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

We used the pcs to plan our thriller and the preliminary task. On the pcs we used programmes such as Powerpoint and Paint to create presentations and example film posters.

 Blogger was used on the pcs to present all of my work and keep it all together. It was also used to present the thriller opening.

Youtube was used to upload the opening to the internet. 

 I have learnt how to use the cameras properly to record our footage. We also used the tripod with the camera to keep it steady. Without the tripod the shots would not be steady and it would not look good.

We then used the macs to edit and store our footage.

We used iMovie software to view our footage and edit it all together. 

iDVD was used on the macs to burn the thriller opening onto a disc.

Garageband and iTunes was also used to make our thriller opening. We used them to get music to put onto the thriller opening.

In terms of filming the thriller opening I learned about such rules as the 180 degree rule. The 180 degree rule is used to assure that shots between two characters, or something similar, make sense and the characters are always in the same places on screen during different shots. We also learned to use different transitions during our thriller opening to make the change in shots look a lot better and so the thriller moves along more smoothly. We also used a variety of shot types in our thriller opening. We featured long shots to show the setting and to show the whole of the character in one shot.

We also used cutaway shots in the thriller to add effect and to break up the different shots of the opening.

Also, we used close up shots in the opening of the thriller to add emphasis on certain objects and points in the thriller.