Evaluation question 5

1. What have you learnt about technologies from the
process of constructing this product?
Megan Richards 12.8

2. Production
Advantages of digital technology
• Cameras: The camera’s used now in the digital industry are
much more easier to use, a lot more accessible and very
simple making it so nearly anyone can buy one and make a
film and grasp how to use it.
• Editing Softwares: there are many different
editing softwares out there that nearly
everyone can use e.g final cut pro. They are
incredibly easy to learn and simple to use,
without them it would be incredibly hard to cut
shots together, add sound, add
filters/transitions/effects to the film.
• The Internet: the internet, the big daddy of them all. without the internet none of this
would be nearly half as easy as it. The internet can offer things such as websites that
provide royalty free music and sound effects and without that you’d have to make your
own music for your film which is a lot of work and even more expensive.
• CGI: without CGI a lot of the blockbuster films out nowadays wouldn't be possible, such
as Gravity. CGI lets creativity levels go through the roof as with CGI, nearly everything
is possible.

3. Production
Disadvantages of digital technology
• If you are are unaware of how to use
the technology it may be hard to grasp.
• Since everyone can do it, the art of film
isn't as culturally valued as before.
• So easy to do more people are doing it
making the film industry a lot more
competetive than it used to be.

4. Distribution
Advantages of digital technology
• Social Media: Social media can help the marketing of a film
hugely and helps spread the word more quickly as over half the
population is on some type of social media.
• Online Databases: It is a lot more easier to transfer the film to the
cinema and is a lot more cost effective and arguably may have
higher security.
• a lot more creativity: there are tonnes of different ways to
advertise now making advertising more and more creative and
unique

6. Distribution
Disadvantages of digital technology
• Online Databases: although online
databases do have a lot of advantages,
they can also lead to problems such as
being hacked which may lessen the
security.
• Film piracy is a lot more common now that
everything is digital and so easy to get
hold of.

7. Exhibition
Advantages of digital technology
• Netflix/Lovefilm/Amazon: easier access to films
at home for cheaper and for everyone.
• Blu-ray: HD quality films available at home for
everyone.
• Multiple screenings at cinemas: different
screens and lots of different times making it
easier for people to go to the cinema.
• Different formats (online, phone etc): doesn't
restrict people to cinema showings so they can
watch it whenever.

8. Distribution
Disadvantages of digital technology
• Online: can encourage illegal downloading
and piracy of films
• Streaming: more viewers will stream the films
making less chance of there being a profit.
• it can be less sociable/more isolated since
everyone is at home on their own watching
the films instead of going to the cinema
together and watching it.
• More expensive for viewers to pay for the
cinema so end up not watching it or illegally
downloading it.

9. What skills have I developed in using technology
and how have I used it to be creative?

10. ad some problems when it came to uploading footage and other things but I man

11. Although I have used Final Cut Pro before in GCSE Media, I didn't
use it as in-depth as I have for my thriller piece. I already knew how
to cut shots and move different shots together but there was a lot of
things that I didn't know how to do before, I had no idea that I could
add any filters or transitions which was really fun to play around
with and see what ones fit best. I also learnt how to add sound, and
to how to extend a sound from one clip over to another which was
something that I found quite difficult to learn at first but then I finally
got to grips with it. It helped me be a lot more creative when it came
to my thriller because we were able to add creepy sounds and
music to the background and also add transitions and filters which
gave our thriller an even more eerie quality.

12. The Camera
The camera was one of the most key things when it came to
the thriller (obviously otherwise we couldn't of filmed it). The
camera made it easier for us to get certain shots, we got
handheld, POV, tracking, panning and more because of the
camera and tripod. It’s also a digital camera, so we didn't
have to worry about running out of film or the lighting or
anything because it was automatic and the settings
automatically changed to react to the lighting around us. The
only problem we had with the camera sometimes was when
it ran out of charge but that was our own fault really for
forgetting to charge it. The Camera extended my skills in
many ways as at first I had no clue how to use the camera
but it was so easy to use, and so light to carry we didn't have
a problem with it at all.

13. This was the website I used to get royalty free music, I’ve never
used this website before and just found it by googling ‘royalty
free music’ it was really simple to use as you just chose what
genre or what type of music you wanted and it gave you a
selection of clips that you could listen to and sample and easily
download. I downloaded several music tracks as I thought I
could use them with the thriller and see what one matched the
best. without this website and the use of royalty free music we
would of had to record our own music which would of been
difficult to do and even more time consuming and could of cost
us.