Technical skills I have developed during AS.

In the AS year, we learn many technical skills from filmmaking to editing to even editing sound. Live Type was one of the programs we used, this program allowed us to create all sorts of different fonts, using special effects, to letters jumping over each other, or even smoking. It is also possible to create custom LiveFonts, but the necessity of generating a separate movie file for each letter makes the file sizes very large. Final Cut Pro was the editing program we used to put together all our clips, add fades, dissolves, overlapping effects, shorten clips and finalize our thriller.

Soundtrack Pro is another program we used, we created our own soundtrack, literally anything is possible! There is an never ending list of sounds to choose from, orchestral, natural sounds, singing, instruments, the list goes on.

Another new programme which I have learnt to use is Handbrake. This is a programme which converts files into another suitable type of file so that you can upload videos onto the blog. It converts MOV. files into MP4. files.

At the beginning of the year we all got introduced to the JVC camera.

We should be very careful with the camera lenses as it can get fingerprints on it which would make shots look dirty and blurry. Keep the camera away from water or fire. If there is a scene in the rain make sure a big umbrella is used. Make sure when not using the camera the lense is closed, to stop dust from getting on the lense. The camera is very expencive and fragile, like a baby it needs to be treated with good care.

Battery: The battery is inserted in the battery slot which is located at the back of the camera. If you want to take out the battery, push the eject button which can be found on top of the battery slot. Do not try and force or pull the battery out, or this will damage the battery slot which may cause the batteries not to work when placed in the camera.

Memory Card: The memory card is used to save your clip when filming, its like a USB, you can save your work on it. Using the memory card, you can simply slide it into the memory slot on your PC and transfer the files onto your hard drive. The memory card slot can be found at the left hand side of the camera, bottom of the mini screen.

Camera Tripod:  Slowly slide the camera on the top of your tripod until you hear a click, when you hear the click, that's when the camera is locked in, there is a further security botton on the side which you turn which completely locks the camera in so it cannot even slide the slightest bit. If you want to release the camera from the tripod, push the eject button then slide it out.