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

As our group came into the film making realm, we discovered there were a lot of methods that we could use to ensure we get a good film clip however we discovered there were many techniques needed to achieve many ccamera shots and it simply just wasn’t the case of setting up a tripod and pressing record nor was it one where we could run away with a camera and film people acting. We had to plan the shoots in order of what was important and then shoot in that order to keep it nice and simple. We saw that during filming stage what we filmed would have to be captured so we had to film with one eye on editing so we could mess about with the shot types and whether locations.
We learnt to achieve a good steady continuous shot by using a tripod. this was good to give the film a realistic and professional look to it. Our group used a tripod because it ensured that our work could be shot properly with no trouble and it wouldn’t be jumpy. We used a camera that was good enough to film with and allowed us to do a variety of different camera shots and movements.
We also used many other things to get a good camera shot, For example we used weights to ensure when filming without the use of a tripod it would be steady and won’t be hard to watch.

When our group had finished the actual film making process we moved onto the MAC computers in which we could capture our clips.



While on the Mac we used the programme called Final cut pro, on this we used a variety of ways to edit and cut our film. Final cut pro offered up many different ways of editing a film. We first tried to experiment and see what other means of editing we could do on our clip. We captured the clips and then we tried to see how they would look like in black and white for example or how it would be if we made it in split screen to name a few. We later decided to keep it simple and just edit a straight narrative which would offer the audience a fast paced scene but would also leave a question to be answered.
On the photo of final cut pro, you will see the timeline at the bottom. This was very important in order to stay focused. We used it to time and match our soundtrack to the video without much hustle. In addition to this, we learnt how to add in animated credits, fades out/in, Importing various sounds and clips onto it, adding in text, slow motion, contrast of the colours
etc.

We used another programmed called garage band and soundtrack pro, which aided us in order to make a soundtrack. This was a new experience for our group but since there was a tutorial that we could all understand. it was easy to use and required little previous knowledge to get to grips with. We used other technologies in order to keep in contact with each other and to research more extensively the work. With the garage band equipment we tested our different sounds to our film clip and we thought that this was just enough but infact we needed to import it. We learnt more at this stage than any other because we were forced to covert and use another programme called soundtrack pro, which combined the skills we had learnt from both computers and focused them on one.

We used a variety of tools on our Mac’s which helped us with certain shortcuts and other media products. Our keyboard was highlighted in certain areas to show us the shortcuts that would reduce our workload. I mainly spent most of my time using this keyboard as opposed to actually using the buttons on screen. As I found that , over time, it was an easier for the piece of work we were doing to complete it using this method. The mouse was also very useful as it helped use navigate the final cut pro and other software with precision.
We used Google and YouTube to research and find images and clips of other movies we would want to use as examples.