Question 6

What have you learned about technologies in the process of constructing your film?

Making my film has been a lengthily process during which I have learned how to use a number of different technologies including software and editing skills. They would easily be broken down in the different stages of production: 

Pre-production 

One of the key pieces of technology I used during this stage was Blogger, a free online blogging server. This is so that I could record my ideas and development and have them be somewhere safe for final grading. Blogger was used in all three stages of production. Social media played a big part too. I mainly used Facebook to help me communicate with the people who I was going to work with. I have used you tube to help me clearly demonstrate where I got my inspiration from allowing me to upload specific videos. This is also true of google images too which I was able to make my blog much more visual which is required for a good grade. I used google search engine effectively to collect more ideas about my chosen genre and help me create an original piece yet still with archetypes that make it clear it is social realist. I also used DVDS to capture specific parts of films that I had the biggest influence on me. Lastly, this required me to repeatedly use the snipping tool. 

Production 

The most important technology used in this stage was a camera recorder. The camera I used was a canon make and delivered good quality video clips and sound, however. Sound was often a problem when filming as it picked up an awful lot that was unwanted. Ultimately, this caused me to search you tube to find suitable sound but it had to be non copyrighted as there was a rule that placed this restriction upon us. Blogger was used but not as extensively as in the pre production stage as there was not much to record. It was a much more practical part of the process. 

Post production 

In the very beginning of this stage I had to use format factory to convert my files into mp4 which I would then be able to use in the chosen editing software. The editing software we were giving to use was Adobe Premiere CS4. Premiere came with a range of helpful and interesting editing effects. One I found myself using on a regular bases was the ability to change the sound level as well as the effect 'exponential fade' which gave the sound a much more professional rather than ending unexpected whilst the other clips have 'dipped to black' for example when a specific part of the scene had ended. Again i found myself using google images a lot to find images of where my inspiration came from. This is most apparent during the evaluation stage. The snipping tool was also used to show different stages of the post production stage showing off certain effects I have used. I used youtube to find music for my film. Blogger was used a lot more at this stage than say the production as it was vital it allowed me to show my production evolve into the final product.