The student learned several important technologies through constructing their product: They learned how to use cameras including starting and stopping recordings. They also used camera stands, tripods, and lighting equipment to improve shots. Editing software like Final Cut Pro and Garage Band taught keyboard shortcuts and how to add effects, sound, and titles. Mac computers were essential for editing and research. Their iPads and phones were also utilized for photos, recordings, and props. Overall, they gained confidence with the technologies and learned the best ways to use different equipment for professional results.

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

2. One of the most
important pieces of
technology we used
and had to learnt
how to us was the
camera. We learnt
how to start and stop
recording and to go
back and watch the
shot we just took.
I learnt that even
though it seems
really easy to start
and stop recording,
we all learn at least
once you need to
make sure you know
when your recording
because you can end
up recording things
by accident or think
your recording when
your not.
When filming some shots
we used this piece of
equipment to help us
make the lighting look
brighter when it was too
dull. It also helped to
show a characters face
more clearly when the
lighting is bad because it
reflects the light onto
where you direct it.
The camera stand
was majorly helpful
when filming because
it kept the camera
steady making the
shots look more
professional
compared to
someone just holding
the camera and
shaking.
The camera stand could hold the camera at low heights
and low heights because the legs could extend and
unextend

3. On filming day I used
my phone to take
pictures of our sets.
We also used it as a
prop in on of the
scenes
We used the Apple Mac
computers to edit our
titles and opening
sequence, research
information, create sound
tracks and to upload
journals onto our portfolio.
The Macs were really
helpful because there
were loads of useful
programs we could use
such as Garage Band and
Final Cut Pro which we
wouldn’t of been able to
use on Microsoft
computers. At first the
Macs were a bit confusing
to work but by the end we
knew how to use them and
the programmes on them.
We also learnt loads of
key board short cuts.
We used an IPad we used an app to record voice overs.
In the final version of our opening and titles sequence
we didn’t end up using the voice overs because we had
technical difficulty trying to get them from the IPad
onto the Mac.
Throughout our time
using the cameras we
became more and more
confident with them as
time went on.
The tripod was also
useful because the
handle enabled us to
shoot tracking and
panning shots without
the camera shaking.
On filming day as he
day went on we
became better at
making sure the
camera didn’t shake
when we were
shooting these two
shots.

4. We used video effects
in Final Cut Pro to put
effects onto our
opening and titles
sequence. There were
loads of effects to show
from. Over time we
learnt which effects
worked best, which
effects looked good
over lapping each other
and how to edit the
effects. The effects
were very important for
making to sequence
loom professional. We
also learnt that keeping
it simple was better
because some times
when there were too
many effects it did not
look professional.
In Final Cut Pro we were
able to chose from a
huge rang of texts for
our titles. We learnt how
to move the text, to
change he text size,
colour and font and we
also learnt how to
change the angle of the
font. For example we
wants the titles to line
up with walls and
markings in the shots.

5. In Final Cut Pro
these bars
showed us what
the sound levels
were like
throughout the
video. We learnt
that the sound
level should be a
maximum of -6
other wise when
the sequence is
played allowed on
the big screen it
wont be good
quality sound or it
may be too loud
for the audience.
The yellow tips
show that the
sound level is over
-6.
In Final Cut Pro we
learnt how to add sound
effects to our sequence.
There were loads to
chose from and we also
learnt how to make the
sound effect repeat and
how to cut it down if it
was too long. We were
able to make the sound
effect loud or quite and
we could also make it
build up through time to
create suspense.
In Final Cut Pro we learnt that
the purple bubble were the
text and the green was the
sound. We learnt how to move
and cut them down or make
them longer depending how
long we wanted them on he
screen and when we wanted
them to show

6. In Garage Band you could
chose different types of
instruments, for example
you could chose Classic
Electric Piano or Swelling
Sub bass etc.. After
choosing one of them we
learnt you didn’t only
have to only chose one
you could chose several at
once. Depending on what
type of sound you want to
produce depended on
what instrument you
chose.
The blue panels show the sound, how long the sound
goes on for and how loud the sound is. We learnt that
you can make the sound as short or as long as you want,
you can change the volume and change the tempo.
There were loads of different
sound categories to chose from
which had loads of different tune
and sound effects to chose from

7. On the filming day we used n Apple Mac
Book to help us with props. We learned
that we could use this to make the set look
more believable. It was helpful because we
were able to get a CCTV phot up onto the
screen to give our audience a clue into the
character Charles.

8. We learnt how to use YouTube and how to
upload our videos from Final Cut Pro to YouTube
straight from the programme. We have also
learnt how to embed videos from YouTube into
our journals.
We used Google a lot to research information. We were
able to find useful information on target audiences and
Thriller genre conventions.