Creating the evaluation on final cut pro

Making the evaluation-

Today,  I started to create my evaluation and the concept that I thought of was a video that was picturing me talking in the frame of the video and then from this it would have images coming up of the items, concepts and processes that I have endured whilst making my outcome this would have helped to visually describe what I have endured I the process of making the coursework and I also thought that it was a good idea to even try and with the evaluation video put the finished product in the background which would have shown what I have made whilst I was talking about it to the video.

Whilst making the product I realised that I needed to use specialist equipment and this meant that using tools provided by the software would have to be used. Especially the effects tool which I used a lot to ensure that there more of a sophisticated nature to the outcome and I had to do this because it meant that there would be a sense of cohesion and continuity in the outcome when visuals appeared the default setting that I used was a cross-fade as slide ins could have made it look unprofessional as it would capture the consumers attention elsewhere on the frame.

In order to even start making the evaluation on final cut pro I had to ensure that this part of the outcome was covered so that I knew that the correct visuals as well as audios were imported and this worked well once I had gasped the nature of the programme. To complete this process I had to click on one of the tool on the main toolbar and import from the desktop. The items that were imported included the images that I sourced online of some of the existing products in which I analysed along with the use of the opening title sequence that we actually produced and then I had to also import the soundings.

This screenshot is of the timeline in which is where it could move certain parts of the clip. I had to use this a lot as it had to be used after transitions or movement to make sure that the audio and visuals were formatted by rendering them which did become rather time consuming but ensured that the actual final product when exported was correct which was a good idea. It also meant that when I missed out one of the questions that I could then go back into that outcome, and then from this make sure that the correct or misplaced question was added; therefore, this tool as it meant that mistakes became easy to rectify.

This visual was the foundation of the evaluation as it meant that the primary source of what I was evaluating was actually being seen; this would be good for the examiner or consumer as it would mean that direct comparisons are evident and this would mean that the item would be much easy to evaluate. I made sure that the opening title sequence was seen the whole through the outcome as this is the purpose of the evaluation.

 

Overall, I think that the evaluation was successful so far and fits the brief of the interactive nature as it does not quite abide by a normal word document which is a good idea. The use of final cut pro was a good idea as it meant that there was more chance of masking the product as sophisticated as it could be. The use of the Chroma key tool was the hardest tool to use on the programme as it was a matter of trying to replicate the used Chroma -key on all so that it was the same the whole way through.