What technology has taught me during the construction of the thriller!!

During the construction of our thriller we learnt how to use different types of technology. We used this to make our thriller as interesting and as realistic as possible.

One of the main types of technology that we used was the iMac. The iMac was the most common piece of technology that we used. This was because the iMac had all the programs that we needed to edit and make out thriller.

iMac

This is me using the iMac whilst constructing our thriller.

Mobygratis.comDuring the construction of our thriller we used mobygratis.com for our music. We used this site for our music as its one of the sites that we were able to use without having any copyright issues. We downloaded three different tracks from Mobygratis to use at different stages for our thriller. When going on this site, we had the chance to choose from a selection of tracks that would be suitable for our thriller. Once we had all agreed on the selected tracks I requested a license and once approved was able to use the track that we had selected. To use the track we had to download the selected track and apply it to the timeline of our movie on Final cut Express.

This is confirmation that me and my group have used mobygratis.com

Final Cut Express

We also used Final Cut Express to edit our thriller. This was the most important piece of technology that we used as it helped us to make our thriller by being able to upload it on there and be able to add transitions, effects and music on to the timeline. This piece of technology was the most important as it was the main source of technology that helped us construct our thriller. To use this we had to upload our video from the camera and add effects and transitions . By using this we have learnt that were able to add transitions and effects to make out thriller as realistic and at the best possible standard as was able for us to complete.

This is an illustration of our group using Final Cut Express for our music!

This is another illustration of our group using Final Cut Express to edit our thriller!

Surveymonkey.comWe used surveymonkey.com to get audience research. We asked them the following questions:

1) Are you a male of female?

2) Do you enjoy thrillers?

3) What is the best aspect of a thriller?

4) How many times do you go to the cinema in a month?

5) Where do you watch films from?

6) How old are you?7) What are your

favorite thriller films?

Before we started our filming we talked about the target audience. We then got our results and looked at what people wanted in a thriller and what aspect/feature they enjoyed the most. The first option which our audience choose was suspense and in second place was mind games. Once seeing these results we added both of these aspects/features onto our thriller. Our target audience are teenagers/ young adults.

This is an illustration of the results that we received after we posted our question on surveymonkey.com

Blogger

Blogger was the website which we used to post everything that we have and the process and the way we done everything that we had to for us to be able to film our thriller. I used blogger as a diary and wrote all the things we done , how and we updated it every time we had something to write and added pictures and videos during the filming, or the final products. Blogger kept track of everything that we done. We also analyzed films, thriller openings, music, mise en scene, characters, setting and the audience. This is an

illustration of my blog and the posts!

LiveType

During the construction of our thriller we also used live type for the titles and the names. We used live type to make our thriller as interesting and as professional looking as possible. The font that we used throughout the whole thriller was named “cracked”. We also used this font to emphasize the tension, suspense and shock of our thriller.

These are screenshots of the group using live type!!

Youtube

Youtube was also a very important technology that we used . We used youtube to upload our work on to it , then transfer it onto our blog. We also used youtube to watch thriller opening or certain aspects of a thriller to analyze it and be able to use what we learnt, in able for us to produce our own thriller. Youtube was very important to technology to us because it helped us research thriller openings, endings and titles and how effectively they are used. We were also able to watch previous thrillers from past students to help us come up with ideas and camera techniques that were available to us.

CameraThe camera which we used to film was Canon MD101. This was the most important piece of technology as it was the main source that we used for us to be able to film our thriller, research for target audience and also film our preliminary task. We used this camera and the tripod (Slik U8000). Both of these pieces of technology were important as we used both of them to film.

This was the tripod and the camera that we used to film our thriller.

These are pictures of our group using the camera and tripod whilst filming

Mobile Phones and Bluetooth

Mobile phones was also and important piece of technology that we used whilst constructing our thriller, although we did not use our phones as much as the other pieces of technology to construct our thriller we have used did use it and it was very helpful. One of the main reasons why we used our mobile phone was to take pictures of our location that we where going to film in and take pictures whilst filming. Another reason that we used our phones was for bluetooth, we manages to connect our phone bluetooth to the iMac’s bluetooth to transfer photos. We also used the iMac’s bluetooth to transfer files to and from other iMac’s. This was very important and helpful as I made the construction of our thriller easier and more effective.