Q6

Q6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Throughout research, planning and shooting I have learnt a lot about the way the media industry works and how other productions are filmed and planned out. As well as this I have learnt a lot about how to shoot effectively and the amount of planning required to pull off a successful shoot.

Even though half of the group were already experienced with editing we knew that the Editing side of our production was going to be the hardest part of producing it. If we could edit it with cuts and music having a significant effect then we knew we could produce something really good.

The sound of our production was a big part of the tension building and bringing something knew to the conventions of typical thrillers. We learnt that music in certain places could have such a large impact on the attention of the audience and build up tension brilliantly. Therefore we spent a lot of time on imovie testing where the sound fits best with sections of Le Monde. When and where the music should cut off and start again and so on. We also learnt a lot about the effects of editing techniques, how certain transitions create mystery effects and build tension in the production. For example we decided on using straight cuts as transitions in between shots in order to captivate the audience and maintain there attention throughout.

Camerawork was very new to all of us and we all came away with a lot learnt after filming. We had limited experience with camerawork with our preliminary being our only source of experience with planning and then going out to shoot a film.

The tripod is probably the most important piece of equipment when filming, apart from the camera of course. The tripod can give the film a very professional feel to it as well as giving you perfect still steady shots. Our use of the tripod was very prominent in our prelim however more than half of our shots in our thriller were filmed by hand.