Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Creative Critical Reflection #4 Draft
"How did you integrate technologies- software, hardware, and
online- in this project?"
Video/Sound Editing:
Adobe Premiere: This was the primary software I used when making
the film itself. Cutting clips, adjusting/adding audio, timeline, color
effects, and the title screen were all done in Adobe Premiere.
Microsoft Movie Maker: I used this software very little, but it
was still important for the sake of time and convenience. I use this program
personally quite often, so I was familiar with it to begin with. While Adobe
Premiere looks much cleaner and makes it easier to cut/edit audio, Microsoft
Movie Maker works just fine when adding captions. I would spend my time in
class editing with Adobe Premiere, and since it was faster to add credits on
Movie Maker, finish the render and add captions. The second draft, I used Adobe
Premiere to create the text of the title card, since its text options were less
limited, but all credits were still done in Movie Maker.
Adobe After Effects: I tried to use Adobe After Effects to create
an electricity effect on the frame where the agent offers our protagonist her
hand. It was meant to be a dramatic reveal that the agent was also super
powered. However, after watching a few tutorials, I realized the effect was too
ambitious as I had never used the program before. I instead aimed to create an
effect of fire on the agent’s hand, as there was a relatively simple tutorial
for it. However, finding free stock footage of fire was time consuming, as many
visual effects come in costly packages. Due to some troubles with Adobe After
Effects (multiple times it crashed or erased my work) as well as a lack of
time, I was not able to add the fire hand effect.
Organization:
Flash Drive: SanDisk 30 GB flash drive. I used this flash drive to
organize all of the location pictures, script drafts, footage, drafts, etc. in
one spot to keep my files organized and for easy access.
Google Blogger: The website has been the way I’ve documented the
process and research. It’s where my research is posted, drafts, plans, etc. for
my own benefit as a sort of central hub of completed steps. It is also to
document my work so that can be graded by Cambridge.
Research:
Online Research: My main source of research was through the online
search engine Google. I also used YouTube as a way to search for sound effects,
music, and even clips of films to analyze.
DVDs: I used multiple DVDs to research movie openings (i.e.
Guardians of the Galaxy and Iron Man).
Equipment:
D3200 Nikon Camera: Our group member Maya’s camera. We used the
camera on a tripod to get stable shots in filming, but there was a shot where I
tracked her while holding the camera (handheld shot creates tension).
RODE Videomic: A boom mic we used to capture the dialogue in our
intro.
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