from the construction of this product i have learnt how to use iMovie to perfectly time sound affects with things going on, on the screen.For example, when the knife fell on the ground and I added a boom affect, which hyperbolizes the affect of suspense created.
I also learnt how to add affects to sound in order to make them feel like they belong in the dream sequence, which I was going for. For example, when I am walking through the woods I added a sound of a dog barking, but I put an echo sound affect on it, this was supposed to make it seem less in touch with the real world, as the effect made it sound almost like a figment of my imagination, not really there. This would make the audience second guess what they are watching, typical of the thriller genre. Also regarding affects, I learnt to how add a "day to night" filter on scenes which were meant to be at night, when I had woken up in bed, this helped build verisimilitude, as waking up "in the middle of the night" in a bright room wouldn't have been convincing. This was very helpful, as I didn't have to record when it was darker, and visibility from the camcorder would have made it harder to see what was going on,
I also learnt how to trim bits of footage and made it so that the end of that clip lights up, so when it cuts to the next scene it is bright for a split second, before going back to normal. I did this by increasing the brightness at the beginning and the end of the 2 clips. I have used this transition between the panning down of the tree and the shot of me walking towards the woods, this was to make it seem more dreamlike, sort of like it is transitioning between the real world, and the dream world that I was trying to convey.
I have also learnt how to use prezi, to deliver my textual analysis, in a more aesthetically pleasing way, than just typing up paragraph after paragraph. I felt this will make my blog seem better flowing.
These were the main things I learnt, I was already aware how to use a camcorder, to carry out different shot types.
Regarding the tech of the camcorder, I learnt how to make the entire sequence flow, with the continuity editing. This made the editing feel invisible. Part of how I learnt to do this was through a video we were shown on YouTube in class, by Youtuber "Videomaker", called "Breaking Down the 180-degree Rule" Infact for research, I found youtube videos to be the easiest way of processing information. For example, I would look at past students preliminary tasks that were posted on Youtube, and see how they used process like simple shot reverse shot, eye line match and motivated cuts. Amongst other things, this helped improve my confidence with making the film, as I saw how simple it could be to achieve.
To upload my music video for the world to see, I used YouTube. As a platform, this was simple as I could create an account and upload the video in less than 10 minutes. YouTube videos are invaluable in terms of the feedback that you can get from the comments section of them, as exchanging feedback can help each other know where they can improve, as well as what went well.
A programme that I used for audience feedback was Survey Monkey. This was to find out who my target audience was, as well as find out what they wanted in the film opening, in terms of conventions.This had charts and graphs that my results were put into, which was easier and quicker than making making it myself. I simply emailed the questionnaire through SurveyMonkey, to people around my school, and got many results in the next few days.
Obviously, Blogger.com was vital in being the way I presented my blog. With Blogger.com, I could gain feedback from my teacher of what I had to do to improve, and what went well. Blogger.com allowed me to embed software like YouTube videos and Prezi power point presentations, so I could show my research and planning in a more aesthetically pleasing way.
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