Preliminary Exercise Evaluation 3

3) What technology did you use to complete the task, and how did you use it?

During the production stage of this task, we used Cannon mini DV cameras, a microphone, and a tripod. We kept the camera on the tripod as there was no need for us to use handheld shots at any point, and with the microphone, we held it (out of shot) above the camera, pointing towards whatever sound we needed, so in the conversation shots, towards whoever was speaking, and in the shot of the door opening, we pointed it in the direction of the door. We did this so as to best capture the desired sound, and minimise unwanted background noise.
During the post-production stage of the task, we used the software Premiere Pro to edit our footage. We used the razor tool to cut up our shots, so we could edit them more easily and work out which ones were the best takes. We also used the grab tool to move cut up clips into the editing monitor[??] so we could change the length of the shot and choose the right bits for our sequence. This part of the editing was quite a lengthy process, because we had a great number of takes for some of our shots, so there were a lot to go through and choose from. We also put in titles, to provide the title of the sequence (Ugliest Jumper Ever), and used different transitions when we had a fade from black into the opening shot, and at the end when we had a fade to black.