The document discusses what was learned about technologies from creating a film product. It describes learning how to use editing software like Final Cut Pro on Mac computers after losing an editor colleague. Filming was challenging due to camera battery issues requiring two days of shooting. Editing required constant guidance since the author was inexperienced. Scary clown scenes received positive feedback due to correct cinematography and mise-en-scene techniques. Feedback noted the ending felt rushed and could have been improved with a stronger cliffhanger.

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

2. To be honest, We learnt how to edit ourselves, as we did not understand fully
how to edit because for our preliminary task, our ex-colleague Ida edited,
which meant me and Ceylan couldn't understand the basic skills to edit. Now
with her gone, it gave me and Ceylan a chance to fully participate in editing
ourselves. We used Final Cut Pro on a mac computer in school to get the help
we need to edit our final product to the best standard possible. It was
challenging, as was independently trying a way to edit this piece of work well.
Although it was fairly straightforward once we got the hang of it. We used
different technologies to create this opening e.g. camera, tripod, phones all
played a part in helping us create our film opening.

3. Technical Difficulties
1st major problem is that our camera died whilst we was shooting the first draft for our final
product, then we watched it over whilst we was editing and said ‘WE ARE CHANING
EVERYTHING!’ As a group we decided this as the opening product did not have any
purpose behind it as it was very boring and not understandable for our target audience.
Then we filmed a 3rd draft, and this was all going well until the camera died once again,
meaning we had to film over two days to ensure we try make our film opening better than it
was last time. We felt almost to give up as the batteries of the camera were appalling in the
length of the battery life. After everything was filmed, we began editing on Apple mac
computers called Mac computer and we used Final Cut Pro. This had been brought by the
school, so it was free and therefore this allowed us to create the final product which it
beholds today. We needed constant guidance on how to edit as our colleague had left,
leaving me and my colleague Ceylan inexperience, doing something we both have never
done before.

4. We are really proud of the fact that we shown the clown in situations that could scare or spook
our target audience, so that our ideas stay relevant and appropriate for our opening scene
created well. We were proud of these scenes as it was rated highly by all of our audience
feedback, and that it actually looks scary, as we used the correct cinematography and mise-en-
scene to fit everything together.
We could have improved our ideas at the end, as we felt as if we rushed
it, and therefore our audience feedback often referred to this part of our
product. A strong ending would been good as this leaves the audience
wanting more when ending on a well thought out cliff-hanger…