Evaluation: Question 6

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

One of the things I have learnt about using a camcorder effectively is to film the same set of events or scenes several times & from different angles. This allows you to make sure you have plenty of material to work with & this links in with editing because it makes it easier to link the shots together seeing as most successful films cut from shot to shot every few seconds so by having lots of similar footage to work with it makes this process easier.

Another thing I have learnt from using a camcorder effectively is that it is important to think about what the characters are wearing so that it ties in with the rest of what has been filmed otherwise it would confuse the audience for example a shot of Edd running with jeans & a shirt on which is then cut to a different angle shot of Edd running but wearing a tracksuit & a jacket would really confuse the audience & it would just look poor & not thought out properly.

Having never used editing software before, I have learnt a lot about it for example how to create really effective match on actions & over the shoulder shots by cutting the shots at the right point. This allows the film to piece nicely together & flow from one scene to another.

Another thing that I have learnt from using the editing software if that by using music & sound effects you can really give an atmosphere to what is happening in the film which helps to give an added feel to the audience of happenings within the film.

By adding titles, music & sound effects to my media product it makes it feel more complete & gives information on our team that created the film.

The use of music & sound effects helps to confirm the audience’s ideas as to what is happening & can occasionally drop clues as to what is going to happen next.

I learnt a lot about this type of thing from doing my textual analysis because by watching the first 2 minutes of a film & breaking down each scene to pick out camera shots, characters, expressions, body language & sound it can all tell you a lot about things that normally you would never think twice about because generally as you watch a film the story unfolds as it goes along.