Question Six

Question six – what have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

During the process of constructing my product I feel I have made drastic improvements on my knowledge of how to shoot a film effectively, how to then turn to footage into a movie using IMovie and also using sound in an effective way.

Before I set out to film I felt that I needed to investigate where I was filming and find out if there was enough lighting because I knew that the digital cameras that I was going to be using were not of the best quality and the shots I would be taking wouldn’t be clear. After taking the photos and looking back at them, I felt that I wouldn’t need to bring any lights with me to the locating I was filming out. I also learnt that I needed to film more than I needed because otherwise I would struggle to finish my product with very little or minimum footage. When either taking long shots or extreme long shots I had to make sure that the subject that I wanted the audience to focus on was still in the frame and could be clearly seen if looked for. This is something I learnt from watching other films and looking to see if I could see a building or person from an extreme long shot, in most cases I could and this was something that I planned to show.

After I had filmed, I learnt how to put my footage on to IMovie and then begin to edit. Putting the footage I had on IMovie was straight forward but editing was tricky in places. When editing I found that it is easier to place the relevant footage in the relevant place in order for the thriller opening to make sense and then after all the footage was where it needed to be I could then refine it further making any corrections that needed to be done. As I was refining the footage that I had placed in chronological order, I learnt how to place a variety of audio clips in order to either create tension, for example I added the sound of a crow, or give a clue to the audience to whereabouts the character/characters on screen are.