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

From the preliminary task we were confident about the use of the camera equipment and we developed an understanding about how to undertake different shots with the tripod and camera. We experimented with different shots and angles, including high and low angle, over the shoulder, close up and establishing shots. Also we filmed many scenes numerous times to ensure we had enough good footage to edit and work with.

To edit our film we used Final Cut Pro which is a professional editing software application developed by Apple.

Before beginning to edit our movie we had to connect our camera equipment to the computer and transfer all the footage we needed onto the computer. The footage was then altered and cut using the 'mark in' and 'mark out' buttons on the keyboard on Final Cut Pro. We then selected the scenes needed and added them to the timeline. Once we had our timeline done we could then add effects and transitions.

Here is a screen shot of our timeline:

We also chose upbeat music that was perfect for the theme and genre of our movie and imported and added to the timeline too.

The text tool then let us input credits and the title into our movie.

We used ‘Blogger’ to create an online blog to present our planning and preparation for the preliminary task and the main task.

Our online blog shows all the steps we took from the beginning until the finale of our movie. On the blog we have also included location and costume pictures, ideas for the title of our movie and exclusive behind the scenes photographs.