Evaluation question 5

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

I have learnt that in order to have a successful product of high quality, The equipment must also be of high quality.
My film was not of a high quality because I used a digital camera to shoot the film rather than a high quality camera as this was the only equipment available. The camera also did not allow me to zoom in or out so I found it hard to create close up shots and a range of other shots, so therefore I mostly used mid shots throughout the opening equence of the film. This is an image of the camera that i used to shoot my film.

There also wasnt a tripod available for me to use for my production as it had been broken. This meant that I had to shoot my video free handedly resulting in loss of quality for my production because my hand was not sturdy.
There was also not as much lighting as I would have liked in order for the audience to see the charaters faces and expressions clearly. Ths was because there was no lighting equipment available for me to use except natural light, which again added to the lack of quality for my product.


The software used to edit my film was Windows Live Movie maker, This was a good software for me to use as I was able to make cuts where needed, add music and create titles or animations.
However I did not know how to smooth the cuts that are in the same scene so that they do not look appear so dramatic as I cut certain parts of the scene because it was too long. This is an image of my work on movie maker.

I had gathered feedback from people about my film or the production of it, and this was what people said. The people that I asked were over the age of 15 as my film was targeting teenagers 15 and over, which will make my feedback more accurate:

teacher: "You did a good job on cutting out most of the background area which would have shown that it was a sixxth form and not somebody's house"

Genevieve: " The opening sequence was quite funny but was abit hard to tell what was going on because at the first part of the scene, the characters did not seem loved up enough."

Moyo: "The cuts were used effectively and this made part of the scences funnier because it showed a change of time."

James: "The characters faces were not that clear."

Simone: "The background noise of the television wass kept throughout which made the scene seem more realistic."