Before we edited our preliminary task, a year 13 student explained to us how to use the editing suite and the 'Pinnacle' editing software. The software is relatively easy to use and we got the hang of it quite quickly, although we did encounter a few problems.
Firstly, I made the mistake of cutting one of the shots so it only flashed up for a fraction of a second. It appeared so small on the timeline that we couldn't delete it, which wasted 5 minutes until Jenny realised we could 'zoom in' and delete it that way.
We also found that there was no music on the Pinnacle software to really fit the task, which we thought might ruin the final product. The music we chose in the end actually made the film funnier, which in turn made it a bit more interesting. While we were looking through the sound effects on the system, we decided to add in a 'groan' sound when Emily walks in to Ryan. This added to the comic affect and I think it worked quite well. As we don't want our Thriller to be funny, the prelim made us realise that we need to take our time choosing the music for it as we want to establish a certain mood.
We had lighting problems with our prelim as our camera was on the wrong setting and we didn't notice, and we also didn't think about the position of the sun in relation to where we would position the camera. As a result of this, some of the task -for example when Ryan walks out of the doors outside- is much too light so you can hardly see anything. We will definitely think about this when we are filming our Thriller as we want the shots to be of the best quality.
Doing a preliminary task has definitely proved useful as it has introduced us to using cameras and editing software. It has shown us some of the obstacles we are likely to come up against whilst filming and editing our thriller, as well as the mistakes which are easy to make, but also easy to avoid if you know what you're doing.
Firstly, I made the mistake of cutting one of the shots so it only flashed up for a fraction of a second. It appeared so small on the timeline that we couldn't delete it, which wasted 5 minutes until Jenny realised we could 'zoom in' and delete it that way.
We also found that there was no music on the Pinnacle software to really fit the task, which we thought might ruin the final product. The music we chose in the end actually made the film funnier, which in turn made it a bit more interesting. While we were looking through the sound effects on the system, we decided to add in a 'groan' sound when Emily walks in to Ryan. This added to the comic affect and I think it worked quite well. As we don't want our Thriller to be funny, the prelim made us realise that we need to take our time choosing the music for it as we want to establish a certain mood.
We had lighting problems with our prelim as our camera was on the wrong setting and we didn't notice, and we also didn't think about the position of the sun in relation to where we would position the camera. As a result of this, some of the task -for example when Ryan walks out of the doors outside- is much too light so you can hardly see anything. We will definitely think about this when we are filming our Thriller as we want the shots to be of the best quality.
Doing a preliminary task has definitely proved useful as it has introduced us to using cameras and editing software. It has shown us some of the obstacles we are likely to come up against whilst filming and editing our thriller, as well as the mistakes which are easy to make, but also easy to avoid if you know what you're doing.
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