Evaluation Post 6 What have you learnt about technologies from the

process of constructing this product?

By Damian Zlotorzynski

Hardware

Video Camera We used a Video Camera to film the opening of our horror film, the camera recorded in full hd and is a professional piece of equipment which helped us to keep our horror film looking smooth and professional. We also used the same camera to record our preliminary task which helped us learn a lot of new skills when videoing the footage, like new camera angles that we never used before and which one fits best for the situation. I have gained a lot of new experience when using the video camera as i have learned many new types of camera angles and shots.

Tripod I used a tripod when recording our footage in order to keep it stable and steady at all times. Using a Tripod will make things look a lot more professional hence why we used one and it was necessary for some of the shots we included in our film opening. We used the tripod for a Tracking Shot as it meant it will look steady and continues and for a pan shot. I have learned that using the tripod is an essential in order to keep the footage steady and professional. I have also learned that their is spirit level will tell us if it’s on a steady level and if the tripod is on a flat service.

iMacI used the iMac to upload all my footage on the local storage, the Mac is a very professional piece of hardware which helped me process and edit my footage very quickly and efficiently. I used the mac in order to complete a lot of my previous tasks for the preparation of our opening of the film.I gained a lot of experience and skill when using the iMac to edit our preliminary video and horror film opening. I also used the iMac to complete some research tasks as it was very smooth to operate and easy.

Memory card We used memory card to store all the footage on, after we finished recording all of our scenes we were able to import them into the mac. Where we was able to select the clips that we wanted and didn't want and it would upload it on to the desktop.

Software

iMovieI used iMovie to edit my film opening and edit our preliminary task, the reason for this was because i found using iMovie very easy to use and gave us a vast variety of editing tools and effects to use with in our film. I was able to gain the skill and experience with using iMovie after we finished editing our preliminary task, as it gave me the confidence to edit our film opening as i had more experience using iMovie and felt a lot more comfortable around it. iMovie is a very professional piece of software and is exclusive to iMacs which meant i was only able to edit our film opening at school and not be able to do independent work in my own spare time at home.

Photoshop We used photoshop in order to design our production logo, the reason we chose Photoshop was because it was very simple to use and offered a large variety of tools and effects to finish our production logo. I have used Photoshop before so i was pretty familiar with it and i was able to operate my way around it in order to design our logo. Our image is copyright free as i have made it all by myself and the font was a free to use template from an online site.

Online tools

SlideshareI used slideshare whenever i made a powerpoint for one of my tasks in preparation for the film opening and wanted to upload it on to the blog. Uploading the powerpoint on to the blog would not be possible without slideshare as it embedded the video into a HTML format which was readable on the blog and made it look very professional and clean. During the time i have used slideshare i was able to learn how to upload my work on to slideshare and then embed it correctly so it can be displayed on the blog in the right format.

Youtube

I used youtube in order to research other film openings and watch clips of other horror films. This helped me alot with my research as i was able to see what effects professional horror films use and how they represent the right generic conventions. This helped me alot as i was able to take notes and gain ideas for my own horror film opening.

Prezi

I used Prezi as an alternative to making a powerpoint as it's a very professional and eye catching online tool. It is very easy to use and very user friendly meaning i was able to get on with it effectively without ever using prezi before. I used Prezi to create powerpoints for the preparation tasks for my blog and during the time i have used prezi i have learned how to create a very appealing powerpoint.

Art of the title I used Art of the title to explore different film openings, art of the tile offers a variety of film openings which i was able to browse through and watch and take notes from. This was most effective when we chose our film genre as it allowed us to browse through the different horror film openings and annotate the opening and see what we can use from it in order to make our horror film successful.