Evaluation- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have learnt that using a camera to make different shots is more difficult that it seems and that using a tripod will help to improve the quality of the film. However we did not get to show this in our film as our film is recorded by hand and in a POV shot which means that the quality of the film might have been affected. By using our editing software we have been able to enhance this and add effects to the movie. Also the fact that we could add music in the background allowed us to show a sense of professionalism and depict to the audience different things about what the film is about and allow them to create an understanding of the film themselves, leading to the idea of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, (the need for self-affiliation). I found it hard to edit my film however with the help of my group and the software that was available to us it made it easier to work out exactly what we had to do in order to make it to the best standards we could achieve.

Also our ability to use the internet and Blogger helped us with our research and planning and allowed us to change and improve our blogs as and when we needed to. This was convenient in that it meant that as our knowledge of media expanded, the quality of our research in planning did also meaning that we had planned everything down to the last detail and we were ready to move onto filming promptly, allowing me to let my peers access the process and feedback on progress as we made the film.

Another part of the research and planning was storyboards- this allowed our group to see exactly what we had planned to do and how we needed to do it. By making a shot and prop list it also allowed us to be resourceful and ready to make our film. The shot-list also became useful when we realised we needed to re-record scenes so as not to include continuity errors and make our film the best quality possible.