Sorrel Grundy used various technologies to document their coursework and share ideas online. They used video diaries to explain their thriller film concept and Prezi presentations to elaborate on ideas and link to other films. Furthermore, they uploaded film clips, screenshots, scanned storyboards, and location photos to support their ideas and show intertextuality with other films. Research relied heavily on internet sources like YouTube to understand how directors established the thriller genre. A digital camera was used to film the thriller and review footage, and editing software allowed effects like black and white, fades, and dissolves to be added between flashbacks and during climactic scenes.

1. By Sorrel Grundy

2.  I have used many different technologies to record
coursework and upload it onto my blog.
 For example I used video diaries to explain the
concept behind our thriller film, who was going to
be in it and where we were going to film. I used
video diaries because it allowed me to fully explain
ideas when I felt I couldn’t explain them as well
though text.
 I also used Prezi’s throughout the coursework, I
used Prezi because it is a more interesting way of
elaborating on our ideas and an easy way to link
them to existing films.
 Furthermore I uploaded film clips and screen shots
from both existing films and my thriller both the
rough cut and the final cut to help support my
ideas and the intertextuality between my thriller
and existing ones.
 Similarly I used a scanner to scan in story boards I
had draw for my thriller with explanations as to
what would be happening in the shot and the
shots I would use.

3.  When completing my research
the internet was crucial
whenever I needed to find any
information on existing films
and TV shows. I consistently
used I used YouTube for
research how directors
established the thriller genre in
their films. Without the internet
accessing a wide range of
period and contemporary film
sequences would have meant
relying on DVD’s or recording
films on TV and this would have
narrowed my understanding.
 For my planning I used my
mobile phone to take picture of
the locations we use in our
thriller.
 I also used screen shots and
clips of our thriller rough cut
and final cut.

4.  When collaborating
with students in my
group we used our
mobile phones to
keep in-touch when
deciding when we
were going to shoot
and where we were
going to shoot.
 We also use social
networking sites to
arrange meetings
before shooting and
so that we could make
a shooting schedule.

5.  When shooting our
thriller film we used a
digital camera to film
with, this allowed us to
review the footage after
we had shot it to see
whether or not it was
what we wanted. We
used a cannon digital
camera to shot our
footage on as it is a well
respected brand and so
you can rely on the high
quality of the
equipment.

6.  When editing the thriller
opening we chose to use
specific effects at certain
points. Whenever there was a
flashback we uses a black and
white effect to make the
footage black and white. We
also used fade to black as a
transition between the
flashbacks and real time
scenes. We used additive
dissolves in the cliff hanger so
that it looks as thought the
two male characters mould
into each other. We also
altered the colour in the real
time scenes as it get closer to
the cliff hanger to show that
the atmosphere has changed.