Evaluation Question 6

What have you learnt about technology from the process of producing this product?

There are several new skills and abilities i am able to take away from developing the opening sequence, most of them are to do with technological apects. Obviously the main and most obvious new skill i have develped is the ability to work a camera. I did have a prior knowledge what with filming the preliminary task but the opening sequence demanded much higher quality shots with more difficult angles. This was a great learning experience which i think will aid me in the future if i end up doing something filming related. The best way to learn a skill and develop upon a skill is by going out there and doing it, this is what me and my group did for the opening sequence.

Another key skill which i was able to adapt and learn more skills on since the preliminary task was the editing process. Using the preliminary software 'sony vegas pro' i learnt several new skills such as being able to merge clips together, cropping out pieces of film and most importantly the ability to add a frame. You can see the frame on our piece of film which in my view adds a very eery creepy feel to the piece lending to the thriller genre. Mixed with the editing process was the ability to add a soundtrack to the opening sequence. I learnt how to mix soundtracks together and how to fade in and out of music according to whats happening on screen. Certainly important in our piece when the killer is looking at the knife and only a heartbeat is heard. I was also able to learn how to mute out peices of sound that i did not wish to have heard, but also be able to empathise on sounds i did wish to be heard over the music ( such as kourtney's footsteps'.

Without having learnt these new skills i would not have been able to complete this task, or make it as good as it turned out to be. Its obvious to me that i need to learn and adapt to new technologies that are becoming increasingly available otherwise my skills will become obsolite.