The document discusses the student's experience using various technologies in creating their opening scene for a film project. They found that the tripod helped provide stable camera shots and allowed for different camera angles. They also used a basic Sony camera which provided clear shots through zooming and different angles. Premier Pro was more difficult to learn but editing became easier through tutorials. Survey Monkey was easy to use and provided useful audience feedback. YouTube tutorials helped learn software skills and provided ideas. PowerPoint, Word and Prezi were used to creatively present work and were familiar software.

1. QUESTION 6Whathave you Learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?

2. TRIPODWhen I wasfirst introduced to thetripod, I thought it
wasgoing to very difficult to usedueto all of the
alterationsthat can bemadeon it, such astheextension
on thelegs. However onceI had cameto gripswith how
to useit after afew practisesI realised theuseof the
tripod wasgoing to bevery useful and helpful with the
filming of my opening scene.
ThisisbecauseIt helpskeep thecamerastill so that thefilming isnot shaky,
which makesit look very professional. Moreover I found thetripod most useful
when I wasfilming my establishing shot asit helped to createasmooth
movement and I wasableto control thespeed of theshot by how fast I moved
thehandleacross. Thetripod isalso very good to usewhen doing different
cameraangles, for exampleif you werewanting to createthelow angleshot you
would shorten thelegson thetripod and pull thehandledown asfar aspossible
below theperson, thiswould then enhancetheeffect of making that person look
powerful. Thereforeoverall I believethat theuseof thetripod mademy opening
scenelook moreadvanced asit provided stability with thecamera, therefore
making thefilming far moreeasier and enjoyable.

3. CAMERAFor my filming I used a basic Sony camera, using
the camera was much more easier than the tripod
as it is much more self explanatory. However
through the filming of my opening scene I didn’t
really have to go into much technological depth
with the camera, as I only really needed to use
the record and zooming in and out buttons.
Moreover the use of the camera allowed me to get
clear focused shots for my opening scene as well
as different types of shots. For example It
allowed me to be able to zoom in and focus on
peoples facial expressions for and emotions for
the use of a close up, as well as focus on the
important part of each individual shot. The only
difficulty I had with using the camera was due to
the weather condition not being as it was raining
which resulted in the lense of the camera getting
a little wet which effected the image of the shot
as it made it slightly blurry, however on the other
hand it made it look quite effective as it worked
well with my narrative with the use of pathetic
fallacy. The use of the camera also made my
opening scene look much more professional and
realistic, the camera also held a lot of storage

4. Premier pro
I used Premier Pro to edit my filming. I tended to find it the most difficult to use overall, due to the fact it
was very hard to get my head around as it was very technological and not very straightforward. I found
that I was going on YouTube and watching tutorials on how to edit things in a certain way as it was very
hard to figure out by myself. However once I had come to basic terms with how to use it through asking
my teacher and watching tutorials, the editing of my opening scene became much more easier and it
started to be a faster process. Moreover Premier pro allows you to cut and trim certain clips in order to get
rid of parts that don’t work so well, for example if the filming went a little shaky or if my actress made a
mistake. This technique also abled me to piece clips together much more easily, in order to make my
opening scene flow as smoothly as possible. Furthermore from the use of premier pro I learned a lot of
different techniques on how to add more tension to my opening scene by the use of different effects. For
example I used the fade in effect in order to create a slow build up as to what is about to appear on the
screen, this effect also allowed my clips to flow more evenly into each other making it less jumpy. I also
used the black and white effect at the start of my opening scene due to it adds a slightly more ‘creepy’
feeling to the clip.

5. SURVEY MONKEY
I used survey monkey In order to gather feedback
from real audienceson their different trendsand
tastes. I found it very easy and straightforward to use
asit wasvery self explanatory and everything was
clearly set out and explained well, thereforeI
immediately knew how to createasurvey to how I
wanted it. Furthermoresurvey monkey abled meto
receivesomereliableand useful feedback, dueto the
fact it allowsyou to post your survey on social media
in order to publiciseit and allow peopleto haveago
at it. From thisI wasableto usethefeedback to help
mewith my opening scene, for exampleit helped me
choosemy target audiencedueto it allowed to mesee
what typesof agegroupslikewhich typesof thrillers.
Moreover It helped mewith what to includeinto my
opening scenein order to add moretension to it and to
allow meto meet my target audienceto abetter
degree, becauseI wasableto receivefeedback on
what peopleenjoy themost about thriller movies.

6. YOU TUBEI am already quite familiar with you tube, therefore I found the use of it
pretty easy due to already knowing how to do most things , moreover for
the things that I was little unsure of I was able to pick up how to do it very
easily and quickly due to it being very self explanatory. You tube was very
handy as it allowed me to watch tutorials on the other software's that I
was unfamiliar with and was struggling to use, for example for premier pro I
was struggling with how to do certain effects, therefore I went on you tube
and watched tutorials explaining how to do it, which enabled me to learn
how to do a variety of different effects in order to edit my opening scene
to the best of my ability. Before filming my opening scene I also watched a
range of different thriller openings on you tube in order to give myself some
ideas for my opening scene, I found this really helpful because I was
struggling with my narrative for my opening scene, therefore it helped me
with deciding on ideas for my narrative. Furthermore I also used you tube
in order to upload my opening scene to allow people to be able to access
it and give me feedback.

7. PowerPoint
& wordI used Microsoft PowerPoint and word as a way of presenting some of my
evaluation questions. Both of the software's were very easy to use as I am
already very familiar with them due to using them in previous school
work. They both have a wide range of different techniques and tools that
abled me to make my work look very presentable and interesting. I used
the text box tool in order to place different parts of text in a variety of
different places to make it look more creative, I also added images onto
my PowerPoint and word documents to make it look more colourful and
effective. Moreover I used different fonts in order to separate each
individual text from each other to make them stand out as well as look
different and interesting. I enjoyed using both of the software's as I
thought it was a fun and creative way to show my work.

8. PREZII used Prezi as another way of presenting my evaluation questions, in order
to differentiate my questions and make them as interesting as possible, as
well as making my blog look more visually presentable, due to the fact that
Prezi enables you to present your work in a range of different creative ways in
order to suit the style of your work as well as add images and change the font
and colour of text. Moreover it also allows you to include shapes and have
different backgrounds. I found Prezi very easy and straightforward to use
and I really enjoyed using and experimenting with a different software.