Software Research

Software Research

This software research was also used to decide what software to use when doing our AS blog as well as what soft ware to use for our A2 blog. The type of software we use during the editing process is a vital part to achieve a high standard trailer, as we need to understand the whole programme, from the cutting shots to the precise point to knowing how to arrange them. This is important so we can benefit from all the technology provided from the editing software.

Movie Maker:

The first piece of software that we looked at was Microsoft movie maker. We used Movie Maker to create our storyboard. This was because it was easy and straight forward to use and apply music to. The storyboard didn't need much editing or clipping, as it was simply images being placed together. However, for our trailer, we may need a more complex piece of software as there are more complications such as sound effects, transitions, editing and titles. Movie maker is made by microsoft, which, as you know, a very well known company and is very user friendly as it should appeal to all ages interested within media and producing films. This software makes you be the editor, with no complicating buttons and techniques needed. Movie Maker also ensures that photos and videos are imported quickly and at the highest and clearest resolution, so the images are clear, avoiding buffering and blurriness. It also enhances your movie by providing ready made themes and audios, which could be used for different genres of film and videos, which give us ideas of what kind of music we need and which would suit with the shots we take. Finally, once our movie is ready, we can share it online on Facebook, YouTube or other social networking and video sharing sites, and if necessary we can send a link of our movie in an email so we can transfer our production to each other to do some editing and to make all our ideas come alive. There are many aspects of this software which may be ideal for producing our film such as the transition elements and having ready made horror music if we needed it. However this software is fairly amateur, meaning there isn't as much variety of transitions, sounds, cutting techniques etc, which could be a problem.

Adobe Premier Elements 10

The second piece of software that we could consider using is Adobe Premier Elements 10. We used this software last year, when filming our opening two minutes- The Alley. We feel that it was very useful last year, so it seems ideal to use it again. Although this software is another editing software like Microsoft Movie Maker, this is software is aimed for making and creating videos and films, which is more of an advantage using this software. This software also gives you a more clearer timeline with audio and soundtracks below so you can line the shots and the music precisely together. It also has much more advance effects such as the stabilizer effect, which keeps shots still if they are shakey when they are not meant to be. This may benefit us as we want to make our opening two minutes as best as we can so a more advanced software would aid us for doing this, right? This may not be true as it makes the process a lot more complicated as there is more techniques you can use, meaning more complication. However this software includes a range of transitions, effects, cutting processes etc, which would definitely benefit in producing our film.

Software Used

Ultimately, we had to come to a decision of what software we wanted to use. We decided to stick with what we already knew and had learnt from last year. We decided to go with Adobe Premier Elements 10. As we used it last year in our opening two minutes, it meant that we were all fully aware of how the system worked, and what buttons were where. In addition, many professionals use when they edit movies, this gives us the experience of a real movie editor and what they have to do to achieve what they achieve. The effects on this movie editor are acceptable for our genre of movie because they able you to control how the lighting and sounds are e.g. the volume; because our trailer is a horror we like to experiment with these things to create tension and fear when you are watching it, making it beneficial for us as editors. We explored the editing software to enable us to find the right tool to crop our clip, we managed to find one which brought us to realise how advanced this editing software really is.In conclusion, this is an ideal application to use to edit our film as it makes the finished project look professional and neat, it is also easy to use which is necessary because we are inexperienced movie editors. The range of transitions, effects and sounds makes it fun to use