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

 

We used a Cannon 500D camera to film our opening sequence. We also used a tripod and apple mac computer. The camera we used was of a high resolution which meant that our footage was clear and left the final product looking more professional. I learnt how to use the camera when I was taking trail shots on location. For example, we took numerous shots outside the church of Sammie walking past in an attempt to find the most aesthetically pleasing angle we could. We chose to use a large amount of handheld camera work which meant that we had to ensure that we would not keep the camera still as we wanted it to resemble the eye view of the stalker. We had difficulty in finding a happy-medium between a shot that looked like it was from the eye view of a person and having it too shaky. We worked around this by ensuring that the footage was clear when we looked back at it.

We used iMovie on an apple mac to edit our opening sequence. We also used garage band to edit the sound we used. We had various problems when we were trying to edit and overcame them by watching YouTube videos to learn how to use iMovie more smoothly. For example, we found that any piece of film had to be the same length of time or more as the transition after it in order for it to work.