Before embarking on this media course I was clueless as to
what went into making a media product, even one as simple as the ones students
all across the country have made for their AS and A2 courses, so finding out
even the simplest things like focusing a camera or cutting and sticking 2
pieces of footage together were new information to me.
During the post production stage we discussed various
methods of filming “Blackmail”. Our first train of thought took us down the
route of mobile technology, more specifically an IPhone 5S. This would have
been useful as me and Linden both possessed Iphones of this generation or
higher (Linden had an IPhone 6). This would have been useful also as it was
practical as we always had our phones on us which made for ease of filming as
and when the weather allowed us, as I have already stated the weather was a
massive concern. It would also make
uploading our project to YouTube easy as we have wifi and mobile data meaning
it wouldn’t take long to upload. Equipment for phones were provided such us
steady cams and tripods, however we decided against using our phones because of
the greater mexa pixel camera we possessed which would lead to better shots in
our production. The longer battery life of the camera also made it more sensible
as Iphones are notorious for having very short battery lives and we both were
using ours to communicate with people throughout the filming process. The audio
capabilities of Lindens camera also trumped the IPhone audio which helped tip
us over the edge in our judgement as audio was one thing I wanted to make sure
was as good as possible.
Learning how to assemble a tripod may seem like something
trivial to you film whizzes but to me it was a serious lesson that took me
longer than I am proud to admit.
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