EVALUATION ACTIVITY 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

 Over the time period of filming our opening sequence I learnt to understand and work many different and new technologies...

1 - MAC - We used the MAC to upload and edit our movie. We also used it to design our own music and record voices. It was also used for a lot of our research on the Internet.

2 - TRIPOD - We used the tripod in almost every shot in our opening sequence. We used it to maintain perfect height and to steady the camera whilst filming.

3 - MIC - The mic was used to record whispering which was played over the beginning of our sequence. It was perfect for picking up only the voices we needed.

4 - CAMERA - We learnt how to record and play back our shots. Once we were convinced we had shot what we needed we plugged the camera with our tape inside into the MAC and downloaded our recordings.

We used many programmes on the MAC. They included...

 iMovie -

This is the software we downloaded our filming to and used to edit and put together our shots. It was hard at first to understand how to use the programme to its fullest, but once we figured out the basics we continued to make a great opening sequence with great special effects.

Garageband -

We used Garageband to record special voice overs for our opening sequence such as whispering and screaming. We also used Garageband to create our own music to upload to our credits.

iTunes -

After completing our own music in Garageband, we had to import it into iTunes to be able to apply it to our movie.

 

 Google -

Google helped us a lot with our research. We searched horror movies just like ours, typical conventions of the Devil, colours associated with horror and much more.

                                  IMDb -

We used the site IMDb to find out information about the inspiration to our main character, Katlyn. It supplied us with pictures and information about the main character from 'The Ring'.

Youtube -

We used Youtube to research opening sequences to movies to find inspiration for the way we wanted our credits set out. We also used it to watch videos for inspiration on our characters and settings.

                                   Blogger -

This current site, Blogger, has been used to record our research and upload updates requiring our opening sequence.