Equipment used

For the music video:

-Sony handycam- HD Cassette camcorder, recorded onto miniature tapes and uploaded to a computer via Firewire cable.

-Tripod- Used to support camera when panning and zooming to retain focus and stability. In our video we used the tripod for a majority of the filming due to the smooth nature of filming needed to make the video look professional. This was also to stick to the convention.

-Artificial lights- Whilst these are not present in the video, with the police interview scene we tried using remote lights to try and enhance the scene; however, we found these to be too harsh on the models and decided to cut the scenes out and use the ones without the lights.

-Meter ruler stick. When recording the scene with the footsteps, we needed to create some form of panning device whilst keeping the camera at floor level. After attempting to selotape the camera to a book, and using string to pull it along (which proved unsuccessful); we tried selotaping the camera to the end of a metre-ruler stick, then using string to pull it along.

For the photoshoot

-Canon EOS 300D camera - DSLR (Digital single lens reflex) camera with a 2.0GB CompactFlash card with in-built flash (not used for the photoshoot images)

-Canon 50mm f1.8 lens- Portraiture lens, used for a majority of the photoshoot to give a particular focus on one part of the subject, then blur the rest; this was especially useful for the CD/DVD cover.

-Multi-Card Reader- used to transfer the pictures from the CF memory card onto the iMac for editing. USB 2.0 port

Editing

-iMac- used for all editing and uploading processes

-Youtube audio rip software- With the footsteps scene; the metre stick was extremely successful for movement but made too much noise, causing us to overwrite the scene with an audio rip from Youtube (using software)

(the original sound clip)

-iMovie- Uploading and editing software used for the music video.

-Firewire cable- Used to upload the footage from the camera onto the Mac through the correct port.

-Adobe Photoshop CS4- Used to edit all the photographs, and create the poster and Digipack. However, the logo was created on Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0

-Graphics Tablet- Used for precision photo-editing and alternative cursor device. When creating all the Graphic designing elements, I used a Wacom Bamboo tablet for all the precision editing. Using a tablet in my opinion is better for all forms of photography work as lines are a lot smoother and editing is made a lot easier.