Question 6: what have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

When it came to researching and planning for our thriller, it was all done on the internet. with the internet being so vast with everything and everyone we were able to find films, things about them, how they were made and just being able to find anything. IMDB was a great place to start as it has millions of films from all genres at our fingertips, with all these films we were able to watch films we liked and get alot of ideas and thoughts going for when we came to do ours. IMDB is also really easy to use and understand as for example, it has films that are related to the one you are currently looking at, so its not hard to find things you. YouTube was also a big part of the research as we were able to see people short films, reviews about bigger films and even trailers and how they present the film to get more to watch. the idea that anyone could make a film and put it on YouTube so simply is great as your able to share your creations and get feedback, its also a great way to get involved with some experience on film making. Furthermore, Blogger was a great way to get information we needed simply with the fact that you share everything on a blog, meaning that you can share ideas, opinions and feedback. Also, as all the coursework we have been doing over the year has been open, with have been able to take feedback from teachers and people enabling us to improve if need be, which is great as it helps us learn and develop our skills.

When it came down to the editing, i had never used Adobe Premier Pro before so i had a lot to learn for when i had to edit. the first time i tried it was the edit of the preliminary task and in my opinion it came out alright. although the edit wasn't as extreme as the thriller edit, i still feel it went smooth. one part i felt went well wasn't getting the timing of cuts right so it looks like the shame shot still with a smooth transition to a different angle. i didn't really find an easy way to do this apart from having the the second shots first frame on the preview screen, then flicking through the frames of the first shot and finding a way  that makes it look smooth to cut. Another thing i learnt was using multiple layers of audio to get the right sounds, for on one layer using diegetic sounds such as cars and birds. Also adding in layers with maybe breathing we Edward runs etc. Furthermore, the use of titles and the brightness/contrast settings were alot of work, but was very interesting to do as it was all based on experimenting with all the option available to get things right. getting the colour levels took alot more time as getting the right mixe between brightness and contrast was tricky without making it to bold. Getting the right titles wasnt too hard as during the planning we were able to find fonts we wanted from a website called Dafont to use and download them ready for editing. the website is great and easy to use, with fonts very much organised in style and genres making it really easy to find the right ones for our film. getting the position of the title at times was hard as wanted to use the empty spaces in shots without putting them over anything that might distort the text.