Evaluation activity 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process

of constructing this product?

To film our two minute sequence we used a canon
700D. As both the director and I had some
experience with using this type of camera to an
extent. As this knowledge wasnt vast throughout
the shoot we ventured into different camera settings
in order to give our film a better overall effect.

The tripod was essential in order for us to capture

footage that was steady as if it was all captured
handheld this may make our film look very
unprofessional. When using it we had to make sure it
was level with the landscape in order to deem all of
our footage useable for our final product. As well as
this we were able to film a variety of different shots
as the tripod's height could be changed in three
different places.

We used a floodlight to produce better quality footage

as this ensured that what was captured wasnt grainy
ensuring we wouldnt have to refilm. Through editing
we changed the colour of the footage to give it the low
key lighting effect that was intended. This allowed the
lighting levels to be constant and we had a better
outcome from this.

Prior to filming with this me and the director researched into how to do the simple things
such as putting in the SD card, and attaching it to a harness. Due to this little knowledge
this made filming with it slightly more difficult as this is the piece of equipment we were
least familiar with. This was used in order to film parts of the chase sequence which
made our piece more effective overall.

Youtube was beneficial as it was where we uploaded

the final production as well as a second copy in order to
annotate for evaluation activity 5. As all members of the
production company had some experience with using
this social network site, this made using this piece of
software simple. I used it when researching into how to
use the Sony Z1 camera as well as the gopro; this
enabled our group to produce a better production as
there was some knowledge of how to use the camera
equipment.
This piece of software was beneficial as it is the source
of all word produced. Before beginning this coursework I
had never heard of or used this site, and the only
blogging software I had experience with was Tumblr. At
first it was difficult as it was new to me; but due to my little
knowledge of blogging I was able to quickly navigate my
way around the site. As well as this through time was
able to perform tasks such as uploading word documents,
and embedding videos.

Other hardware and software used