Evaluation Q6 Technology

To create the media that we are making in school we would not be able to do any of this without the development of digitization which has allowed us to use new technology to create such good quality movies and be able to stream our videos directly onto YouTube and other sights. The technology that we use at school to create out media is as follows:

• Apple Mac's
• Final Cut Pro (film editing software)
• Garage Band (musical software)
• HD video cameras
• Blogger
• YouTube
• IMDB

The main vital piece of equipment that we use most is the Apple Mac's. The reason that we use Apple Mac's instead of ordinary dell computers is due to the fact that they have a much larger storage device in comparison with ordinary computers which means that we are able to have all the vital software which we require on them for editing, creating music and other purposes. They are also a lot quicker than normal computers which wouldn't be able to play back footage as well as the Apple Mac's.

Final Cut Pro is a editing software where the footage that we have taken is edited. Final Cut Pro is  a very advanced piece of technology and is very like the software in which major film companies would use when editing there movies.

Garage Band is a musical software for creating music and certain sound effects for films. The music created can be used to make ambient sounds which can be played quietly in the background of the film. The sound effects that can be made can be applied to film openings as diagetic or non-diagetic music which can create an audio bridge at times. This is useful for our media.

HD Video Cameras that we use to shoot the footage for our film openings are high end cameras which originally movie companies didn't use to create their movies but due to the development of digitization they are now starting to become more popularly used as they are cheaper, less expensive and easier to use. They provide us with the ability to shoot our footage in HD and upload it straight onto final cut pro quickly.

Blogger is the place where we update posts on our progress of our media and share what we have made and what we have learnt during  our lessons and any research that we have conducted into finding out about media studies.

YouTube is a website which has been around for a while and is site that allows you upload, and view videos that have been shared from all over the world. We can use YouTube  to upload our films and gain feedback from people.

IMDB is a website which provides us with plenty of media information about films that have been made in the past, present movies and future upcoming movies. This site also tells you all about the movies information such as the cast, budget, director and much much more. This is ideal for when we are assessing or analysing past film openings.