This document discusses the technologies used in a film project. It describes conducting research on film genres and directors using YouTube, Instagram and Safari. An online software called Storyboard Designer was used to plan the storyboard and film ideas. The script was written using Celtx and StudioBinder for remote collaboration. Filming equipment included an iPhone 12 Pro, gimbal, and tripod. iMovie was used for editing on an iPad Pro. Audio quality was improved using the online application Filmora.

2. EVALUATION 4
HOW DOES YOU INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGIES-
SOFTWARE, HARDWARE AND ONLINE- IN
THIS PROJECT

3. CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF ACTION
GENRE
• FIRSTLY, BEFORE MAKING THE FILM I CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE RESEARCH INTO THE CODES AND
CONVENTIONS OF THE ACTION GENRE, MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE CRIME SUB-GENRE, TO GAIN AN
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO CREATE AN AUTHENTICALLY ACTION CRIME FILM OPENING. TO DO THIS I
USED YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM AND SAFARI.

4. RESEARCH ON ACTION GENRE DIRECTORS
• ALTHOUGH I AM A HUGE FAN OF THE GENRE, I KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT STYLES BETWEEN DIRECTORS
BEHIND SOME OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIES. ALL OF THE DIRECTORS BELOW HAVE INSPIRED ME TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH OUR OPENING SEQUENCE FROM EDITING TECHNIQUES TO THE TYPE OF FONTS USED FOR THE
CREDITS. WHEN INVESTIGATINGTHE CODES AND CONVENTIONS, I FOLLOWED MANY OF THE DIRECTORS OVER ON
SOCIAL MEDIA SUCH AS INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR WORK SUCH AS:
• 1. FERNANDO MIERELLES, CITY OF GOD (2002) WHICH BELONGS TO THE DRAMA GENRE
• 2. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) WHICH BELONGS TO THE CRIME/THRILLER
• 3. CHRISTOPHER GUDEGAST, DEN OF THIEVES (2018) WHICH BELONGS TO THE CRIME/MYSTERY

5. WHY CHOOSE WIX.COM?
•I HAVE CHOSEN THE WEBSITE WIX.COM INSTEAD OF WORDPRESS,
BECAUSE WITH WORDPRESS THE WEBSITE IS DESIGNED BY ITSELF,
WHEREAS WIX IS MORE USER-FRIENDLY AND GIVES ME THE FREEDOM TO
LAY MY WEBSITE OUT HOWEVER WAY I WOULD WANT IT. IT WAS EASY TO
TRACK THE PROGRESS OF MY RESEARCH, PLANNING, AND FINAL EDITS.

6. CREATING OUR SCRIPT AND STORYBOARD
• TO CREATE OUR STORYBOARD, WE USED AN ONLINE SOFTWARE CALLED STORYBOARD DESIGNER WHICH
REALLY HELPED US VISUALISE OUR IDEAS AND TO SEE WHAT WE HAD DREAMED UP WOULD WORK ON THE
SCREEN. TO WROTE UP OUR THE SCRIPT WE FIRST USED CELTX WHICH WAS RECOMMENDED TO US BY A
FEMALE DIRECTOR IN QATAR HER NAME WAS AMAL AL MUFTAH BUT WE THEN SWITCHED OVER TO USING
STUDIOBINDER SINCE IT WAS EASIER BECAUSE WE COULD ALL ACCESS THE SCRIPT REMOTELY, IN REAL-
TIME AND MAKE GROUP CHANGES, WHEN WE WERE QUARANTINED.

7. HARDWARE COMPONENTS USED
• WHEN IT COMES TO HARDWARE, TO CREATE MY PRODUCT I USED WAS MY MACBOOK PRO, MY IPAD PRO AND MY
IPHONE 12 PRO. WE USED VERY SIMPLE CAMERA WORK SUCH AS A GIMBLE DEVICE WHICH IS HANDHELD, AN IPHONE
12 PRO , AND A TRIPOD TO AVOID ANY UNWANTED MOVEMENTS. WE DID SOME TEST SHOTS AND PRACTICE
RECORDINGS WITH MY IPHONE 12 PRO ATTACHED TO THE GIMBLE DEVICE AND TRIPOD WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE
BLOG. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH FILMING ON MY NEW IPHONE 12 MAX PRO THE IPHONE PRO HAS 3 REAR
CAMERAS; THEY ARE ULTRA WIDE, WIDE AND TELEPHOTO. THE MAIN CAMERA SENSOR – WHICH IS 47% BIGGER, IS
BETTER THAN ANY OTHER MOBILE PHONE CAMERA. ALL 3 CAMERAS USE 12MP SENSORS. WHEN I WAS FILMING ON
THE GIMBLE AND TRIPOD, THIS PHONE HAD A SENSOR-SHIFT TO STABILISE THE IMAGE.

8. SOFTWARE COMPONENTS IN OUR FILM
• WE ALSO USED MY IPAD PRO TO EDIT OUR FILM USING THE APPLICATION “IMOVIE” WHICH ASSISTED US IN THE
EDITING PROCESS. I AM A FIRST-TIME USER, SO THE FEATURES INCLUDING USING CONTROL-SHIFT-DRAG TO SELECT
CERTAIN FRAMES FROM THE FOOTAGE. I CAN ALSO SELECT AUDIO AND ADD IT AS AN OVERLAY OVER FOOTAGE AND
SHORTEN OR STRETCH DEPENDING ON HOW LONG I WANT IT TO LAST. LASTLY, IT WAS SIMPLE TO IMPORT AN AUDIO
TRACK TO IMOVIE. WE ENCOUNTERED A FEW OBSTACLES REGARDING THE SCENE WHERE THE VICTIM OPENS
IMPORTANT THE DUFFEL BAG. IN THE FIRST AND SECOND CUT THE AUDIO AND THE IMAGES ON SCREEN WERE IN
SYNC, BUT BECAUSE WE TRANSFERRED THE MP4 BETWEEN THE DIRECTORS AND MY SELF VARIOUS TIMES VIA GMAIL
THE FILE, THE QUALITY OF THE FILE WAS DEGRADED AND THE AUDIO WAS NOT IN SYNC WITH THE IMAGES AS IT USED
TO BE. BECAUSE OF THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THE FINAL CUT I WASN’T ABLE TO DECIDE THIS PROBLEM IF I HAD
BETTER MANAGED MY TIME I WOULD’VE PRIORITIZED FIXING THIS ISSUE.

9. AUDIO QUALITY
•TO MAKE OUR FILM OPENING’S AUDIO QUALITY A LOT BETTER, WE USED THE
ONLINE APPLICATION FILMORA, ONE OF THE BEST VIDEO EDITING
SOFTWARE, TO INCREASE THE VOLUME AND RAISE ITS QUALITY.