Evaluation 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Technology has been virtually important throughout this project. Actually using the camera was the first stage. I believe I experimented with different angles and distances with each shot. I used extreme close ups as well as extreme long shots which I believe added varity to my opening and made it more interesting to watch. In my preliminary task I did not experiment with different shot techniques. I used simple medium shots with an over the shoulder shot. This has shown that my progression has been positive throughout this course as I have improved with using the camera.

The editing process of my film proved to be the challenge within this project. I spent many hours out side of the lesson editing my footage to make sure it matched what I believed I wanted to achieve from my storyboard. Due to the over time I put into my product I was able to finish a week before our deadline. In my preliminary task, because I was in a pair, I didn’t have a chance to do much of the editing myself and to get used to Final Pro. As I did this project completely solo, I was able to experiment with Final Pro myself and learn how to use it on my own. This proved successful as I was very impressed with my final product. I edited non-diegetic sound into my piece, and altered the volume of both the non-diegetic sound and the diegetic sound when appropriate. My favourite section of editing was when my character, Katie, gets into her cousin’s car. I have edited he footage so it comes a match on action shot which flows brilliantly and reinforces my continuity editing without any discontinuity errors.

In order for all my coursework to be presented properly, I have been blogging. I have never blogged before and therefore this is a new aspect of technology which I have never used before. I wasn’t used to it at the beginning of the project however as my product progressed, I became better at blogging all my activities. I believe I have done the right number of posts to suit my two minutes opening as I didn’t want to blog too little, therefore missing information out, yet I didn’t want to blog too much with too little information on each post. I am happy with the presentation of my blog also and believe my ICT skills have been demonstrated well throughout.

The background I have used on my blog reinforces my genre of thriller as I wanted my blog to match my two minute opening.

I have also made my blog archive bigger and more accessible for the examiner to see all my posts over the months.