In addition to the technologies specified in the presentation above, we also used other media technologies during the construction process of our music video.
iPads: At the very beginning of the year, our school had just invested in some iPads and iPad tripods. Due to the very poor quality of our school cameras, we decided that we would attempt to use an iPad to film our music video. On the first day of filming, we took the iPad and used this as our method of recording. However, on reflection of the footage, we realised that the shots were not very good quality. We could see that in shots that were not brightly lit (very little of our music video was planned to be filmed in bright locations), the footage appeared grainy. This diminished the professional feel of our video, and therefore, we wanted to find another method to film.
Mobile Phones: After trialling the iPad for filming, and realising the it did not allow for good quality footage, we decided that we would attempt to film on our mobile phones. We carried out a direct comparison between the footage of the iPad and the footage of the mobile phone, and we could see that the mobile phone footage was much clearer. We then made the decision to film the rest of our music video on our mobile phones, as we did not have access to a DSLR camera, or similar. We found this to be a convenient use of equipment as we always carry our mobile phones, which meant that we did not have to worry about picking up extra filming equipment. The only problem we encountered using mobile phones was that when filming constantly, the batteries begin to run low very quickly. To combat this problem, we made sure to always carry a charger for our devices, and to carry a portable charging bank, too.
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