Question 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Question 6- I used many different pieces of technology to research, plan and evaluate my thriller. For example I used blogger to record all the information I found out and used different blogs to help me organise all our different findings so we could look back and know all the information. This was an easier way to record our work as our teachers could get easy access to see what we had wrote. For our sound effects we used the internet and used copyright free websites to find our diegetic and non diegetic sounds. For example the young girls scream and the back ground music. I also used a tripod and camera, the tripod helped as it helped to steady my camera to make a better effect so the audience can focus on one thing without the camera being shaky. It also helped as i could take the camera off the tripod when i wanted a hand held effect which is conventional to the thriller genre as it crease suspense and a sense of an un balanced atmosphere. I got to practice with our camera when I filmed the preliminary task as I got to work on different angle shots and understand how the camera works. The shots I found difficult to film were the high angle shots as it was hard to find an area that high to get a good angle of the film. I also found the close ups quite hard as I filmed in a dark alley so it was hard to get all the facial expressions on camera as the darkness did not allow the camera to pick up much but i wanted to film in a low key lighting area as it follows the conventions of a thriller. I got over these by a group member climbing up the stairs onto the roof of a building to get the high angle shot and we filmed the close ups right next to a light so we could get the most light onto the close ups as possible without having to change the whole setting and filming inside which would ruin the narrative. The editing software we used was Final cut pro X. This allows you to cut all your thriller clips and add them together it also In this editing software I cropped added all the clips together and edited them to give a good effect of our thriller. My group and i chose a variety of different filters through out the thriller to help make certain aspects stand out.  I think one of our good editing skills was using the high angle to make it look like it was from a cctv camera by making the screen green and adding a date and a place to the screen. This made a scary effect as it was though someone was watching the whole murder and it was all of tape.