Reflecting back on the AS year: Technical Skills

Over the past year, I have developed and improved all of my technical skills.

CAMERA

• Using basic camera's setting to create more efficient footage eg. extra lighting
• using tripod
• framing; using a possible numbers of angle and shots during filming
• saving footage into a hard drive
• Importing footage into software eg. Final Cut Pro

FLIPCAM

• using flipcam to take people's feedback
• using it to evaluate my own work as it is quicker and more interesting form of self-evaluation

MAC's

• using  Mac's as a alternative form of taking a video to self-evaluation
• using a screen recording video to shows how we use software’s eg. Final Cut Pro, Live Type etc.
• transferring work from all the devices like camera, SD card, flipcam and saving into particular place
• Saving data on NAS

I am working on Mac's computers only in college, so sometimes I found it quite challenging to make everything work as I want. However now, I am happy say that I can use them quite comfortable and managing to help myself while solving problems.

SOFTWARES

• Final Cut Pro -making a film video like thriller opening sequence, making a music video which is much more complicated.

+ Thriller opening sequence:

[] adding special effects like flashes, transitions, overlapping

[] changing colour

[] adding a soundtrack

[] adding titles

• Soundtrack Pro - creating own soundtrack or editing already existing music, transferring it into Final Cut Pro
• Live Type- creating titles and transporting them into Final Cut Pro.
• QuickTime- convert videos
• Handbrake - converting all files into a mp4 which enable to post a film into a blog

BLOGGING

• Posting on my work into a blog
• Insert video form internet, pictures from storage or online sources, my own video
• keeping everything up to date, meeting deadlines, coming back to original ideas