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

During the construction of our product we have learnt alot of different things about the technologies we have used.

• Shots- In particular we learned about the different range of shots that we can do with the camera equipment we had including the tripod. We learnt that the tripod can get much higher and lower for high or low angle shots that we wouldn't be able to get to without the tripod. Also, we learnt that the camera can get a wide range of different shots whenever we want them, such as close ups, extreme close ups and long shots.We slowly became more and more comfortable with the camera and then started to experiment more and more, trying different things such as zooming in on particular things and zooming out, for example, zooming in when the guy was cutting the photographs. Furthermore, we also tried to use a variety of different angle. We had a wide angle shot at one point in the film so we could show all of the scenery as well as the two characters. Also we learnt that the tripod allows us to do shots such as a "pan shot", which is much easier to do using a tripod than doing it handheld as the camera is much more steady on a tripod than it would have been handheld.

• Editing- We picked up alot about the editing software which we used to create the film. We learnt that the editing software, Final Cut Pro has alot of different elements to it that helped us show different parts of our opening scene to make the past, and the present look much more understandable. As we used the editing software more and more, our confidence grew, making us more aware of different effects that we could experiment on and use. This is shown by the contrast of black and white with the natural colours of the surrounding. Having this kind of effect tells us the difference between the past (which was in black and white) and the present (which was in colour).
  

• Softwares-We learnt alot about the sound software that we used, Garage Band. This helped us create the soundtrack that went through the opening scene. We used some of the samples and the effects from the software to create a spooky soundtrack which would make the film sound and look much more alarming, and add to the atmosphere of the diegetic sound which was already in the film.

We changed alot of things in are opening scene because our orginal plan for the opening scene was that the two girls were going to be chased by the masked man in to a house where the girls were going to find alot of different props, but we changed it and it resulted in us doing a lot of different shots in the park trying to get the right shots to put together and make a good opening scene.

In conclusion this whole experience of making an openimg scene of a film has taught us a lot about the editing software (Final Cut Pro), the camera equipment and the sound software (Garge Band). During the time that we have had to learn about the different software and equipment, it has helped us create a good opening scene which has a wide range of shots, great editing and different transitions in it, this experience has shown us how to use all of the softwares if we ever have to use them again.
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