The document discusses technologies used to create a thriller film production. These included Blogger for recording research, Facebook and Myspace for audience research, Google to find images and information, YouTube to analyze film openings and find costumes, GarageBand for soundtracks, tripods to keep the camera steady, iMovie for editing, Windows Movie Maker to create videos, and a Sony camcorder to record footage. The filmmakers faced issues with auto-focus and losing their memory card, but completing the project quickly improved the final product. Overall, the filmmakers learned how to use new software and equipment.

1. 6) What have you learnt about
technologies from the process of
constructing this product ?

2. we used a range of equipment/software in order to create our final
thriller production. This included:
• Blogger.com is used to keep record of each individuals
research, techniques and evaluation.
• Facebook.com and Myspace.com are both social networking sites in
which I used to conduct my audience research as it is quicker than
speaking to each individual personally. It was also a fast way of
collecting critical comments on our final AS piece. Films are also
advertised via the internet because it is cheap advertising and
effective due to the large number of people who have access to it.
• Google.co.uk is a search engine which can be used in numerous
ways. I used this to collect images, watch videos and gain access to
other information needed for our piece.
• Youtube.com helped us begin my research into film openings so I
could analyse them. It also became of great help when finding a
cheap way to create characters costumes/make up.

3. • Garage Band is the software we used to create three soundtracks
for our film piece. They have a selection of clips already available
however you can import more via itunes.
• Tripods help keep the camera steady whilst filming to keep a
professional look. The tripods size can be adjusted. We used tripods
in our piece however we were limited on space at some points such
as the shot from inside the car therefore we had to use the camera
by hand. We used the camera hand held for the coffin scene for
extra distortion.
• IMovie was the software we used on the macs to edit and produce
our piece in post-production. You can change/add sounds and
adjust the video effects on each clip individually.
• Windows Movie Maker was an easy way to create videos with a lot
of information and can contain videos/photos along the narration.
• Sony Camcorder was used to record our piece and even create
videos like health and safety issues. Easy to use equipment that was
spacious.

4. - Focus is very
concentrated
- image is clear
- -colour is clearly
recognised
- Very mobile camera that
can be transported easily
-lighting is poor, when we
tried to film in the dark
even with the extra light
included we struggled to
make out the picture
- Contains a lot of
buttons for different
functions, it was
confusing at the start
- Heavy in order to keep
image stabile

5. During the pre-production and production stages of our film opening
we did not face any large problems that led to us to change or re-
evaluate what we were doing. The only issue that came up During the
production stage was the inability to turn auto focus off on the camera
we were using.
However coming to the end of the post production stage are final
product was deleted as a result of a problem with our memory card.
This meant that we had to complete the whole production and post
production stage within the space of a few days.
However when reflecting on the situation I honestly believed it
benefited us for the better, in terms of our final grade. We were
actually unhappy with our first final product when we constructed the
first time, so the fact that it got erased although was devastating, in
my opinion has contributed to a higher quality final production.

6. By spending numerous amounts of time using
each piece of software/equipment I can now
confidently say I know how to use everything in
the list I constructed.
I mostly enjoyed using the Sony camera as I had
previously never used a camera of that quality. I
found it an exciting process as I was able to
learn different skills which I am able to use in
the future