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

Throughout constructing this product I have learnt about many different technologies.While filming the opening sequence we had to work with new cameras that we hadn't used before which I learnt how to use effectively. With the new camera we also used a steadicam for the opening shot.Before we begun I had basic iMovie skills but as out project developed so did my skills. When we first uploaded our footage onto the Macs it was in the wrong format and would not import in to our iMovie project. I learnt how to change the format so it would work. Other skills I learnt using iMovie was changing the speed of transitions and how to import sounds. We imported selected and imported sounds from freesound.org. As this site did not have a sounds we wanted for the second half of our opening we worked on Garage Band which I had not been on before and I learnt how to use it.

I also learnt how to use LiveType. This allowed us to create suitable credits for our product and to apply them in the correct places. I had never used this programme before so at first it took a while to understand but in the end I learnt how to use it well and successfully to make our product look professional. Our first couple of attempts did not go as planned as when we applied them on to our film they went to fast. After peer and teacher feedback we decided to change the speed, position and font of some of the credits which improved it a lot. To combine both the film and the credits together to create our product we used final cut. Like LiveType it was my first time using the programme so I had to get used to at first but after a short amount of time I got the hang of it and combined the two effectively.

Other technologies we used were social networking sites like Facebook and YouTube. As the picture below show we got a positive feedback from our friends on Facebook. They also commented on the video to tell us what we could improve in addition to the things that they think went well.

As we posted our product to YouTube we received some helpful comments on it helping us by giving us ideas on how to improve. Below shows their comments. As it is shown below the overall reception to our product was that the sound -both diegetic and non-diegetic- was sync correctly as well as being a good choice by working effectively. On Facebook people also commented on how successful the soundtrack we used was with one person saying 'The music which you have used creates a large amount of tension and also fits in well with the genre' and another saying 'the sound gave it a lot of dark atmosphere and tension'.