EQUIPMENT

Because we are producing our film opening low-budget, the software and filming equipment we have used may differ to that of the actual film film industry in some ways.

Cameras:
-Canon MV920 Digital camcorder

We found the cameras very easy to use and because of some of our more sophisiticated shots we chose to use manual settings rather than simply autoeffect ones.
For our vision sequence we raised theexposure to create an extrememly bright effect, almost surreal. We also used varying manual focus to create the disorientated feel.
And for the kitchen scene we used a "daylight" white balance giving an almost red tintm that signified a warm atmosphere but could also signify blood/danger etc.

DV Tapes

By using DV tapes rather cameras which take SD/XD memory cards, we avoided all the problems of .mp4 compatablility. They also upload very quickly so it was just an all round better option.





Tripods

The use of tripods give it that proffessional look we are going for. Unless it is intended in for example documentaries, or our walking POV shotin the vision, the frame should be still at all times with smoot movements.
The use of tripods is essential to this, and for our walking scene we used one with a handle, to make it easier.









Special Effects:
- Blood

 

The blood was made using a common recipe found online. All it contained was red & blue food colouring, water and glucose syrup. It was cheap to make and in the very quick cuts will look successful.


Editing:
-iMovie 06

iMovie is a fairly simple programme to use. Once gotten the hang over, it can also do some complex things. We intend to use it for mainly basic things such as editing the clips and sound together.











-Sony Vegas 9

Our "Vertigo Cinemas" and "SIMPLAZ" logos were made on this programme. It can do incredibly complex things but again once messed around with, isn't overly complicated to use.
This is our first time using this programme.








Exposition:

-Blogger

This website keeps everyone up to date with everything. It's very simple to use, but very helpful and essentially acts as our individual production websites.



-Youtube
Our Youtube channel display all our video updates. It's very useful for getting your films scene and noticed. It potentially has a worldwide audience so is ideal for young film makers.



-Scribd
Scribd is a document uploader, that agian is easy to use whilst recieving a lot of reads. We used it to upload our initial screenplay.




-Divshare

This website hosts our podcast uploads. Using the embed code allows it to then use the sound recordings on our blogs so again is very useful for exposition.