EVALUATION: What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

The main technology we used throughout the project was the computer. We used computers to research and help plan our project. Using sites such as IMDB, Google & Wikipedia helped us to research other films that may relate to our film. IMDB was effective as it revolved around all types of genre of film. I had not been familiar with this website previously, so it was good learning about this site and how it could help me with research and planning. We were able to gain information about certain films such as the techniques and locations used and why. We were also able to find out information about media institutions that could be likely to distribute our film. Aside from research, I also used the computer to produce a shot list and shooting script which came in as part of our planning work.

When we wern't using the computer, we were usually filming. Although I had had some previous experience from using the camera in my preliminary task, I learned a lot more from filming in this project and the shots captured were much improved. We had to understand how framing was important, and how different framing can have different effects on certain shots towards the audience. In one scene, the Boss and his 'right hand man' exchange money.

At the time we thought we would capture this shot so it was difficult to see the right hand man's face and the boss clearly. We wanted to keep the Boss' worker 'in the dark' as such; keeping him annonymous and adding a little mystery to the character. However, feedback from the audience told us this technique didn't really work and it rather looks like the camerawork is slightly off centre. Using the camera in the right way for different scenes is important as it will affect the audiences view of the film. We used different angles and a range of different shots including establishing shots, point of view shots and close ups e.t.c.

Once we had finished filming, we had to use computers again to edit our work. I personally found this quite difficult at times as the programme was tricky to use and occasionally crashed. I was able to get used to it however, therefore more effectively being able to edit work. We used Ulead to edit our film. We were able to introduce soundtrack into our film, take out unwanted sections/scenes and place shots in order. We also had to cut down a lot of movie time using Ulead to meet the requirements. Using these technologies to help construct our product has improved my skills in all these areas and I have learned a lot especially from editing.