TECHNOLOGY: Final Cut Pro X: Tools Used

Final Cut Pro X

Tools

When I was creating my ident I used many different tools in the process.

This is my timeline for my ident

 Tools that I used in my ident include the cross dissolve and fade to color edit with enabled my clip to fade in and out to make it look smoother and to create a complete transition between the video and title. 





I also used the Halftone effect on the video to create a 60's black and white effect which would fit with the make up of the model. I altered the different aspects of the effect as I decreased the scale as the image became unrecognisable when the scale was at 100% I also did the same with the contrast as this also altered the image too much. 

This is my ident

Font

I also imported a retro font from http://www.1001fonts.com/vintage-fonts.html I then had to transfer this font to the Final Cut Pro font library to be able to use it in my ident. 

PRELIMINARY/TECHNOLOGY - what I learned

What I learned

I have never even opened Final Cut Pro-X so this first step was pretty big moment for me. I never knew that editing could be so simple and I quickly learned how to change from the select tool to the cut tool using keys rather than using the mouse which will help me to make the editing process a lot quicker. To move the mouse to the select tool you press fn A and for the blade tool you select fn B. 

My editing timeline

I learned which way to hold the camera by a trial and error process as I am used to taking photos and having freedom to hold the camera which ever way I please, so it was a bit of a shock when filming a moving picture that I was restricted to only being able to hold the camera landscape.

We had a short amount of time to create a story board and film our little piece. Our instructions were to film someone opening a door then walking across a room a then finally sitting down followed by a short dialogue.

As this was the first time using the cameras whilst also only having a short time to film there are many elements that I would like to re film and tweak especially the poor filming at certain points. But this means that when it comes to more serious pieces that I will feel more comfortable and prepared. I tried to use a few different shot angles like panning,low angle, long shot, close up and over the shoulder. Hopefully I can expand on my range of angle shots.

These are my definitions and examples or some semiotic techniques.