Technical Tutorials

I learnt a great deal from the technical tutorials we were given, as they helped me to understandthe technical ability and effort that goes into making real life Digipacks.

Photoshop

I had previous experience with Photoshop, so this was good to use the application again. I went over simple techniques such as cropping and resizing, and due to my previous knowledge, I used the extract filter to make cut out of picture. We were asked to create a CD front and back cover to help us get used to the tools in Photoshop, my attempt is above.

Green Screen

The introduction to the Green Screen technology has been a great insight into how we can take our music videos to the next level. The use of these could be a real help into crisp shots and photos for use in the Digipack. We will need to remember to set up 3 cameras, showing 3 different shot types; 1 long, 1 close up and 1 moving camera. We need to make sure we direct our performer(s) into how to get the best shots of them.

Final Cut Express

For AS Media we were first introduced to iMovie, a video editing application to edit our music videos, but now for A2 we have been asked to use the step up software which is Final Cut Express. I had a little bit of experimenting time on their and found a lot of differences between the both, the majority improvements, but it took me time to understand what did what in Final Cut Express. The main information I need to remember is that we need to have filmed everything needed in the music video before editing because problems can occur otherwise.