Evaluation Activity 6

To create my film and the attached products, I had to use several Hardwares and Softwares. I will list what it was used for and why. 

First 2 Minutes

For my First 2 minutes of my film 'Mine Forever' I had to use several hardwares and softwares.

To begin with we had to use a camera to film the footage with, for this we filmed with a DV1, we used this camera as it is small and compact, making it easy to transport and film with, but it also it is high resolution meaning that it is going to produce high quality footage, which it did. A picture is shown below.

A alternative we could of used is the Canon Mini DV, this is larger than the DV1 meaning it is harder to film with and it had a slightly worse resolution. But it had a better zoom, although it had a better zoom capability. A picture is shown below. 

In the end we chose the  due to the ease of filming and the high quality footage it produces. 

For the first 2 minutes of our film we decided to use a Tripod. We decided to use a tripod. A tripod is a stand for a camera, which you screw the camera onto. Using a tripod allowed for non-shakey footage, this would benefit our film as it will help it look professional and clean. A picture is shown below.

We used the Software Adobe Premiere Elements. This is useful as i also used Adobe Flash, this means they are easily compatible together. We decided to use Premiere Elements as it allows for a professional finish on the film, making it a good choice for non-professionals as it has an easy layout and interface. 

We also used paint to help create some of the still shots, we used this as it is a simple anquick way of producing a high quality picture. But it doesn't have many of the tools for creating some things more intricate. Below is a photo.

To also get some of the fonts used in the film we used a non copyright font called Chiken Skratch off  a site called dafont.com. This was very useful as it allowed us to use a scary font that was easy to use and wasn't copyrighted.

Storyboard Animatic

For our animatic I used a Software called Adobe Flash. This is a program that can be used to make GIFs and short movies, it allows you to draw pictures and it fills in the frames inbetween. It worked very well as a method of creating an Animatic as it can create a rough estimate of what the animatic is going to look like but is very visual allowing the audince to see what i think the film is going to look like. Below is a picture of the Software in use.

Poster

For the poster I used Photoshop as this allowed for a detailed poster to be created. The benefit of using Photoshop is that allows tools to be used which other simpler softwares do not have. Using it allows  the poster to be detailed and look professional. However a downfall of this is that it takes a long time.

Soundtrack

I tried to create a soundtrack for the movie by uising Garageband, doing this would allow me to create a creepy sounstrack that works well with the film, but in the end i found one that worked well and was copyright free so I used that one.