Improved

1. What have you learnt
about technologies from
the process of
construction this
product?
Shekarie James 6088

2. Technologies/Equipment
used in production:
• Microphone
• Cannon DSLR 65OD
• Camera lens
• Lighting (key fill and back)

3. Microphone
Strengths Weaknesses
• The microphone helped to
enhance the quality of the
sound and blocked out most
of the ambient sound.
• Overall the microphone
made our better for
example in dialogue
between the main
characters which was clear
because the microphone
got rid of the ambient
sound.
• The microphone could not
block out all sound so we
had to get rid of the sounds
that the microphone was not
able to block out the post
production stage by editing
the sound out.
• We had to make sure that
the micro phone was
attached.

4. Cannon DSLR 65OD
Strengths Weaknesses
• The size and weight of the camera
was convenient so it enabled us to
change locations easily.
• On the camera we were able to
manually set the focus as a result of
this we were able to acquire a
better quality. We were also able to
adjust the white balance and
exposure to adhere to out thriller
opening.
• The camera was very straight
forward and easy to us which made
it easier for us to adjust the setting
so we could get a better quality
overall with less work.
• The battery life of this camera
restricted our filming as the battery
life only lasts 2-3 hours. So we had
to work around this time frame, this
added pressure for us to make sure
that certain scenes are shot before
the camera dies.

5. Camera lens
Strengths Weaknesses
• The camera lens made its
easier to have a sharp
focus on certain shots for
example the montage
were there was multiple
close ups which are
clearly seem because of
the sharp focus.
• The lens is a compact
and a lightweight.
• However, for some
scenes despite
continuously trying to
focus the lens some of
the shots were still a bit
blurry.

6. Lighting (key, fill and
back)
Strengths Weaknesses
• Through the use of key lighting
we were able to make the
subject and our actors to stand
out.
• The lighting also emphasised
our antagonist as the use of the
key lighting created shadow that
made our antagonist look more
mysterious and dangerous.
• The smaller light were used for
the back light because they
were not too bright but were just
right to separate the subject
from the background.
• A room gets very hot due to the
lamp used as the key lighting.
• Because the lighting bought out
the shadows its made the
editing process challenging.

7. Challenges faced in the production process
and how we overcame these problems :
• We faced a number of challenges one of which is;
• The key lighting was really bright so in the post
production process we had to dim the light so that the
characters could be seen and so that the shadow looked
more faint.
• Another problem we faced is that because the camera
on the tripod prevented us to get and extreme close up.
Therefore we had to use a hand help camera to get the
close up shot we needed.

8. What we learnt about the
technologies when filming:
• When filming we leaned many things about media technologies. One of these is
the camera and how advanced it is when shooting but mostly the setting in the
camera for example when shooting we wanted to get the main character in the
centre. And we then had to go into the camera settings and set the grids on so
we could centre the characters face and it would be right in the middle. This
added more professionalism to our full product and highlighted the character
more.
• Another setting on the camera that we were able to utilise is the lighting in order
to enhance the natural colours of our scene we had to set the white balance
manually to improve our quality which also enhanced the quality our full
product.
• The microphone is another technology that really made a difference to or full
product we learnt that it can make a huge difference in terms of the sound
quality and clarity. Furthermore, the fact the it can block out some ambient
sound.
• We also learned the way to zoom in and get extreme close ups through the
camera lens when adjusting the lens by twisting it we learnt you could zoom and
focus to get a more detailed shot.

9. iMac
Strengths Weaknesses
• The iMac software is easy to
use and this allowed us to
produce work on time.
• IMacs have auto save therefore
when our computer crashed all
our work was not lost we were
still able to access the work
when we restarted the computer.
• The iMac has multiple
programmes and software's
allowing us to edit our opening
and access the internet ,
YouTube plus our blogs.
• The iMacs would often crash
which meant that we were at a
risk of all our work being lost.

