The document discusses what the author has learned about filmmaking technologies through constructing an opening sequence for a project. They learned about effective camera angles like low angles to show dominance by creating a storyboard. They also researched techniques like shot-reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. The author learned how to hold and move cameras to add meaning during filming. They utilized editing software like Final Cut Pro and Sony Vegas Pro and watched tutorials to learn how to better manipulate footage. Filters were added in editing to create different moods matched to the scenes.

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

2. Whilst planning our opening sequence, we had to
take into account what camera angles and shots
would be most effective. To do this we created a
storyboard to basically map out what the scene
would look like roughly. For example, we had a
scene where all three characters look into the
camera as if they are looking into a mirror, this
purposely breaks the fourth wall. Learning the
different camera angles and their purposes helped
tremendously for example, I learnt how to show
dominance by using low angle shots.

3. I researched many techniques such as shot/reverse
shot, match on action and the 180 degree rule
which we incorporated into our opening sequence.
I also watched numerous opening sequences for
other films for inspiration, they helped my
understanding and enabled me to apply different
techniques to the opening sequence.

4. During the construction of the opening sequence, I
learnt many techniques when it came to holding the
camera and moving it around in certain ways to add
meaning. I also learnt about editing on Final Cut Pro
and Sony Vegas Pro. I felt as if the camera’s we were
provided with were restricting us which is why I
offered to use my camera, the main reason for this is
you can change the field of focus, therefore we could
force the audience to subliminally look at what we
wanted them to.
Also being able to change the aperture and ISO helped
us when the sun came out as we could control how
much light we let into the lens.

5. Most of my posts were done on YouTube or
Slideshare and occasionally Prezi, During the
editing stage we didn’t really know how to use
Final Cut Pro to its full extent, this is why Michelle
watched tutorials so that she could extend her
knowledge and manipulate the film in a more
clever way. Unfortunately due to copyright
reasons we had to blur out the song name and
artist in the extreme close up shot of Michael’s
phone.

6. We decided to put filters over the original footage
to create a dark scene which matches our genre,
We added the score during the editing process but
also changed it to fit the scene that was going on at
the time. For Example, the thriller scene at the start
contains eerie music whereas the friendly scene at
the end contains happy music.

7. We asked 7 people between the ages of 16 and 25,
6 questions after viewing our opening sequence,
we then filmed their response so that we could
analyse it and incorporate it into the evaluation.