Question 6

Question 6

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  Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this project? Austen Nuttall – CNS Sixth Form Template from Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Edited by Austen Nuttall: Added 3D effects, transactions and images using PowerPoint 2007 and Clip Art
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  The Blog I‟m not familiar with using and developing content for a blog. I‟ve never even used a blog until now! I was just like my Granddad, he would often say to me: “What does a Blog even do?” In time, I finally figured it out, and so did he. To begin with, I‟ve found the process of learning how to embed videos, text, and even PowerPoint's interesting by using HTML codex. I have even explored the codex system by using outside sources of HTML codex in my posts to enable soundtracks and „spoiler bars‟ (click to show/hide content). These have made my blog unique and far more interesting then others.
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  The Blog -Soundtrack codex Soundtrack: <embed flashvars="audioUrl=LINK_FOR_.MP3" height="27" quality="best" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345- audio-player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400"></embed>
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  The Blog -„Spoilers‟ codex Spoiler Bar: <div id="spoiler" style="display:none"> HIDDEN CONTENT HERE </div> <button title="Click to show/hide content" type="button" onclick="if(document.getElementById('spoiler') .style.display=='none') {document.getElementById('spoiler') .style.display=''}else{document.getElementById('spoiler') .style.display='none'}">BUTTON TEXT</button> - River Song, Doctor Who
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  Cameras - DigitalCameras During GCSE Media Studies, I learnt many aspects and techniques on how to use a digital camera. I‟ve developed and improved these skills throughout the A.S. Media Studies course. I‟ve become far more familiar with the interface of the cameras which my group and I used during the preliminary task and also the second task, “Opening to a New Thriller Film”.
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  Cameras - DigitalCameras During our second task – “Opening to a New Thriller Film” my group and I used my camera to capture our footage. The camera used was a Cannon 600D which has HD video recording, which was originally bought for my Photography A-level course and future usage. As the camera was new to me, I didn‟t even know how to operate it. I eventually began learning how to edit the settings within the camera‟s interface with actuate outcomes. For example, enabling the “rule of thirds” on the display panel whilst still being able to record footage. This helped both myself and James Kent (group member) capture footage which would be more appealing and interesting towards the audience as the scene used the rule of thirds.
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  Editing - AdobePremier Elements  I was fairly familiar with Adobe Premier Elements as I have used a similar editing program in the past which is called “Sony Vegas”.  During the preliminary task, I learnt how to „capture‟ raw footage from the camera onto a computer using editing software called “Adobe Premier Elements”.
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  Editing - AdobePremier Elements  During the second task, I learnt how to convert .mov files from the Cannon 600D into .avi using a program called “WinFF”. I had to do this because then Adobe Premier Elements would recognise the file format along with other media players.  During the editing process I learnt how to change my group‟s footage into black and white by „click and drag‟ the “gray scale” button from the effects tab onto the selected clips, and also by adding different transactions such as dip to black, dissolve and cross-fade effects.
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  Editing - AdobePremier Elements  Because Animation is one of my A-level courses. I decided to create an animatic to use as part of our titles during our opening sequence as then it‟ll make my group‟s opening unique and rather interesting which would catch the audience‟s attention. This was rather simple and affective. All I had to do was create two title images with the same content and overlap them in the timeline. This then created a transaction between the two images creating the animatic title sequence.
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  Camera Angles –Dolly Zoom I came up with an inspiring idea while filming. This idea was to use the Dolly Zoom. The reason behind this is because the Dolly Zoom would strengthen the impact of the victim‟s expression which would make a greater impact towards the viewer. Myself and James Kent both tried to use this camera technique but James Kent had the best outcomes – He was a natural! We both learnt how to control the speed and how much „zoom‟ needed to get the effect we needed. Overall, we finally archived this difficult camera technique with great success.
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  Conclusion: Theuse and development of technology which I have explored during this course has greatly increased throughout. I‟ve learnt how to use a camera successfully and how to edit the footage in Adobe Premier Elements in a number of different ways. Adding slide transitions and adding a soundtrack. My blog was challenging to begin with, but when it was finally setup correctly to the standards which I would of liked, such as the choice of layout and gadgets, I could then begin to progress with my work.
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