What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing this product?

By Harry Pennington

The different technologies we used

• Before, during and after we were in the process of creating our production, we made full use of a range of:

- Social networking sites to communicate - Researching different devices to help with filming - Programs for editing/trimming our product

Communication: Facebook

•This by far was the easiest and most convenient way of keeping up to date with the latest group news about the production. We set up a group chat involving the 4 members of our group, and all of our actors (Conveniently, we only had one other person in our production other than our group and the teacher). •This was very good for filming as we were able to confer with each-other about when and where we needed to be in order for our production to be completed: This worked very well as it was much easier to compromise, just in case somebody was unable to be there due to unforeseen circumstances. •This helped us with time management as we could find a time that suited everybody so that there were less problems.

Camera: Canon EOS 600D

Information:• 18-megapixel CMOS sensor • Scene Intelligent Auto mode • Full-HD EOS Movie • On-screen Feature Guide • Up to 3.7fps continuous shooting • Wide-area 9-point AF • 1,040k-dot vari-angle 7.7cm (3.0”)

screen • Basic+ and Creative Filters • Built-in wireless flash control

Why we used it:•We chose this camera out of the choices available to us as it was the better choice for those of us who were doing video as opposed to video.

•Outwardly, the Canon EOS 600D is virtually identical its predecessor, with a few tweaks to accommodate the new vari-angle LCD screen. It is a fairly small camera with a largely plastic shell and a pretty narrow, mildly uncomfortable hand-grip. The emphasis is on the word "mildly", though - in actual use, the size and shape of the grip proved not to be too much of an annoyance.

Lens: Sigma• This was chosen as it was highly

recommended because of some of the shots we had – Which were noticeably low-key lit and therefore needed some of the aspects of our lens in particular.

• It is very good in terms of focusing and this was key as there are shots in which the focus needs to be shifted between two characters.

• However, as it is a zoom lens, the image qualities given by it are not as sharp as those given by a prime lens.

• There is no image stabilisation so there is a risk of blurred pictures which are not what we want.

Editing: Adobe Premiere Elements 11• This was the program

we used to edit our production and make it complete.

• It is powerful, easy to use and caters for all levels of experience. Delivers excellent results for both photographs and video editing.

• However, a problem with this is that there are horrible loading times and there are hardly any tutorials in order to become more familiar with it.