Question 6.

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

Within the pre production of our film technology was a vital process in the construction leading to the film Purity. When finding secondary research me and my group all had to research different films to get information. When doing this we had to keep a log of our information on a Word document or PowerPoint for example. To do this we needed key ICT skills to log everything. While getting research we used websites such as IMBD, YouTube, Wikipedia and ArtofTheTitle to find key information on specific genres and films which linked with our film. We chose to do this method as it was very time efficient for us and due to the proliferation of smart phones and devices we were able to find information fast, a lot easier than using books.

Within the production stage of our film we used a Panasonic hcv 270 and a tripod. The tripod was beneficial as it stopped the camera from shaking, resulting in helping the verisimilitude of our film. We used a variety of different shots within the cinematography of the film as we felt we needed to satisfy our audience this way, however within some of our shots as a group we decided that we could have used less zoom in to stop the shot looking blurred. Due to the minimal resources we had we were unable to do more challenging shots such as birds eye view or tracking shots, I believe if we had the resources to complete this then our film would make more sense to the demographic.

Finally within the post-production of our film we edited our footage on a software called premiere pro CC, which we were all new to. At first this software was a bit daunting and we had to watch carefully to learn the techniques needed. This did take a while as it was trial and error for our group. After learning how to cut and add effects to our footage I felt that everyone in our group became very familiar with it fast. This helped us complete our film a lot faster.