Evaluation Question 6

Technology is an essential part of every sector in the project that me and my group has created there are so many avenues that have been used to make our film created to the best of our ability and available to the public ?


in the department of editing and manipulating footage that has been recorded we used the software Final cut express.

This application on the apple mac was used on every one of the films that was created by my group because it was the best way in which we could cut and add things to the film to produce an enjoyable piece of work, Final cut makes it very easy to arrange film to the preferred order and is very user friendly because the recording from a camera is very easily transferred to the software just by connecting the camera and the computer with a cord. for the film to be uploaded you simply go to the final cut icon at the top of the screen then select your preferred capture format through clicking on 'easy set-up  from the drop down selection.then simple go to file the capture to capture the film. there are many inviting effects and functions that are accessible by jut a few clicks.

 For example for our film to had a scene in which the main character has a vision of what was going to transpire in the coming days. in order to show this very effectively we distorted the screen to make it look as if something was wrong, by doing this we are putting the audience into the film and making them feel a certain way unconsciously and immediately after the audience is taken into the mind of the character because they also can see the vision of which he is having. to make it seem like a 'vision', we drained the colour from the clip using an effect tool on Final cut express.

 something which is also frequently used in the film is the fade effect applied using the pen tool. this is a great way of making sooth transitions from one scene to another, i feel it was used effectively because the transitions that where made throughout the film never looked out of place and even some times noticeably makes the film work that much more.Thrillers are very fast paced and high tempo films so this is a convention that we wanted to bring to our film also taking into account our target audience so editing through final cut express was the best way in which we could achieve this, using the cut tool we removed excess film that was not needed and made the film have many cuts from one scenario/location to the next to maintain the tempo.

A different form of software that was utilized was live type. this application was used to create the title sequence for the production company of our film. many effects and animations where available to be used, many fonts could have been applied also. for our tile sequence we wanted something that would be easily visible and bold with a playful effect to add some diversity to the animation.

One thing that made this whole project even possible was the availability of the digital camera that the film was recorded on, through out the preparation of the project one thing that was focused on was being able to use the camera to its full potential and being knowledgeable enough to handle it with care and make it function in the way that is required at any point in time, functions like recording and rewinding were very easy to see and work very well. there where a few things that came with the camera for example the film tape of which the recording was saved on and a tripod to make our filming as steady as possible to improve the standard and quality of the final product by making it more accurate and concise  in addition we also had the technology of microphones to project dialogue that may not be heard otherwise all these things added to the film in their own way and without one or the other the standard of the film will be evidently lower.




The internet was another tool that was used through out the project. before the creation of the film there were many things that where done to gain some information on what our target audience likes and wants to see. to find this out and get to as many people as possible the internet site Survey Money was utilized to create a questionnaire that will appeal to the audience in which our film is for, making the questions being asked as interesting and relevant as possible to be taken into account when it came to the production of our film.when the results are in the data can easily be analysed using a graph that will be created. i found using this site very straight forward to use and it coverd every type of question that could be asked because multiple choice and open questions could be asked that require more detail.

Also the site Blogger has been the main way in which we have documented or progression from one task to the next. this has been the destination to post research that has been done for thriller films whether it be the analysis of films in the same genre that have been watched or the small details like the order in which the credits are shown at the beginning of a film. this site is very easy to use and a great outlet to people who are interested in the context of the blog.

Finally another  internet site that was frequently used was YouTube because of the popularity of the site it was a great outlet to upload videos that we created to gain possible feedback from people that are browsing the site.to do so we needed to format the videos that we create to make the upload process easy.

A lot was learnt throughout this project but the most improvement that i have made is in regards to the use of these editing programmes because i had no previous knowledge of these sites and i believe as time went on i became more comfortable with the hardware and software