What have you learnt about technologies from the

process of constructing this product?

• One of the main technologies I have used, whilst making my final media product, is Final Cut Express. I used it to edit our final film.

• As I had used Final Cut Express during my GCSE media years, I understood the basics of the programme and was fairly easy to remember how to basically edit things.

• However, now being in sixth form, I had to learn a lot more elements on it, in order for our film to have the full effects of a thriller film.

WHAT HAVE I LEARNT ON FINAL CUT EXPRESS?

• One of the main features I learnt how to use on final cut express was how to lay two pictures on top of each, to cause a ‘dreamy’, flickering effect. This was made to look like the little girl, who was kidnapped, is still in the memory of the main protagonist. The overlay of the pictures, make our film more like a thriller genre.

• I also re learnt how to put effects onto our film, to create the flashback and also fitting the music with specific times in our film.

• The camera was the main technology we used, and also the tripod. It was essential to our film.

• However, although I was not the ‘cameraman’ for our media product, I occasionally took over this role, so learnt the basics of how to work the camera.

• This included learning how to balance the camera, on the tripod, to make sure it was at the right level when on uneasy grounds, like the park we filmed in.

• WordPress is another main technology we have had to use in this project. It is the blog site where all our evaluations and research has gone. I have used WordPress before, so found it fairly simple to upload pictures, videos and more.

• Internet explorer is the main web browser we used when doing all our research. I used it to research thriller film codes and conventions, and also all of the research for media institutions and who produced what films.

• YouTube was the final technology we used as it was where we uploaded our prelim and our final media product, Captured. It is one of the most well-known sites where people upload videos every second to it. It was a very useful technology, as it allowed us to broadcast our video to people for free.