10. Final Cut Pro
Strength Weaknesses
• It allowed us to easily to adjust
an fix the challenges we faced
with the colour and lighting so
the brightness and saturation
can be changed.
• It offers a variety of transitions
like fades and dissolves
between each cut this made
our thriller opening flow better.
For example, the transition of
the title for our opening which
fades.
• Final Cut Pro has a lot of editing
features in comparison to
iMovie. However, this made it
more difficult for the us to use as
it was a bit to complex at first.
• Final Cut Pro at one point
corrupted our file and crashed
which then lead to all of our
work becoming frozen and
malfunctioning. And to save our
work, we had to save our file
every 5 minutes, just to make
sure that our work didn’t get
corrupt again.

11. How we overcame editing
challenges
• Our first opening sequence came from Final Cut Pro which we
edited and made ours through adjusting the saturation and the pace.
However it was a found image so we could not use it so, we had to
create a new one using Fire work and Dreamweaver the challenge
of this is that we had to use another editing source to create our
opening now. We had to learn how to use Firework properly.
• When filming some of our shots they were unstable which meant
that we had to stabilise certain shots on Final Cut Pro.
• We ensured that our work was backed up so in case anything was
to happen we wouldn’t have to start from the top luckily, because
this came in handy when our iMac deleted some of our footage we
used the back up to regain the footage.
• We edited out all ambient sounds through Final Cut Pro.

12. What we learnt about
editing:
• We learned that the editing process is where you can fix any
problems which have gone wrong in the production stage. For
instance the ambient sound which can be edited out. We also
noticed that the post- production stage is one of the most vital
stages because we were able to turn raw footage into the
product it is now. Without the editing process the opening
would just be plain and unshaped. This process also taught
us the affect of certain audios and or soundtrack and the
influence this can have on a shot. In terms of the atmosphere
which this creates mystery , tension , build up and climax
especially if the audio matches the action going on in the
opening.

13. Documenting
tools:

14. Blogger
Strengths Weaknesses
• Easy to use when sharing
picture and videos.
• Personal source of sharing
your work.
• Its free
• Theme is easy to change
• Easy to embed power
points, prezis and slide
share.
• Blog ownership remains
with blogger
• Blogs can crash deleting
all of the work which is
scaring if you work is not
backed up we went
through this twice.

15. YouTube
Strengths Weaknesses
• It is a free
• Easy to share your videos
on other sites(embedding)
• It allow you to give our
opinion in the comment
section
• It allows you to get
feedback from people who
watch your videos
• You can personally brand
yourself
•
• Videos take a long time
to upload depending on
the quantity.
• Limited editing control
• There are limits for new
accounts
• YouTube severs can
crash and leave some
videos inaccessible.

16. Prezi
Strengths Weaknesses
• A free unique way of
presenting information.
• Prezi allows creators to link
text and images to movement.
• It saves backup online and can
be embedded anywhere
• It allows you to zoom in and
out of the information which is
unique.
• Prezi is a very easy program to
use and you learn fast how to
use it.
• Prezi can be time
consuming
• Limited printing options
• Web based so the
• can be lost if its not
saved properly before it
crashes.
• Can cause dizziness and
audio is hard to upload.

17. Mindmeister
Strengths Weaknesses
• Easy to embed and share
everywhere.
• It’s a online website so its
accessible
• Engaging and flexible
• Its available in the app
store- so you can create
mind maps on the go.
•
• Web based so error can
occur with the connection
taking up time instead of
getting work done.
• Formatting
• Editing can be dangerous
as you can shift
everything when trying to
edit your mi map.

18. What we learned about
documenting technologies:
• We learned a variety of new way to document our
research and planning on different platforms. We learned
how to edit and improve our blogs by learning to label
our posts and tags our selves making our blogs more
efficent. Furthermore we learned how to edit the time
and date of our posts so that we can have all our posts
organised and looking presentable.
• We learned different way to present our work for
example prezi, slide share and YouTube. And these
enabled us to uniquely make our work different but also
interesting.