evaluation questions that i can do by myself

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

use= filming and looking at what we filmed. it was useful because we couldn't make our project without any film.

problems/limitations= lost tape at one point. at another lost battery power in the middle of filming. we overcame these problems by finding a second tape, and recharging the camera and redoing our filming.

use= elevating camera for high angle shots or cctv extreme high angle shot. useful for 2 reasons we needed high angle shots for the cctv effect for our prison/interrogation room scenes.

problems/limitations= had to stand on chair for full effect with tripod and camera= had trouble keeping balance. fixed this by keeping shots to short takes.

use= editing footage. useful because only a computer could handle all the data of the film openings we made as well as the changes made during editing.

problems/limitations= i find the use of the editing software awkward but do enjoy moving the clips around.

all the online computer programs i used and found useful are as follows. google images for the pictures on this blog. microsoft office online for storing documents. blogger for helping me write this blog. imovie for helping with the editing of the film.

as for low tech we used a flashlight/torch for lighting during the flashback scenes, and during the killing of ben scene we used the streetlamps as lighting. we also used chairs as extra elevation for the high angle shot we needed during the flashback scenes.

7. Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the procession from it to the full product?

in our continuity exercise we got the framing wrong on one of our shots and avoided this by doing several of the same shot during the full product. in our continuity exercise our match on action wasn't obvious at first in our final product we didn't really use one. in our final product just like in the continuity exercise we used the 180 degree rule in moderation somewhat in the fact that we shot the scene of cat and ben running up the stairs at our location from two separate angles but unlike the rule we used in the continuity exercise we shot from the side and above the scene we were shooting. in the continuity exercise we had trouble keeping our faces straight during some of our more serious scenes which is something which we see in the final product as well. in the final product our main shot seems to closeups or midshots, and our main camera movement seems to be following the action. we also like in the continuity exercise ended up cutting alot out of the film during editing. we are also planning on using a montage going up to the killing of ben. most of our sounds are natural sound apart from the groan of ben when he is stabbed. we have added a few sound effects such as a typewriter and ticking clock to give our film more personality perhaps.