6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing this product?

Felicity Bearfoot-Fallon

EquipmentI had to quickly learn how to use the cannon cameras to film the film opening. This wasn’t too hard as I had plenty of time beforehand to practice using them and how to achieve the different type of shots for the opening.

However, as a group, we had slight difficulties when it came to actually filming the footage as it was raining, and there was a risk of the camera getting wet. We had to work our way around it by protecting the camera and doing the shots quickly but sufficiently.

I learnt how to film in and out of focus when filming by slightly twisting the front lens. This helped me achieve good footage for the film opening.

I also quickly learned how to use the flip cameras as they were useful for audience feedback during the editing process.

Equipment Before the filming process, I learnt about 3 point lighting and how to use it properly, with different lights. This also included using different filters, and knowing which colours to use for specific scenes. For example, in our group we used a translucent filter to soften the light and make it more natural for a part in our opening. We also used different tones of orange to saturate the light, and used blues when the light needed to be darker and more mysterious, to add to the tension of that specific part of the opening.

EquipmentI found the tripod very simple and easy to use, so when it came to filming, it made the process of setting up quicker.

I felt this definitely came into use when the main character was walking or moving, so the footage stayed in focus and was steady. The tripod also allowed me to learn and create panning shots for the film sequence.

As well as using the tripod, we also hand-held the camera to film some shots, so the footage so it moved in the pace as the character, and I learnt tat this allows the audience to relate to the character and put them in the protagonists position.

Equipment and Programmes

As apart of the editing process, I had to learn how to use the Apple Mac computers, along with the programmes on them. I quickly became familiar with the editing software ‘ Final Cut Pro X’, an taught myself the basics to editing footage. If I ever wanted to learn how to do something, I always looked up tutorials on Youtube.

I also learnt how to turn the final footage into an iMovie and this allowed the final clip to be uploaded to Youtube.

For this process I also learned how to use programmes such as Prezi, SlideShare, Garageband, and Blogger.com