The HD quality really helped us as when filming our preliminary task, the camera wasn't HD quality, therefore we couldn't get it to look like a professional film opening, however as we had a HD camera for our final piece, we were able to make it look like a professional film opening.
The walk-proof feature was very helpful as it would have been difficult to use a dolly effectively for our piece, as it would not have worked well in a field as the surface is bumpy, however the walk-proof feature meant that the dolly was not necessary. This was a lot better compared to our preliminary task as the camera for that did not have the walk-proof feature, and the dolly made a loud noise when we wanted to move it due to our location, therefore we couldn't have any moving shots, which we wanted to, however due to this feature on the camera for our final product, we could, without the use of a dolly.
The cameras wind-proof ability was very helpful when filming our final piece, as we filmed it in the middle of a field, so there was a lot of wind, but thanks to the sound-proof feature on the camera, we were able to block a lot of it out. This was not a problem in our preliminary task, as we filmed inside, however if we were to film outside when it was windy, it would have been a big problem as the cameras we used for our preliminary task didn't have this feature, and a lot of the speech wouldn't have been heard when watching the final cut.
One weakness to the camera we used was although there was a wind-proof feature on it, as it was very windy when we filmed, not all of the wind in the background was blocked out, and this then effected the audio of the final cut, as some of the speech was hard to hear. To overcome this problem, we had to re-record some of the audio which was hard to hear, then put it back into the final cut, in order for all the speech to be heard easily.
We also learnt a lot about the different types of editing software, and how different iMovie and After Effects are.We used iMovie to edit our preliminary task, however we used After Effects to edit our final piece. After editing our final piece, I then watched the preliminary task, and then our final task. The difference between in the two is massive, plainly because of the editing software we used.
iMovie didn't allow us to do a lot of the stuff that After Effects did. With After Effects, we were able to make a lot of improvements to the quality of the final cut, which we couldn't do with iMovie. For example we wanted to make the location of our final piece look brighter for the final cut, as we wanted it to be filmed on a sunny day, however when we filmed it, it was overcast. To solve this we added colour correction, only to the things we needed to, like the sky and the tree/bushes. We made them look brighter, and when everything we wanted was colour corrected, it looked a lot brighter, and how we actually wanted it to look, rather than overcast, which made the whole thing look dull. We couldn't do this on our preliminary task as iMovie didn't let us use colour correction as specifically as After Effects could, as for our final cut we only needed certain things colour corrected, however this wasn't possible on iMovie when we edited our preliminary task.
Over all from using the various equipment and editing software to make both our preliminary task and our final task, the main thing we have learnt that is that it is the small things on the camera make it better, and we learnt how to use all of the features of it by practising with it before our actors turned up, and always use more complex software to edit, for example After Effects, rather the more simple ones just because they are easier, such as iMovie.
Before our actors turned up to our location to film, we was playing with the camera to see how good it was compared to the one we used for our preliminary task. This was a good idea because we then noticed that it had the walk-proof feature on it, which helped us massively as without it, a lot of our moving shots would have been a lot lower quality, like in the preliminary task, as a dolly would not have worked in a field due to the bumpy surface. We also got to learn about the wind-proof feature, and how we could then film in more open spaces and not worry about the sound in the background, rather than film in condense spaces to avoid the wind.
We then learnt a lot about the editing software by playing around with it before we started editing. It was a lot more complex than iMovie, as iMovie doesn't have the complex features on it like after effects, but although it was more complex at first, practising with it made us better at it, and we were then able to use it with ease, like iMovie.
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