Task 4 - Media Technology In Post Production

Final Cut Pro was a key piece of technology that we used in the post production stage due to use editing our music video on it. I used Final Cut Pro to edit my Thriller which mean't that I had already built up a basic skills base from the program. However there was much more to learn. I had to learn how to sync the music video to the beat of the music, which allowed us to develop the skills on Final Cut Pro checking that the video of Rachel singing starts and when the start of the singing on the song started. We did this by dragging the shots onto the timeline and cutting the shots where it matches the song using the blade. We then started editing the shots, cutting it where we wanted the shots to go. In the 'Browser' section I was able to look through all of the clips and decide which ones I wanted to use and which ones I didn't want. The 'Viewer' and 'Canvas' section allowed me to view the clips and final video. The 'Timeline' section was where I dragged the clips onto and edit them together. This allowed me to put the final music video together.




To create the website I used Wix which enabled us to create a free website to promote our artist. My inspiration was taken from similar artist' websites such as Black Sabbath. We also used YouTube as well as further tutorials to gain the knowledge on how to use Wix. It was a challenge to get used to at the start but was a great experience.

Photoshop became another essential media technology that we used in post production as it allowed us to create and edit our CD DigiPak. This software allowed me to edit images, layer text with images, resize and crop. It also allowed us to edit the pictures so that they represented our artist and genre to the best of our ability. During the photoshop stage, I struggled a bit, as I had never used it before. Having said this I managed to get a photography student to help me and teach me what to do, which enabled me to help with the DigiPak.

We used a Timelapse on the day to make a record of the shoot day taking a picture every 1 second to allow us to have a picture of everything we had done. This mean't that we hada record of every little thing we did on the day.