Production Progress

Week 7; Post 2

This week, due to sickness and absentees last week our group was formed and the ideas began to roll out. I am in a group with three others. This week we decided what we were going to film, how we were going to film it and what we should edit it on afterwards. The first problem we hit was deciding on what our idea should be, however we ultimately decided on an idea that would be simple to film, around the campus. It would be focusing on interactions, with nature, people, animals and technology. The protagonist would simply walk around, smell the flowers, talk to friends, feed the birds, and look on Facebook. A problem that we did have was coming up with what we should use to film the project. We could have used a handy cam, however that seems too professional, especially when our idea revolves around everyday life. Alternatively we had the choice of one of two options, the HD video camera that is a feature of the iPhone 4, or the video camera of one of the other group members DSLR camera. It was decided that it is most likely that we would use the DSLR camera, however we would make the final decision on the day. We did not make a decision on the editing software that we would use, however due to the fact that there are Macintosh computers in the computer lab that we work in, it is most likely we will use iMovie. It is most likely we will not use Final Cut, predominantly due to how complicated it is, and it does not suit the project, as it is only 30 seconds to a minute long.