Evaluation Question 6 What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Whilst filming our thriller we learned to use a variety of new equipment, we used both software and hardware. From using these new pieces of equipment, we were able to gain new skills to use to be able to make our thriller.

Hardware

Some of the new hardware that we used for our thriller consisted of a Digital camcorder with which we filmed our thriller. We learned to use a tripod to help us with the filming. With both of these together we were able to film whilst keeping the camera steady as well as being able to use some relatively imaginative shots to help our thriller look more professional. To add on to the camera and the tripod we also learned how to use a clip on microphone and also a boom microphone, we used this equipment in order for our sound quality to become greater rather than using the microphone inside of the camera. Furthermore, we also learned how to use a mac so we could edit our thriller film effectively. Whilst our filming we also learned how to use incredibly effective camera shots in our film to give off different feelings to our film.

Software

Moreover, on the macs we had to use certain software that was available on the macs, for example we used Final Cut Express as a means to edit our film and so that we were able to choose the best shots that would of made our film look most effective as a Thriller. We also used the software of LiveType where we were able to create our own movie ident that was needed to put into our thriller, we also used the effects that were originally put into LiveType. Whilst using these forms of software we was also able to put our film together after filming.

Internet Websites

We also used some internet sites for help on our thriller, for example we had to try to get some fonts from somewhere for our Thriller, so we decided to go to Dafont in order to find a font that we could use for the title of our film. We also had to find certain music that would sound ominous for our thriller for us to be able to set the scene and make our film seem like a thriller film. We also used the website Youtube in order for us to find examples that we could use for our blogs of things like actual thriller openings from actual movies and examples of past student thriller films, we also used Youtube as a means to find some sound effects that we could use in our thriller to find a like loud jumpscare noise . Furthermore, on the fact of blogs we also used the Website Blogger so we could actually keep track of all the build up to our film, for example to be able to show what was actually happening before we filmed like for example, all of our previous films which consisted of us trying to film correctly, to be able to use sound properly and also to be able to edit the films correctly.

What have you learned and what skills have you gained?

Throughout the time that we was filming, we learned a variety of new skills that we could use whilst filming. We learned how to use a camera with a tripod and a boom microphone correctly in order to film effectively and to be able to get sound correctly and at a decent quality as well. We also learned how to edit a film correctly, being able to add in text for example over the image, we also learned to be able introduce edits with different camera cuts to make our film look effective. We also learned how to use the internet to find new styles of font and music that could be used in our thriller. We learned how to use websites such as blogger effectively and to be able to record information corecty on it. We learned to use macs effectively in order for us to be able to use them to edit our films to a good quality and was also through Final Cut Express was able to modify some of the sounds which was in our thriller in order for them to become more quieter or louder if it needed to be.