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

During this unit I’ve learnt how to generate effective shots through the situation of the camera and I have also learnt how to get steady shots through trial and error whilst shooting. Also during shooting I learnt that using the objects in the shot to frame the shot worked well, such as some of the trees surrounding the bunker/abandoned house. I also learnt how to set up a shot so that all could be seen and so that the lighting would not be a problems in the shot, I found getting the write light quite difficult making sure that the sunlight wasn't blocking anything in the shot and making sure that the inside shots has enough light so that everything could be seen. Using digital technologies helped us to achieve a professional standard of film, such as using a blog site to present our ideas for certain researched areas that we conducted such as thriller conventions. In addition, the use of digital technology helped us create a more polished and clear quality of footage due to the use of our HD camera; for filming.

iMovie on our Apple Macs was helpful ensuring our success for our distributors but also our goal to get good footage from using HD camera Luke had brought in. In addition the use of Luke’s camera gave us a wider active range which also improved our film quality (this included lighting; improved on the inside when the light wasn’t as accessible). We found iMovie easy to import our clips into as the interface was clear and straightforward. Furthermore, you can import directly from a camera or from files that exist on your computer. YouTube and Facebook were a fantastic way to ask for peer evaluation. After publishing our thriller on YouTube and Facebook we learnt from our target audience what worked well and what didn’t in our thriller, we got useful feedback and constructive criticisms that helped us in our evaluations. This developed our knowledge and would help us in t he industry if we needed to do this again.