Question 6- Evaluation

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
We used an Apple Mac computer when creating our film. This was a useful computer to use as it enabled us to be able to do any research that was needed and also edit our film in order to complete it. It was also a useful computer to use as it was a easy computer to use, which was good for Molly and I as we havent used apple macs many times, especially for doing something as complex as creating a film opening. Molly and I both took equal turns using the macs when editing and made sure to show the other person anything we had learnt to do on them.
It was a useful idea to use this computer as our school has a number of Macs, all which can be accessed at any time of the day, so if their was any point that Molly and I had a free lesson or a spare amount of allocated time, we could go and find a Mac computer, and carry on editing our film.
By using an apple mac computer, i learnt how to access all programmes on their, such as Garageband and iMovie- all which were programmes that would play a big part in the making of our film opening.

                                                                    Here our photos of Molly and I creating a piece of musci on Garageband to be used in our film.

                                                                

   

  Molly and I used 2 programmes on the Apple Mac computer, iMovie and GarageBand. iMovie is an application that allows people to edit their own movies. Both Molly and I were familiar with iMovie as we had used it for previous projects, and it is also a relatively easy programme to use, so we felt confindent using it when it came to editing our film. We could acces a range of features required to complete our film opening, including editing transitions and sound effects. We both experimented with iMovie at the beginning by creating smaller projects, so when it came to making the actual project, we were a lot more confident and knew how to access everything. If i were to create another film, I feel I would have a lot more confidence when it came to using iMovie.

All the effects accesible on iMovie were of a good standard and i feel that the effects Molly and I chose created our movie opening perfectly and highlighted our genre of film "thriller" greatly, therefore made it a lot more understandable. One thing I learnt to do on iMovie, was to get rid of any background noise that was picked up whilst filming. By getting rid of this background noise, it gave our film a

The other programme we use on the Apple Mac was GarageBand. GarageBand is an application that allows users to create pieces of music, which can then be uploaded onto iMovie. We created a song on iMovie, and then placed it in our film opening, whilst we were creating it on iMovie. Garageband was a simple programme to use, so Molly and I didn't struggle when it came to making our music. A range of different instruments are shown on the screen and you can pick and choose which songs you would like to use. Once an instrument has been picked, the tune which has been created can then easily be dragged on to iMovie. By using the application GarageBand, it taught me the one key task that this programme was set out to do, which was create a piece of music.

To create our film opening "The Ghost of Church Lane" we used Molly's camera, which was a GE X5 SLR. We decided to use this camera, as it gave us high quality shots and also, since it was Molly's camera, it was easily accessible to both of us at any point, so if their was anything that we wanted to film to add in, or either film a scene again, it could be done at any point in time, such as at the weekend or after school as we did not have to hire the camera from school.

Here is a photo of Molly and I, using the application iMovie to finsih editing our film.

                Here I am putting the final touches to our film opening "The Ghost of Church Lane"