At a basic level we used the camera, tripod, blogging and editing software in our research, planning and evaluation stages. We used the camera and tripod to film lots of shots, which was straight forward to use and uploaded these onto our documents; but had to encode these files using a program we have called 'rename my files'. This program changed the files from a MPEG into one Abode Premiere Pro could read, and uploaded them quickly.
When editing we used Abode Premiere Pro CS4, which was easy to use as we used it for our final project last year too. This year however we needed more effects as we wanted to fit into our indie music video genre, so after searching through lists of effects we found appropriate ones that fit in with our video such as 'brush strokes' and 'mirroring'.
Blogging was also easy as we had already used blogger.com last year, so as soon as the year started I knew what to do and started blogging posts to make sure all my progress was recorded. The only problem we had with the blogger this year was posting up videos. The files were so large they wouldn't originally fit onto a post, so the IT technicians at shcool cut the size of the files without losing any of the quality in order to fit into my blog.
New programs we used this year included Photoshop, youtube and weebly.com. Photoshop was used for creating the album covers, which was fairly easy to use after testing out drafts first. The only problems we had with this program were the background, and resizing pictures of animals from google. For the background of the CD covers I wanted a crumpled paper effect to keep in theme with the other media we were creating, and tried making one from scratch before eventually deciding the most efffective looking technique was to use a picture from google images. Also, the animal images at first would not be shrunk down to fit the covers, so I had to open them up in paint in order to resize them, but these were just minor problems in an easy to use program.
Finally, online programs included youtube and weebly.com. Youtube was utilised to put our rough cut and final production online, and more specifically so we could put it on facebook to get audience feedback. At first these files were too large to put on, so we contacted our IT department and they managed to shrink the size of the files without losing any quality. Weebly.com was used to create our website for Scarlet Harlots to promote their new single, that we have made a video for. I had never tried to make a website before, but this site was extremely simple to use and just about showed us through the whole process. Pictures and blogs were easy to create and upload, and the layout was simply picked, however I feel that all the elements worked well, and although easy and quick to make looks effective.
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