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

  In the process of creating our thriller, we've had to use a wide range of technologies to aid us, with some being used for the first time (editing software), with others being more familiar to us (i.e. YouTube).
 All the technologies we utilized for the creation of our thriller were:

• Cameras (with tripod)
• Editing software (on the Macs)
• Word (we were intending to use Photoshop, but we realized Word had all the features we needed)
• YouTube
• Survey Monkey
• Prezi

We used our cameras to directly film footage for the thrillers, and we used the editing software on the macs to edit it. I had never used a mac before and so utilizing the software helped me get to grips with it.

We also utilized YouTube as a means of putting our videos up on our blog, and I have learnt how to put videos up now, as I had never uploaded videos before.

Survey Monkey is a website that we utilized to help design our questionnaire. We used to help make statistics on our audience research. From this I have learnt how to utilize this website for finding out information in a quick manner (questionnaires).

Prezi is another way of presenting information that is more visually appealing. Due to the way it's laid out it's likelier to keep the audience's attention. I've learnt another way of conveying information in a way that is less monotonous than an essay-type answer (although ironically this is one).

The main skill(s) I have learnt from this experience has been how to edit in different ways to convey different atmospheres. I've also had to use my imagination to edit in a coherent way despite requiring certain footage (which could not be obtained for practical reasons). In addition to that I've developed an idea of when certain effects (e.g. dissolves, fades) can give a specific impression to an audience.