SKILLS AUDIT

First we learnt how to Blog, which was fairly simple, click new post in the corner, give your post a title and write what you intend to write, our first task to write a small introduction about ourselves. We then learnt about conventions of a film opening, where we looked at stuff which is usually included in a opening such as music and titles and production and distribution company logos. We were then shown a little tutorial on how to set the tripod and camera up, and then we experimented with shot types and with lighting filters and zooming. We also learnt how to insert a memory card into a camera.

After that we then got to work on making our Shot by Shot remake of the opening of Collateral, we started off with the storyboard then we filmed our shots, then we went on final cut, were we learnt how to select an input point and an output point. And we were taught how to order the clips in a track so the editing looks smooth.

We then were taught how to convert the final cut file into a format where we could be able to upload it onto blogger. We drag the final cut file onto MPEG stream-clip, find the blogger preset and wait for a bit, then upload it.

Then after we done our holiday homework, we were given an editing task in witch we ordered shots from the film, Arlington Road in the right order using the skills from the last editing task and then we learnt how to add titles to a video, which was again fairly simple.

After that task we were taught about foley sounds, in witch we covered the lens of the camera and used the microphone to record specific sounds, such as someone breathing or someone running. etc. We then used the sounds that we recorded and applied it to the  Arlington Road film to make it more realistic.

We then were taught how to use Soundtrack, were we used preset loops to find a soundtrack that suited the mood of the film we were editing. We then made the soundtrack file into a format where we can apply it to final cut pro. We had to make it stereo 1,2. Then export it.

Soon afterwards we got to work on our idea for our thriller. After discussing several ideas, we finally came up with a decent one, we fixed it up a little, found a suitable location then pitched our idea to the media teachers who then gave their approval. Then we got to filming, where we applied the skills we learnt in the earlier tasks to come up with some good shots, then after 2-3 days of filming we applied all of the skills we learnt over the past few months to make sure our thriller looks really good, I also learned how to add filters and transitions.