What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
The key decisions we made about technology during the production processes were that Premiere Pro should be the primary editing software along with further adobe products for visual flair such as After Effects and Photoshop. Reasons for choosing these products involved the superior quality and greatly renowned reputation that embodies Adobe products in a creative atmosphere. During pre production our choices to use Microsoft PowerPoint and Word enabled us to tackle the stages of planning such as questionnaires and research into genres (displayed earlier in the blog) at an efficient level whilst retaining the element of professionalism. Furthermore, learning about using the blog as a potential portfolio of our product proved to be an enlightening experience and inviggorated the creative atmosphere for producing an improved final product.
Upon Production, we learned through repeated use about how to configure the appropriate settings for our DV cameras and utilising a tripod for mounting the camera proved to be a success when we managed to achieve our intended shots on location.
The post production process quickly became the source of deciding whether our film would be perceived to the high standards we set. Learning about how to use Premiere Pro for editing and After Effects for visual flair e.g the muzzle flares was a highly engaging subject. The transitions and cuts were produced in Premiere Pro which were mostly successful due to the smooth nature they regained however the challenging aspects of this software principally derived from attempting to exclude the background noise on certain shots and incorporate an effective zoom in shot upon the head explosion effect. Furthermore, After Effects was used in order to recreate the muzzle flares on the guns and conclude with an aesthetically pleasing title sequence. Unfortunately, the title sequence was produced in a minimal amount of time therefore unable to be finished with the addition of some of my personal favourite effects including optical flares and volumetric lighting. However, despite the exclusion of these, the title sequence proved to be effective in developing the theme of grandeur in our end product.
Overall, I've learnt how to edit and recreate a well refined film using the Adobe suite of products and various other tools for production practices reinforced by the DV camera and tripod- establishing a deeper sense of gratitude for film making and its intricacy's regarding technologies used to construct a final product.
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