The document discusses the technologies used to construct a mystery thriller film product. It describes researching the 2008 film "Taken" on IMDB to understand technologies used in similar films. YouTube was used to find background music, learn video editing software like Final Cut Pro, and upload the work. An iPhone and Samsung HD camera were used to film scenes, while a tripod helped keep the camera stable. Windows Movie Maker and Final Cut Pro were used to edit the clips and add sound effects and transitions.

1. Evaluation Question Six – What
have you learnt about
technologies from the process
of constructing the product?

2. •When planning our
opening sequence we
used the search engine
google for research, as it
is fast and reliable, and
as our genre is a mystery
thriller we chose a film
of a similar genre to
research.

3. •The 2008 film Taken
was distributed by
20th century fox and
made over $145
million dollars. It has
a similar plot to our
film, a young girl goes
missing.

4. •We used the search
engine IMDB to get
the information
about the
technologies used
when making this
film.

5. • On the website you
can view the trailer,
read a brief synopsis
of taken and view
multiple camera
shots from the film
itself.

6. •Here we have a low level close up
shot of the protagonist from
Taken. The mise-en scene shows
her looking scared which creates
the ideology that the audience
should feel sorry for her and fear
for her. We have used this idea
and incorporated it into our own
sequence.

7. • When researching which song
to chose for our background
music, we used the search
engine YouTube as has
thousands of songs we could
easily search and listen to. We
also used YouTube to research
and learn how to use the
software final cut pro. Lastly we
used YouTube to upload our
work and audience feedback.

8. • To film our title sequence we
used an apple iPhone as we
could access them easily as
all the members of the
group have one and they are
extremely portable so we
could record our sequence
from angles that would have
been difficult to achieve
with a camera on a tripod.

9. •To film our opening sequence
we used a Samsung HD video
camera as it abled us to get a
high definition picture to
make our film look as
professional as possible.

10. •We also decided to use a
tripod to hold our camera
as it allowed us ensure
that the camera would
stay still when filming
whereas if we would of
filmed free-hand with an
iPhone the camera work
may have looked shaky.

11. •To edit our title sequence
we used windows live
movie maker as it was
easily accessible to us
and so we could edit our
clips together and add
our sound easily.

12. • Finally to edit our opening
sequence we used the apple
software final cut pro, as
appose to movie maker as it
abled us to insert many non-
diegetic and diegetic sounds
easily and we could also add
some interesting and complex
transitions to make our film
look as high quality as possible.