Digital Technology

Digital technology is related to the equipment we used and how modern it is. 

In our preliminary task we used an older video camera that lacked in quality meaning our piece did not look as flawless as it could have done. We did use an Apple Mac computer to edit our piece together which we could all access and as the camera was the schools it did not matter if someone was not in because we could still reach it. 

Where as in our opening we did become slightly restricted as we used my phone, an iPhone 6s, because of its high resolution and so if I was ill and could not attend a filming day an alternative camera had to be used which may not have had the same resolution. Fortunately, I did attend all the filming days and even if I had missed it we could easily colour match or could change the resolution in order for all our clips to match. 

We chose to use the iPhone in our opening as it was lighter and could correct the lighting, one disadvantage though was that the phone did not have an SD slot so we could not transfer the videos immediately over to the laptop. The change in filming equipment automatically improved the standard and quality and allowed us to use the tripod more smoothly as there was a lighter weight on it.

 In both the preliminary task and opening Facebook proved to be very useful as it allowed us to communicate frequently and meant if someone could not attend a filming day they would be kept up to date with what is happening and possible changes to the storyboard if the original idea appeared not to work. 

Pixlr.com was an excellent site for composing our production companies logo as it is an online site that did not needed to be downloaded and our designs could be reached by each of us by logging in via a group account. Not only was that a benefit but it gave us access to multiple tools which some sites did not do unless you pay a subscription fee. 

I think overall our range of technologies used has stayed the same but we just changed the quality, also I think next time it would be beneficial to experiment with more technologies such as artificial lighting.