The Future Of Technologies

Hardware

This is the Black Magic Pocket camera, This is a little pocket Camera with a massive power range. This is a cinematic camera that looks amazing in quality. I think this would be a good investment in the Media Department, as soon this will the size of the cameras that will shoot cinematic films, it is also easy to transport around if anyone wants to rent it from college. These cameras are around 600 pound so they are expensive but compared to the cameras we have at college they are cheaper. It is worth it because these cameras shoot in 4K quality which is the best quality there is out there. This quality will be the future for cameras this size.
http://www.digibroadcast.com/camcorders-c61/cinematic-camcorder-c159/blackmagic-design-pocket-cinema-camera-p7213/s7019?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=blackmagic-design-pocket-cinema-camera-bmd-cinecampochdmft&utm_campaign=product%2Blisting%2Bads&gclid=CjkKEQjwlIqdBRDy6JSK4Lmn1akBEiQAVa9dPdRoFSsOGmo4-c6fTFzHoxhYjPe8KZ7tt1Kt_Q3Q7UHw_wcB

  The next piece of hardware i think the college should invest in is a upgrade of the apple I Mac. The new iMacs available now are much much slimmer than the ones at college. Also all the mouse and keyboard are all wireless which means it will be tidier in the classroom as sometimes the wires get a bit messy. There is also much more memory on the new iMac as sometimes the ones we have now get filled up with memory and you can't save your work. These iMacs are rather expensive, They are about £1200 but apple can do deals with college and school if the iMacs are being used for education. Also this Mac will be needed if the college get the black magic camera because of the quality of the camera it will need a powerful machine like this to edit the footage and store it.
http://www.apple.com/uk/imac/

The next piece of Hardware i would recommend to the college is the GOPRO, these little cameras have got very big over the past couple of year and you often see go pro videos being used by famous you tubers to film their videos. Theses Cameras are extremely easy to transport and they can clip on to your body when you are filming, they are extremely light and great quality. I think these would be a great investment into the college as they are rather cheap roughly pricing at £200. This is a cheaper route to go down for the college and won't cost as much as some of the cameras but are equally as good.
http://gopro.com

The next piece of hardware i looked at is the Magic Mouse for the apple iMacs. This is Apples new and improved mouse which comes with the latest iMacs. It is a different feel that the Wired mouse. This is a complete runs on batteries which might be a downside for college as they will have to keep changing the batteries for them. But overall the mouse it a great improvement than the current mouse we have at college. This mouse is fully touch sensitive, you scroll down just by moving your finger down it and it is very quick and more simple use than the current mouse. It also looks much more professional and again is complete wireless making the working space look more smart and professional. You can also zoom in on the screen just by doing a finger action on the mouse this makes people using software such as photoshop and other editing software much quicker and simple to use. The mouse is around £59 which is a lot of money for all the macs but if the college updates the mac they come with them.
https://www.apple.com/uk/magicmouse/

The last piece of software for my five year plan is new tripods for the college. The one i looked at was the Gitzo tripod from Jessops. This is one of the best tripods on the market today but it comes in at a expensive  £739. This is the most rigid tripod on the market today and it is the main tripod professional use in the film industry today. This tripod is made out of carbon fibre which means it is incredibly light, compared to the tripods we have at the college now it will be really easy and light to carry around. This tripod is able to support 40k of camera equipment. This tripod is able to go to a hight of 153.5cm giving the user a range of heights and angels to choose from. Because it is made out of carbon fibre it is able to fold very small making it extremely easy to to transport. Overall i think this would be a great addiction to the college equipment givings us experience in high end equipment being used in the film industry today.

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/products/gitzo/series-5-6x-carbon-fibre-4-section-systematic-tripod-gt5542ls-85498/show.html

Software 

The first piece of software i think the college should get is Final Cut Pro x, this is the upgrade From final cut pro, and is much better to edit on, I personally think the college should get this software because it is completely different to The pervious version and if we are getting taught on the old version we won't be experienced in the new version which we might have to use later on in the media industry. It also makes a number of improvement over the pervious version most notably you don't have to wait for it to render which wasted a lot of time when using the previous version. The downside to this is that if you already own the previous version you still have to pay for this version which £199 off the App Store which might cost the college a lot as you need to but it for each mac, but it would make editing very good and better at the college.       https://www.apple.com/uk/final-cut-pro/
Another Piece of software i think the college should invest in is Motion 5, this would replace the previous version of motion they already have. This version is very good for making titles and motion graphics which we could include in our college projects. Also if we want to go into post production at a later stage as a job role it would be useful if we knew how to use this piece of software. It is also rather cheep only costing £34 on the Apple Store
https://www.apple.com/uk/final-cut-pro/motion/

DaVinci Resolve is the next piece of software i think the college should get. The iMacs at college don't have any colour grading software apart from the options you have on Final Cut Pro. This is a professional piece of software that hollywood use in Blockbuster films. I think this would be brilliant software to get shown how to use as it also could be used on a final major projects to make them look really good. This piece software is rather expensive at £600. 

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve

The next piece of software i think would be useful for the college to get is Logic Pro X, This is a music editing software that you can devise and edit your own soundtrack or song. More and more films are using these types of software to create a soundtrack instead of recording live music. This would replace the old version we have at college and also soundtrack pro which is a similar software. This would be helpful for the media department as students could make their own music for upcoming projects and get a good idea of how music is edited for films. This piece of this software i£139 which is cheaper than soundtrack pro.
https://www.apple.com/uk/logic-pro/

The final piece of software i looked at is a piece of software called Final Draft. This is software that is used by Hollywood Screenwriters to write their screenplays. This is won of the best selling piece of scriptwriter software and would replace Celtx which is the current software used at college. The good thing about this piece of software which you can't do with Celtx it you can choice your own template depending on what you are writing the script for,for example you can pick a template for either film, Telviosn, Play etc..  It is a easy to use welcoming piece of software which is good for college so it does't complicate people, you can just boot it up and write your script. Something this software does which Celtx does not is keep a library of script notes, This stores all your ideas and parts of script that you have cut out but maybe what to look back or use later on down the line. The software cost £147 which is more expensive but due to the improvements from Celtx i think it would be beneficial for the college.

https://www.finaldraft.com