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

The first technology that i learnt about was how to use the camera, tri-pod and firewire which is how we uploaded our footage on the the Macs. As simplistic as most people would thing it is to work the cameras, with the help of a media technician at our school, we recieved detailed and helpful tutorials on how to properly use the cameras and tri-pods to achieve certain shots, for example, how to get a high angle shot without having to hold the camera and getting a shaky and ineffective shot.

Within the editing process using iMovie, i started with a brief knowledge on how it worked, but was further developed by my continued use of it and more helpful tutorials. I was then successfully able to create titles that slowly appeared and faded onto the screen, change the font and colour so that they matched the typical convensions of a thriller opening (cold blue lettering) and was able to place them on both a black screen and on a normal frame. I also learnt that by using the arrow keys i could move the player head to the exact point in which i wanted to cut, making my cuts more precise and flowing smoother between shot to shot. I also expanded my knowledge on different effects that i could add to my media, and found which effects worked well together, and which ones changed the atmosphere and attracted my target audience. 

This shot it my favourite shot, and one i am particularly proud of. The effect on the audience that just the added effects of blurryness and the change in colur and the temerature of colour had worked very well and made the audience feel the panic and alarm of the main character. Also, the effect of the hand help camera conveys her feeling on instability and panic.

My main problem that i encountered was, when editing shots, and effects on shots, it tended to move my music and sounds effects around and out of place. However, i was then tought how to lock the sound effects to the player head, meaning that it would stay with its clip and would not move. I also found that, when overlapping sound tracks and effects, i could fade in/out the music so that it would flow together much more smoothly, and the change in music wouldnt be so obvious and sharp.

Lastly, i learnt how to upload my video onto You Tube, and then embed this as a gadget onto my blog. Although i could have just uploaded onto a new post, by making my video a 'Gadget' it meant that my video would always appear at the top of my blog, no matter how many new entries i made after that.