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

Below is my thriller with annotations embedded about what software we used. Please make sure you have the annotations on when you watch it to enable you to read about the different technologies we used and how we used them. 

I think for me one of the technologies, which I learned the most about was using slow motion. This played a big role in our thriller; we used the smooth slow effect on the Sony NX5. We had to make sure we got the timing right as we only had three seconds for each shot, so it was crucial we pressed the button in good time so that it worked well with the timing of the action which we intended to film. We had to put the camera on a different filming setting, which was smooth slow setting. The smooth slow feature allows the recording of 1080 High definition or Standard definition clips at four times the normal rate, which when played back at normal speed allows the action to be slowed down up to four times. I learnt all this from using it on shoot day which I wouldn’t have known about otherwise and I think it will be a really useful tool to have the knowledge about later but it had particular good use in my thriller as it helped add tension and build a climax just before the start of the fast-paced action that followed.

The second technology that taught me a lot was the Adobe after effects. We imported the sound effects, gunshots and blood into Adobe after effects where we were able to edit and add it in. Firstly we learnt how to choose lighting effects for the guns to make it look more realistic, whilst doing this we had to make sure we positioned it correctly so that they flashed where ever the gun was pointing, we then highlighted the areas that the gun shot would have lighted up the body parts and face. We also had to use the moving effect to make sure the blood for instance remained on the character if they moved slightly so it looked like they had really been shot. Once we had done this we imported them from Adobe after effects into Adobe premier pro, this is also an extremely useful skill for me to now have as it means in the future I will gradually improve using these effects and developing my skills further.