Evaluation 6

6) What have I learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Due to an increase in digital technology, we as a group have had access to a variety of different types of software such as Blogger so that I could keep up write about what we had done in each lesson and keep up to date with different types of feedback to make my work better. I was also easily able to search for new information such as genre history and different conventions. I had access to different media platforms and was able to use non-copyrighted music from YouTube and transfer it into an mp3 format so that I could put it onto our opening sequence. By doing so it has made our clip so much better. I learnt how to upload and use YouTube effectively and it also helped me with font ideas, sound and music research as I could actually watch clips from different spy films such as Casino Royale, Skyfall and James Bourne. It has also helped me to construct our film with much better developed ideas for mise-en-scene. It also allowed me to review different clips from other opening sequences such as Jason Bourne and other spy films. I could also take screenshots to analyse them and so that people could understand what I was talking about.

During filming we found that we needed to take many clips from different angles but it also needed to be the same shot. Therefore, we used three different phones to film the same clip at one time and the when editing we dissected different clips and integrated them to create three different angles. We also used tri-pods to create a steady shot and because the shots were very short and fast this created tension within our clip. We used many jump cuts from the hostage and bodyguard running towards the elevator to a normal civilian going about their day and then they finally meet in the elevator. The reason this is effective is because we watched this and saw this type of work used in many opening sequences and then we just re-invented it to make it our own style.

When filming the preliminary tasks this allowed our group to practice using a camera and tri-pod accurately and also to use a collective of different shots from different angles and put them together so that they flow together. We also filmed our focus group with a phone as we were able to set it straight using the tri-pods which school provided for us. It created a solid shot and was highly stable. We were able to just cut out the start of the clip where we were getting ready using final cut pro on the iMacs at school. In order to show off our piece we uploaded it to YouTube and this allowed other students to see our work.