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

2. Key Decisions
 Our first key decision was to either use a a large high
quality camera or a smaller camera. We choose as a
group to use a smaller camera and a tripod as we
would be filming on location so it would be easier to
transport a smaller camera around on different
occasions.

3. Preproduction
In preproduction, I did a lot of research into similar films to ensure
we were following the typical plot of a thriller film and we didn’t fall
too far away from the stereotypes. We also used celltex to create
our script for our final film and as a group we produced a shot list
on excel, storyboards, prop lists, risk assessments, character
profiles. This enabled all our group to see these and so when
actually filming our film it was a lot easier as we had the
information needed and a set list of the shots we needed to get.
This helped as we had a schedule to follow.

4. Production
 We filmed using a tripod and a small HD camera instead
of a large SonyHD1000 camera, as we didn’t feel
experienced enough to use the big high quality camera
and we were filming on location so a small camera
would be easier to transport. After we finished our
filming we used a software called ‘final cut express’ to
edit our film together to make all the shots fit together.

5. Post-Production
 After the completion of editing we exported the
video, then uploaded the video to my Youtube channel so
people can easily access the video. We the embedded
the video onto our blog on blogger to ensure even more
people would be able to access our film. We then posted
the link to our film onto social networking sites such as
twitter and facebook, so more people could access our
film and give us feedback.

6. Successful uses of technology
 We were most successful in using final cut express, as
the editing process did not take long for us to
complete, we had over ten minutes of footage and we
cut that down to two minutes. This process included the
adding of the non-diagetic sounds such as music and
effects such as fade in and fade out and black and
white effects, as shown below.

7. Unsuccessful Uses Of Technology
 We struggled when out on location filming, as firstly we
struggled with using the camera and then extraneous
variables such as the weather hindered us as things
like rain affecting the look of the characters and
raindrops getting on the lens, was slowing the process
down and making the shots look a poor quality. Also
with the strong winds it was sometimes difficult to hear
what the actors were saying.

8. What I have learnt
 I learnt how to use blogger effectively. When I first
started I didn’t know how to label people in posts, or
embed videos/images/presentations etc into my
posts, but now I have learnt how to do these.