Evaluation - Question 6

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

From creating this product i have learnt to use a range of technologies on my blog for planning and during the actual making of my opening. On my blog I have used prezi, scribd., screencast, slideshare,  embedding youtube clips and self taken pictures to present a more super visual representation of my planning in the best possible ways for the task. I have improved in using a range of visual materials to show my planning through the course of this year and i think i have learnt how to best display my skills in the most visual way. For the making of my opening, i experienced using the cameras and tripod to film steady and professional looking shots. I then used livetype and imovie on macs which i previously had experience using at gcse but i feel that the continued use of them has made me feel much more confident and i know how to make my opening look polished and professional.
I thought that my experience on livetype taught me lots about the specific placement of the titles and how well thought out it is when directors make a title sequence. I ensured that the most important titles were last such as the director and the main cast members because i feel that this is the best placement for their titles often seen in other thriller openings. I also chose a serious font that went with the overall atmosphere of my piece because i didn't want it to use a childish font that would change the viewers' assumptions about what the opening would be about.
Using the cameras which were booked 24 hours in advance from the media department and filming with them, keeping to the 180 degree rule was a very hard task but i feel that i could now confidently film a piece while keeping to the rule and not have to put as much thought into it as i would have at the beginning of the course. I have learnt to use a tripod and that it is very difficult to gain a steady shot without one unless you specifically want a shaky shot or a tracking shot then tripods are key to making a shot look more professional.