1. Evaluation task 5
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing the product?
 This is a glidecam xr
1000. They are used to
stabilize video. We used one
for our film for the tracking
shots to keep them as steady
as possible. However as the
cameras we were given were
so light they didn’t work as
well as they would have with
a dslr. However it did help a
lot with the tracking shots
and took away the jaggedy
footsteps that are usually
created when walking and
following the character.
 This Sony hdr
cx115 is the camera
we filmed with. They
film at 1920x1080 so
gave us a good quality
of video. We learnt
that when filming
that the built in mic
was very effective
however was usable
for our film.

2.  This software is called final cut. We used it for basic editing such
as cutting and adding the main title. It also allows you to bring in
music to sync together with your video, this being much easier than
guessing timings and then hoping it fits together. However final cut
does have its limits when coming to more advance editing like key
framing etc.
 This software is called adobe after effects and is a much more
advance version of final cut and is used by Hollywood films. We used
it for the first title, we key framed it so when the character walked

3. past the title instead of just cutting the title out before he got there it
made the text appear to go behind him as if it was actually there. The
downside of software like after effects is it’s not very easy to
understand and can take hours to perform simple tasks If you use it
wrongly.
 This software is called garage band and allowed us to create music
from pre-stored samples. It gave us a range of loops and samples and
the ability to add effects on top of them to give different feels to them.
We stuck to one looped sample to give the idea of repetitiveness
within the film, which ties in with the repetitiveness of the letters he
receives. Garage band helped us create tension and atmosphere and
has a very well designed UI that anyone can pick up easily and
quickly. The only downside was that you couldn’t get any more
loops/samples than the ones it came with.