The blog was an essential part in

the build up to making the film, as

this was the place where all the

research and planning was

posted. A strength of this was that

you can put up posts and then re-

edit later, also people can

comment on your work and offer

suggestions on how to improve,

however a weakness of this is that

you often have to do work on

PowerPoint and post as a picture

on the blog as it is hard to move

around pictures on the actual

blogger

This was very useful for the

research and planning section as this is where all the information was found. This was especially good as were able to research things such as thriller age ratings and all the conventions of an original thriller, there were no limitations of this

The Macs were a very useful piece of equipment throughout the whole process, but it played a big role in the pre-production phase as we were able to

familiarise ourselves with all the programs that would go on to help us make our movie as good as possible, however a limitation with the Macs is that unlike other computers they uploaded work a lot

slower and hence made the whole process slower.

We used the tripods to great effect

in filming. With the use of this we were able to keep the camera stable enabling us to get those perfectly centrally framed shots and especially that classic last shot with the dejected figure in front of the leaving train, also we were able to pan as well, the only

criticism of the tripod is that perhaps it did not extend long enough

This was the main

equipment used for the

filming , the cameras were

very good as the filming

quality was good and we

were able to get some

great shots, however the

auto focus was a big

problem as the screen was

often blurry and the camera

kept on making unwanted

noises.

During the process of

filming I found out just how

much of an effect

lightning had on a piece.

We used this as the key

light in the three point

lighting method, this was

very good for us as we

were able to get the

desired effect of slowly

revealing our character at

the beginning of the

sequence

This was the main program used for putting our film together. It also helped

us to record audience feedback so we could see people’s reactions whilst watching the film. This program enabled us to edit the film using transitions, adding in music sounds, etc. This was very good as it made us make the movie look professional, by adding

continuity, realism and verisimilitude to the piece, however it took a very long time to upload work onto YouTube so this yet again slowed down the process of making the film.

Garage band was essential for

us in terms of recording our soundtrack for the film. This was very effective as we were able to tone the sound up and down depending on what we wanted, however it was hard to cut out certain bits in the middle of the recording so

some parts were left in the soundtrack that we did not necessarily want.

Although not the most vital piece of equipment, this was very good in being able to get feedback straight away on our piece, however as this was used by a lot of people there were various instances where the

memory was full so we had to delete other people’s work

Although not important in terms of the filming, this was partly important in the pre-production phase as we used this to evaluate man on fire, and this gave us the necessary skills to be able to use the program for later use, however a limitation with this is that it was hard to post the

work onto the blog as it constantly came up with words, but with some help from other peers I was able to transfer it successfully.

This was important for uploading our piece from Imovie to YouTube, this was good as it enabled me to learn how to upload onto YouTube, also people

were able to comment on the video and there were some constructive comments on how to improve which we took aboard, however uploading to YouTube was a very long process and was not ideal especially when you were in a hurry.

Prezi was very good as it was

a different way of interacting creatively and in a way that people would want to look at instead of a boring word document, however I had the same problem with this as I had with slide share in

that I could not transfer it to the blogger but yet again with some help I was able to do it perfectly and even managed to help out someone else.