Pre-Production:
During pre-production, I learnt how to use technologies and websites for research, such as Blogspot, Freesound, and YouTube/Netflix, which were all very useful in the research section of the process, as it allowed me to figure out how to create our thriller. I learnt how useful technologies are for research and pre-p
For example, YouTube became useful in pre-production due to it providing the ability to watch other thrillers/crime thrillers similar to the idea of our own thriller, and could gather aspects of those thrillers and incorporate them into our own thriller. An example of this is from Kill Bill, with the walking scene which I watched multiple times on YouTube, after watching it in class. We then took ideas of how to shoot our own walking parts from this clip and used them in our thriller.
For Blogspot, this became useful as it would allow me to look at other peoples ideas and inspirations and incorporate these ideas into my own thriller, or try to develop them further. Blogspot was also useful as I could get feedback from my teacher and other classmates on the ideas for the thriller, along with the ease of access for my group so we could easily share and look at eachothers ideas.
Freesound was useful for pre-production due to being able to gather sounds that were copyright free, that we could use for our thriller. The site also includes an extremely large amount of sounds, which became very useful as we could find and use sounds such as heartbeats and ambient music which we otherwise may not have found, especially as they were copyright free.
Production:
Throughout the production process of our thriller, I learnt a lot about technologies and how they have developed in the last 50 odd years, such as the use of digital cameras and how much easier they are to use than older cameras, which would have naturally been heavier, more complicated to use and less convienent in general.
The fact that new technologies have evolved and developed drastically (and still are) means that filming and producing film of a high and proffessional standard can be created by anyone, for a reasonable amount of money. The advancements in new technologies such as digital cameras like the one we used (with the make of Canon) means that anyone can make a proffessional looking film, which the high quality HD video cameras. To use them, you don't even have to be particulaly skilled in filming, as they are now extremely simple and practical to use. The fact that cameras now days are small and portable is a massive change in filming from 50 years ago, along with the way in which the footage is captured and saved.
The digital cameras we used in the filming of our thriller had an SD card in it rather than video tape which could only be looked at afterwards and you'd only be able to use so much of it, whereas with a SD card we can look back at and delete any footage we have taken instantly after it has been filmed, meaning that we could easily save the footage we had collected and re-watch it on the camera to check if the shots we had were good enough, instead of having to wait till post-production to see if the shots were any good which we may have had to do if we didn't have access to such developed cameras. The SD card also allowed us to capture a lot of footage and take it out of the camera whenever we needed to, either for post-production and editing, saving footage onto our own laptops/computors to rewatch and keep spare copys and saves on, or in case another student needed to take the camera to use for there own thrillers so they wouldn't have mixed footage, and we could use the SD card with any other camera and keep all the footage in one place.
Another advance in technology is tripods that were again provided by the school, which were very easy to use, professional and light so they were easy to carry around and not put a strain on us when we had to move locations etc. They were also easy to carry around as they could become compact and small, due to being able to extend ad retract the legs. The tripod was also very professional and was never off balance, due to the fact it even had a small balance on it so we could see it it was going to be a straight shot and not tilted at all.
Post-Preduction:
During Post-Produciton, I learnt a lot about the changes in technologies when it comes to editing, from adding sound, editing certain clips to have effects, titles/credits or changing them to make them look better if they were orginally filmed badly. For example if a shot was slightly tilted we could use the editing software to move and tilt it back into a straight shot.
Editing wise, this has become much easier due to new technologies such as editing softwares on computors and other devices. When people had to film with video tape, the editing process would be physically cutting the tape were you wanted a shot to end, which clearly would give many problems especially if you cut it wrong. Since new technological advances were invented, these issues are no longer a problem because you can edit clips, cut them and redo mistakes with ease by moving them and using the software.
I also learnt about how editing can change the way a shot was orignally taken, such as during our editing phase of our thriller, we noticed how some shots were not aligned properly and weren't straight (unintentionally tilted) and through the editing software we were able to change and rotate the clip, then zoom in a little to make it look like the clip is straight and how it shoud be.
You can also use the editing to remove things that went wrong in the filming, such as cutting out things that shouldn't be in the shot or ading things such as overlays and sounds, which means we didn't have to worry too much about sounds during the filming, as we could make it louder, quieter, add non-diegetic music or get rid of the sounds all together.
So, from the process of the thriller i have learnt about how new technologies have affected and advanced editing in media and in constructing things such as our thriller.
I have learnt a lot about technoliges from the process of constructing my media thriller, from research through to editing and the final product. These new tehnologies that helped my create my thriller were all easy to use, cheap, professional and convienent, which means anybody can use them and create their own films, increasing the chances for collaboration and enhances the opporunititeas for creativit, due to there being more chances for people to use these technologies and create whatever they want with others or on a project by themselves.
