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

During our project we have learnt a lot about editing films and creating a soundtrack for it.

Two people in our group, had used Final Cut Pro before but we soon we all learned a lot about the process of filming and editing a film. One of the main features we used when editing was the filter, this allowed us to create a dark atmosphere even when we filmed in daylight and allowed us to create a security camera effect.

We did not have that much experience with using a camera but out teacher taught us all the basics we needed. For the preliminary task, we learned about how to use different shots effectively such as using a low angle shot to make a person look bigger therefore more powerful. We used a shot like this during the attack scene with the killer standing over the victim.

The sound of the video camera isn't high in quality and did not pick up dialogue well.
To compensate for this, we used microphones in the recording studio to record the dialogue and then added the dialogue to the video afterwards. This worked well but we didn't have to do this for Lucie's character. The recorded dialogue was perfectly clean with no ambient noise, but it made it unbalanced and un-natural.
So we decided to record some ambient sound behind the recorded dialogue so it seemed much more natural. A method such as this has taught us ways to overcome problems that we encountered during filming and editing.

Logic Pro 9 was used to create the soundtrack and sound effects. David was given the responsibilty to do this, because he has expierence in using this software. He was able to create a score thet fitted well with the genre of our product, despite being near the end of our project deadline. David achieved a great soundtrack that really brought the whole project together, setting the mood perfectly. He also used certain sound effects that highlight key moments in the film.