Evaluation Task Six- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

When we filmed our horror film we had use a range of different equipment, the equipment we used is as follows:

To film our movie we use a "Panasonic HDC-SD80". We found that the camera was easy to use as everything was easy to locate on it. We did not have any troubles whilst using it. Whilst I was filming with it, I learnt how to film in different environments, for example we had film within a dark house to give the impression that it was night time. To combat this we were originally going to film in a night vision filter but our camera did not have one, so as a result we improvised and used the built in flashlight to make the scene brighter but still matching the required darkness.

When it came to editing our film, we used a mac book pro and a program called final cut pro. I found that this program was very easy to use as I've had previous experience in using it. However I have learnt more skills since using the macs again. I have learnt how to divide the screen into segments in order to fit more than one video on screen at a time. This was crucial for our CCTV style of filming. I also learnt how to remove audio from the video and replace it with another audio piece so that it looks like a voice over is happening on screen. The screenshot shows our film during its editing stages.




We used mobile phones during the production of our films as we used them as voice recorders in our film to reenact a 999 call.
We also downloaded a blogger app so that we could edit our blogs wherever we were.This proved to be useful as we didn't need a laptop or computer in order to edit our blogs. The app was very easy to use and it laid out exactly as it does on a computer.
From doing this I learnt how to extract an audio clip from my phone and upload it onto the computer, it was simial to uploading a clip of the voice recorder.




For evaluation task 3 we had to create a commentary voice over to play with our film. We used a voice recorder to record our commentary. We then imported our film into a program called movie maker and imported the voice-over and muted the films volume so we could hear the voice recording. From this I have learnt how to import recordings onto the computer and then into the actual editing software. after this process I learnt how to de-sync the audio and link up the voice recording to the footage.

In some scenes of our film we had to use a tripod so that the camera would remain steady. The tripod was a great help as it made sure everything we needed stayed within the shot. Due to already using a tri-pod in previous filming I was already familiar in using one, but using one for the filming of "Intruder" proved harder than expected due to the angle of our camera shots. I found that this made good experience and I learnt how to place the tri-pod in different places in order to create different filming styles. 

Finally we used an old TV and switched it to an AV outlet so that some static would play, we then used the camera to video record this and incorporated it into our film.











Blogger is a website that allows people to publish posts to an online blog for people to view all over the world. In my case it allowed me to keep all my A level work in one place and organize it in a neat fashion which makes it appealing for someone to read. While using blogger I have learnt how to create blog posts which feature a variety of things such as video links to YouTube.











We used YouTube to upload and publish our videos so people could view them. As I have never uploaded to YouTube before I was unsure of how to upload. Whilst using this however I became more skilled and families with the layout and what all the video editing tools did. The process turned out to be rather simple as all you do is click upload and then find your video, which then begins to process before being uploaded.