act 6

1. The main technology in which
we developed our skills
throughout the production
process was Pinnacle Studio,
the video editing software. We
learnt basic editing skills and
then developed on these,
making them more complex.
We also learnt how to grab certain
frames in order to annotate them in
another program.
We learnt how to use different
special effects such as fades,
dissolves and echoes in order to
make our opening sequence seem
more professional and improve the
quality and flow of it too.
Our coursework is all stored and
recorded on the programme ‘Moodle’.
Our use of this technology has
developed as we have learnt how to add
attachments in the required formats and
edit colours and fonts in order to make it
aesthetically pleasing. We also learnt
how to change the position of the text to
make it easier to read.

2. We found that using a tripod made sure it
We also learnt that in order to was stable and level, so that way we got
obtain better shots we were good steady shots and the camera didn’t
able to adjust the height of the wobble. However, to get some point of
tripod and film on different view shots, we took the camera off the
levels in order to get the best tripod and allowed it to wobble, to give
surroundings in the shot. the impression that they were from the
characters perspective. Also, we found
that when we were panning it was
important that we moved the camera
slowly and firmly, so that way we had
shots that did not jerk as they panned,
meaning they were smooth.
We also learnt not leave a tripod in the area where it is visible
whilst filming a shot as it ruins the realism of the scene and shows
that we are amateurs if there is a tripod in the middle of the room.
After we had finished recording the
We made sure that when we were
shot, we waited for one second. In
recording we allowed a second of
addition of making sure we lost no
recording before acting out anything or
footage, we made sure that if we
moving the camera, to that way make sure
ever rewound the tape to view what
that we managed to capture everything we
we had recorded, that we fast
needed to, and didn’t lose the beginning of
forwarded to where it had ended, so
the footage.
not to record over anything.
We learnt that if we took
the camera off the tripod,
we could achieve effective
canted camera angles and
point of view shots. This
allowed us to display the
action from character’s
perspectives.