cable to one of the computers in the editing suite. We then opened up a 'new project' and named it 'deadly suspicion', which is the name of our film. What we did first was capture all the filming footage, which we could then drag to the timeline and pick and choose the footage that we wanted to appear in our opening sequence. We experimented with a few different video transitions such as 'cross dissolve' and 'dip to black'. Another thing that we did, with the help from Ed, was slow down some of the footage to make it appear more dramatic and visually appealing to the audience. To adds the titles, we clicked on the 'add new title' tab on the side of the page.
Blogger
As a way of documenting and evaluating our progress throughout our filming process, we have been using online blog site 'Blogger'. It took a while to adjust to the format of the site, but after a few posts I felt confident and have been enjoying updating people on my groups progress! The blogger has been a modern, up to date way of adding photos, videos and links for people to see.
YouTube and Vimeo
Online video site YouTube proved to be very helpful throughout the film production period. Iv'e been able to research and watch different Film Noir videos and gain inspiration from them. Iv'e also used Vimeo, not as frequently as YouTube, but it was there when I needed it and proved quite useful.
PowerPoint and Word
Because the software required was not able to download on the college computers, I used Microsoft Word a few times to create a draft of my blog post, which I saved on my USB to upload onto Blogger. When analysing my questionnaire, it proved useful as I converted the data into a few selected graphs, and when we produced the script and shot list, we typed it up on Word.
PowerPoint was used when we pitched our opening sequence to the rest of the class in a lesson. It was fairly easy to use and to set a background/ upload pictures onto the slides. Mair, Laura and myself are all confident with Powerpoint so we enjoyed creating a collection of ideas to present to the class.
Sound effects and lighting
Laura and myself used the sound equipment when filming the voiceover, which I recorded as the Femme Fatale. We had a lot of fun using it, as I've never seen such a microphone! Listening to it afterwards was really impressive, it sounded so professional!
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