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

Throughout filming our main task we have learnt how to use the steady cam affectively to make the shots we filmed more authentic. By using the steady cam it helped us get a smooth looking piece of work as the camera doesn’t jerk around as much. As when we first started filming we didn’t use the steady cam and when we did that the filming was more difficult and consequently it was shaky.

We have learnt how to film what shots work best with a specific scene. When filming we did various different shots like close up, medium shot, long shots. Over the shoulder and also we positioned the camera at different angles. So by doing this we repeated scenes a few times, as when we edit, it will look a lot better when there is quite a few shots in a scene. By using the rule of third we realised what position the shot looked best.
During the editing of the film we learnt how to cut a shot without affecting the whole shot. This way we could always come back to it later to change it or to use a different part of the shot.


To make it look more like the beginning of a film we put titles on, about who directed it, who starred, who edited, and who produced and we positioned them in a certain way so they don’t disrupt the image and distract the viewer and we learnt what colour looked best and one that is noticeable but yet again isn’t distracting.

We also learnt we could use different transitions from one scene to the next to give the film variety e.g. we a used fade in and fade out transition where other transitions weren’t possible to use. We also used a non-additive edit to fade one shot into another without fading to black, this gave the film variety and made it seem more authentic.
We also used audio transitions to fade one sound into another without the music stopping altogether. This was extremely helpful for when the voice over came on as it didn’t play all the way through the opening scene. Also it was helpful for when the title came on as we used a different sound other than the piano music that did play all the way through the opening scene. This enabled us to fade in the new piece of music seamlessly giving a sense of authentication about the film.

The video is of the deleted scence. They are of shots that we didn't use mainly because the camera work wasn't good.