For example, YouTube became useful in pre-production due to it providing the ability to watch other thrillers/crime thrillers similar to the idea of our own thriller, and could gather aspects of those thrillers and incorporate them into our own thriller. An example of this is from Kill Bill, with the walking scene which I watched multiple times on YouTube, after watching it in class. We then took ideas of how to shoot our own walking parts from this clip and used them in our thriller.
For Blogspot, this became useful as it would allow me to look at other peoples ideas and inspirations and incorporate these ideas into my own thriller, or try to develop them further. Blogspot was also useful as I could get feedback from my teacher and other classmates on the ideas for the thriller, along with the ease of access for my group so we could easily share and look at eachothers ideas.
Freesound was useful for pre-production due to being able to gather sounds that were copyright free, that we could use for our thriller. The site also includes an extremely large amount of sounds, which became very useful as we could find and use sounds such as heartbeats and ambient music which we otherwise may not have found, especially as they were copyright free.
Production:
Throughout the production process of our thriller, I learnt a lot about technologies and how they have developed in the last 50 odd years, such as the use of digital cameras and how much easier they are to use than older cameras, which would have naturally been heavier, more complicated to use and less convienent in general.
The fact that new technologies have evolved and developed drastically (and still are) means that filming and producing film of a high and proffessional standard can be created by anyone, for a reasonable amount of money. The advancements in new technologies such as digital cameras like the one we used (with the make of Canon) means that anyone can make a proffessional looking film, which the high quality HD video cameras. To use them, you don't even have to be particulaly skilled in filming, as they are now extremely simple and practical to use. The fact that cameras now days are small and portable is a massive change in filming from 50 years ago, along with the way in which the footage is captured and saved.The digital cameras we used in the filming of our thriller had an SD card in it rather than video tape which could only be looked at afterwards and you'd only be able to use so much of it, whereas with a SD card we can look back at and delete any footage we have taken instantly after it has been filmed, meaning that we could easily save the footage we had collected and re-watch it on the camera to check if the shots we had were good enough, instead of having to wait till post-production to see if the shots were any good which we may have had to do if we didn't have access to such developed cameras. The SD card also allowed us to capture a lot of footage and take it out of the camera whenever we needed to, either for post-production and editing, saving footage onto our own laptops/computors to rewatch and keep spare copys and saves on, or in case another student needed to take the camera to use for there own thrillers so they wouldn't have mixed footage, and we could use the SD card with any other camera and keep all the footage in one place.
Another advance in technology is tripods that were again provided by the school, which were very easy to use, professional and light so they were easy to carry around and not put a strain on us when we had to move locations etc. They were also easy to carry around as they could become compact and small, due to being able to extend ad retract the legs. The tripod was also very professional and was never off balance, due to the fact it even had a small balance on it so we could see it it was going to be a straight shot and not tilted at all.Post-Preduction:
During Post-Produciton, I learnt a lot about the changes in technologies when it comes to editing, from adding sound, editing certain clips to have effects, titles/credits or changing them to make them look better if they were orginally filmed badly. For example if a shot was slightly tilted we could use the editing software to move and tilt it back into a straight shot.
Editing wise, this has become much easier due to new technologies such as editing softwares on computors and other devices. When people had to film with video tape, the editing process would be physically cutting the tape were you wanted a shot to end, which clearly would give many problems especially if you cut it wrong. Since new technological advances were invented, these issues are no longer a problem because you can edit clips, cut them and redo mistakes with ease by moving them and using the software.
I also learnt about how editing can change the way a shot was orignally taken, such as during our editing phase of our thriller, we noticed how some shots were not aligned properly and weren't straight (unintentionally tilted) and through the editing software we were able to change and rotate the clip, then zoom in a little to make it look like the clip is straight and how it shoud be.
You can also use the editing to remove things that went wrong in the filming, such as cutting out things that shouldn't be in the shot or ading things such as overlays and sounds, which means we didn't have to worry too much about sounds during the filming, as we could make it louder, quieter, add non-diegetic music or get rid of the sounds all together.
So, from the process of the thriller i have learnt about how new technologies have affected and advanced editing in media and in constructing things such as our thriller.
I have learnt a lot about technoliges from the process of constructing my media thriller, from research through to editing and the final product. These new tehnologies that helped my create my thriller were all easy to use, cheap, professional and convienent, which means anybody can use them and create their own films, increasing the chances for collaboration and enhances the opporunititeas for creativit, due to there being more chances for people to use these technologies and create whatever they want with others or on a project by themselves.
