Production tools

Production Tools

Well this week marks the beginning of a small production task, however as I was unable to attend the tutorial this week I will not be able provide the details of my idea, however today I will provide an insight to the usefulness of the websites offered in this weeks tutorial.

iMovie;

As a mac user (an fan) iMovie is at the top of the list. Not only is it easy for me to access, but it is one of the easiest movie making software packages to use, ever.

iMovie works with a basic 'Raw footage' and 'Project' window, of which the user simply has to drag the selected clips or segments to add them to the project. If one wishes to access the audio, visual or duration elements of the film it is as simple as clicking a button, and dragging whatever you want into the film. iMovie comes standard with basic audio and visual effects, as well as inbuilt themes, backgrounds and text animations.

Overall it is the small film makers dream.

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This type of software would be excellent as an alternative to physically getting out there and filming. However, I am a passionate film student and take pleasure in getting the camera and playing around with shots. Although this type of animations seems to be cheap. If this type of software was to be used, it would be more efficient as a storyboard tool.

YouTube video editor

this type of video editing would be ideal for a really simple video, where audio and visual effects are not important, nor is precision editing. Although this may be good for some people, editing on the internet can sometimes cause problems, with unsaved work being deleted and bugs corrupting data.

At the end of the day I am more than likely to use iMovie than anything else.