Q6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

In this production I have learnt many skills in using a digital camera including the composition of the shot and what to include what not to. Also I have learnt how to frame a shot correctly e.g. not to include an object that could ruin the atmosphere of the shot. We used the Golden Mean for this shot. This means that all key parts of a shot are along a diagonal line as seen below.

We used a tripod to make sure that the camera stays still. Also the tripod had a handle to move it steadily so we didn’t get shaky shots. We did a pan of landscape so having the handle meant we could get good smooth pan. We used the Golden Mean when doing the long shots of the girl walking as it made the areas of interest stand out. The lighting helped as it made our shots bright and clear. The weather was good as well as it wasn’t dark and raining. Also if you take loads of shots you can get have got the options for your editing.

I have learned on iMovie how to edit the speed of the footage which helped a lot in ours especially in this shot as we slowed down the speed of the cloth being dropped which built up the fact of her being shocked/scared. 

We used Bleach Bypass throughout it to make it more eerie and makes the colours contrast. This was our first time at using a filter. The use of two non-diegetic sounds was difficult to put on but once we learnt how to crop it we could adjust it and make it fit to the music. We added photo credits in from Hope’s camera. We wrote our names on paper and then took pictures of them. It was an easy way for our credits on the iMovie. Once we finished it we burnt it off on DVD and chose our DVD titles. I learnt that it is much easier than I thought to burn the DVD. 

 I have used many other technologies on my work e.g. Prezi’s, YouTube, Wordle and social networking sites. By using a Prezi you can get the information all there in a quick and easy format. Also Wordle is an ever easier way to get the key words you want to show. I used one to show the different sub-genres.