Use of digital technology

Use of digital technology:

Pre-production:

My group and I have created a group blog on blogger to post everything we create onto this website. This website would keep hold of everything we create. 

We used the internet (Safari) mostly to look at websites for out research.

https://www.slideshare.net/megamargy/conventions-of-film-openings-9663052 <<< Website about film opening conventions.

https://www.slideshare.net/JasonsA2Media/codes-and-conventions-of-the-thriller-genre <<< Website about Thriller conventions

These two were very helpful for constructing our thriller opening because it gave us the information of what to include in a thriller opening to make it convincing for the audience.

For creating our animatic, we used final cut pro to put all the images we took together and to add any sound and/or special cuts to make a draft of our thriller opening. We also used final cut pro for feedback purposes where we had used a camera to film the audience's face and we had the footage of what we were showing them and put those two footage together to make a video reacting to what we created. one example where we did this was with out focus group. This helped to show examiners that we've been getting a lot of feedback and we've kept on taking their advice to help make improve what we create.

Production:

For filming our thriller openings, we used a Canon DSLR camera. There were many strengths of using it but also some weaknesses.

STRENGTHS:

• easy to use
• easy to attach to a tripod
• has a strap so we don't drop it and pay for it
• high quality
• easy to carry 
• able to attach a microphone

WEAKNESSES:

• Short battery life

The rule of thirds (from learning it in class) helped us make sure that our footage was following the guidelines and it wasn't at crooked or strange angle. following the rule of thirds was vital if we were going to make a convincing thriller opening.

Post-Production:

For this stage, we used Final Cut pro to construct and edit our thriller opening. With this software, we were able to take all of the separate footage we filmed and paste it together into a whole. We then applied soundtrack and Foley, some credits for some scenes (including our company logos). This was extremely helpful since this software was the only way we were able to make a thriller opening. Without it, we would just have a bunch of separate footage.