Question 6

Question 6- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

 I have gained so much knowledge on the use of technologies while making my productions. I have used software that I haven’t before and with each use developed my production further. Mainly I have been using iMovie this has been the tool to editing and putting my production together. Through iMovie I have embedded fonts and added music these I had to download from online and import them into iMovie. I also was able to use photo shop which I already has experience in to create the polaroid pictures for props. We had to add the pictures we took from the hardware

camera and uploaded them on to the photo shop software and manipulate them into the outline of the polaroid pictures this proved quite difficult until we got the hang of photo shop and got the job done, this technology allowed us to create detail to our production as this being a small prop made the film effective and improved the quality. This also got good feedback from the audience as with the pictures they had better understanding of the suggested plot.The cameras were really easy and simple to use so this didn’t affect the pace of our production at all. YouTube was a key element when making our production as we used it for research and to upload any drafts we created, we got great feedback!

I really didn’t realise how much work went into making a production. Even small things such as changing the lengths of shots by a second can make such a difference. However as we noticed how much work there was we picked out important things to focus on for example editing to ensure it had the right finish then focused on little things that add to the production as a whole such as adding production companies on to our footage.

My favourite shot of our production is an over the shoulder shot/POV shot of the antagonist analysing the polaroid pictures. It makes the audience feel like they are in the room like a fly on the wall watching his obsessive nature. In this shot it also jumps to a closer shot of the polaroid causing and eerie effect.

These shots were used due to our research into different horror openings our main inspiration was se7en which has these similar tight, jumpy close up shots which were really effective in creating a spooky atmosphere. I also really love the final shot in our production.

My favourite shot is when showing the antonognist face hidden strangely looking down at the only source of light in the room. This created questions in the audience mind…what‘s going to happen next?

 I am really happy with the work and effort that has gone into the making of our film and the final project looks great! However there are a few things I would of done different if I could do it again. One being the variations of shots and locations as we was quite limited to the tight space of a cupboard and it was a little difficult to keep the shots different therefore using our editing skills we did our best to change lengths and cut shots to make them unique to one another. Also with the locations I think at least a second location would make it more effective and slightly more interesting to watch as an audience member. I would say the only limitations that occurred was the correct equipment for a 360 degree shot we wished to create the reason being we thought of this idea to late into the production schedule to research into how to creating this shot even without the equipment.

Overall throughout the production I have gained many new technological skills that helped massively to create a fantastic final product! I intend to use these skills further when making more productions.