1. Evaluation: Question 6Evaluation: Question 6 What haveyou
learnt about technologiesWhat haveyou learnt about technologies
from theprocessof constructing thisfrom theprocessof constructing
this product?product?
2. How did you record theprocess of your coursework
electronically on your blog?
3. I used many different forms and softwares to record my
coursework: Google Slides is the newest format I have tried and
probably my favourite. It has a lovey way of laying things out,
while offering many different ways of presenting your work. Slide
Share I had never used before and really liked how easy it was to
connect with power point to create interesting and informal slides.
I mainly used this to present my case studies because they enable
me to insert pictures and any screen shots from the films Im using
etc.
4. Prezi was also another software I hadnt used before but
really liked the easy and creative way it presented your work. By
having automatic transitions it made the presentation more fun and
engaging. Firstly for my preliminary task my group and I researched
and experimented with various forms of camera angles. We tried to
take at least two of each kind of angle and see which looked
effective and identify the effect they created. v By using and
trying all of these I could identify which programs were most
enjoyable and easy to use. In the end I decided I would use Prezi,
slide share and google slides, this is because they were the
easiest to use and also looked the most presentable and
professional.
5. How did you use technology to research your thriller
production?
6. The internet was used especially when researching thrillers
for case studies, by the use of YouTube I was able to watch and
have access to clips from the films. This meant that any analysis
of the films were easy to do because I could always look back,
freeze and screen shot important moments. The internet was used
very frequently before, after and during the creation of my
production, this was because it gave me the freedom to access any
information required about past thriller films that I could
reference or get inspiration from. I also used YouTube to watch and
find scenes to either gain knowledge from or to reference. This was
also used to help make gifs to make my work easier to read and more
presentable.
7. How did you use technology when planning your thriller
production?
8. The internet also played a big part in finding our desired
music we wanted to use for the film, many different search engines
and websites were of big help in this task. Technology was very
important for aiding the planning of my thriller production.
Cameras were needed to help photograph possible angles that could
be used, scanners allowed for an efficient way to load hand drawn
storyboards onto my blog. I also used PowerPoint and the computer
to layout and present the shot lists, storyboards, and shot/angle
ideas; which were taken on a camera, and for analysis/evaluations
.
9. How did you use technology to collaborate with other members
of
10. My group and I had a Facebook chat which we spoke to each
other regularly on; constantly putting forward and contributing
ideas regularly, also on this chat we discussed many things such as
location, shot list, story board and when to meet for shooting.
Text messaging each other on our mobile phones to arrange meetings
and emailed each other photos of the shoot. By staying in contact
all the time we were very efficient in our filming which overall
really helped to make the production run and in the end look smooth
and professional. The program Celtx was also used in our group.
This website allows you to store your scripts, and lets the rest of
your group view and edit them.
11. How did you use technology during the shoot of your
production? We were able to review footage by using a digital
camera, this was important as we knew if things needed to be
reshot. Sometimes shots would be out of focus or slightly at the
wrong angle, due to this feature we were easily able to correct any
mistakes. An IPad was also used on set containing our shot list and
storyboards. This was extremely useful as it was a portable and
quick way of having those required resources with us when we needed
them. IPads have a great function; like a phone, you just click a
button and it turns instantly on, no time is wasted like it would
be if a laptop was used.
12. How did you use specific editing effects to enhance
13. This was to help present the reference of the hand down the
wall from Psycho. I used many different techniques to increase the
quality of my production. My software; Adobe Premier Pro allowed me
to trim my clips creating the suitable pace for each moment. I
altered the colour of my film to be in black and white to help
contribute to the connotations of a noir 1950s thriller. A slow
motion shot was used as Eve grabbed the gun; this helped to
emphasize this important plot point in the scene, this was also
used again at the end when the strangers hands falls down the
door.
14. A lot of dip to black was used throughout my production in
the editing stages; most of them only lasting a couple of seconds,
this was effective as it helped create a quick pace and almost
represented the darkness that is the unknown; blind to what may
happen. The use of fading to black also helped to portray some
features of a noir thriller genre. Using the text toolbox I edited
my titles and their fonts to make them appear to fit the genre and
age style (1950s) of the production. This made my title look much
more authentic and true to the year of which we based it on.
Comparison of similar styled titles; one from Mildred Pierce and
the other my own production Eve Crawford