what have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product?
During the creation of our OTS we encountered many new pieces of impressive technology which turned out to majorly aid us in the creation and perfection of our product. Each piece made it possible to film, edit and perform many other key elements in the process of our OTS. Without many of these apparatus we would have not made an effective OTS and may have not completed it.
Apple Mac
For every piece of editing, searching and product research we used the Apple Mac. This PC had the potential to satisfy all our needs, be it trimming clips off videos or finding pictures for the website. We were able to find out quite a few short cuts on the keyboard in order to make our lives quicker and easier when editing. With a large memory it certainly had the potential to cope with the tedious tasks thrown at it. The high definition graphics made it simple to observe the difference that filters and other editing aspects had on out OTS, a very decent piece of equipment to work with.
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Final Cut pro
The editing software at our disposal was Final Cut Pro. This piece of tech was graciously accepted as it provides easy to use controls mixed with a very impressive performance and storage. When using the software we were able to easily navigate the program, allowing us to track down the correct clip needed for the timeline. When clips were placed into the timeline, it was simple to rearrange them and add different effects thanks to the clear titles and layout.most of the clips that we used buffered very quickly and we soon became very friendly with the different shortcuts and tools that gave us the full extent of editing.
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Youtube
Youtube was another piece of technology that was used in the creation of our product. We were able to firstly view other previous products. This allowed us to gain knowledge and techniques from others in order to develop and improve our own. Secondly, it enabled us to post our own videos on it so that we could include them on our weebly website and other people could view them and give us advice in order to improve them. As well as this it also allowed earlier versions of our product and other related videos to be viewed and assessed.
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Camera
The main piece of equipment which was responsible for the whole of our media work. It was the main supports in which our OTS laid upon. It allowed us to film every piece of work in our final product and many other research videos previous to it. With a firm grip and many hours of filming it produced high quality video and boosted our chance of earning a decent grade. With a simple system, we easily mastered the device and were soon shooting top quality shots to implement in our OTS.
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TriPOd
With the tripod we were able to steady and place the camera in many different places that we just could not achieve with our own hands. With an easily accessible, sturdy structure it was useful to deploy in many areas and positions. The tripod allowed us to take higher quality shots that would have lost us marks if not included. As we humans cannot hold a camera without shaking, the tripod ensures a smooth shot with minimal obstructions.
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Weebly
The main source of software in which we are creating this website. Weebly allowed us to create our own website in order for us to complete a section of our assessment and display our progress on the OTS. The website portrays everything about our project with a bio of the crew included. Weebly was a very easy website to use and had many different designs to ensure individuality. Weebly also works very well with youtube, allowing us to include how we filmed our OTS and other small clips compulsory to completing the course.
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Google Chrome
Google Chrome was the preferred search engine we used. It was very easy to use, had a clear layout and was extremely fast to search up useful information to implement into our product. Chrome also had other branches that allowed us to communicate with others via circles. With this aspect it enabled us to share and improve our product by a large amount. The search engine also had an image search which is where we obtained the pictures that are displayed on almost every page of our website.
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screencast
This is an example of our Screencast, it shows how we would find a source of sound or videos. In the video, someone can be seen searching for a sound, locating a relevant video on Youtube and uploading it to Final cut.
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