Project: Research and script for #4 question of CCR post

How did you integrate technologies-software, hardware, and online- in this project?

This is the fourth question of the CCR

Hardware: Webcam, lights, tripods for backdrop, boxes and books for camera holding

Software: Adobe Express, switched over to Adobe Premiere since Express is kinda bad. Canva, Blogger, Adobe Express, Picsart

Online: Youtube, Creative Commons, Pixabay

Script

The main hardware I used was a camera, tripods for the backdrop, and lights. 

The camera I used is a Logitech web camera (I think the version is C920). This camera is amazing for stop motion. Because of its small size, one is able to place the camera into places that a bigger camera is not able to. And, the C920 has 1080p quality. Small yet has great quality. I had this webcam for a very long time, around 2-3 years when I first began doing stop motion. 

The lights I used were mainly these little led lights that are able to change color and brightness via remote. These were originally meant for vehicles like motorcycles, which explains why they are able to last long without dimming or flickering. There is only a few problems with these lights, like how they have these weird little hooks at the sides of it which makes it difficult to get it to stand up right, or how its oval shape is not able to have a flashlight effect like the party finger LED lights I used before for my previous films. But overall these little flaws are made up for by the lights long luminant duration and its ability to change colors and brightness.

I also used a normal desk lamp for more brighter scenes, although I only used it for a few shots. 

The software I used to edit and put together my entire film was originally Adobe Express, which I accidently mixed up with Adobe Premiere. So I moved my project Premiere since Express is... pretty bad for video use. But it is better when making a poster, and even allowed me to download and store specific fonts. This came especially useful for the opening title and credits. 

Then I used Canva to turn the backgrounds of my credits transparent so I could put them in my film. 

As for online I used a lot of different resources I mainly used Youtube, Pixabay, and Creative Commons. Youtube I mainly used for researching different sci-fi movie openings and essay videos. Pixabay where I pulled a lot of sound effects from. And Creative Commons was the website I used to skim what music I should use.