Evaluation 6

For the research element of our product, we used youtube to look at similar films. 

We also used Art Of The Title to analyse title sequences, which helped us to design our title sequence. 

We used royalty free music sites, such as Bensound, to research some music that could go in our film. We looked at music of the thriller/horror genre as we thought that would fit with our storyline the best. 

In addition, we used questionnaires to propose our storyline and see how people reacted, to which we got positive results.

For the planning element of our research we used Celtx, to write the script, as well as taking location photos.

A lot of emphasis was put on the shot lists, which were made on Microsoft Word, as we believed this would make filming much easier. The results from our questionnaire were gathered, and made into graphs and charts using Microsoft Excel, which allowed us to look at what things we should add or remove from our storyline.  We found Celtx straight forward and easy to use, so used it a lot in our pre-production stage. Celtx gave our scripts a professional finish. Microsoft Word was very useful in the creating of our shot lists as it was easy to use and kept everything together nicely. 

A panasonic camera was used to film. It had a high resolution, so allowed us to film good quality footage. However, it was difficult to pull focus on the camera. It was small and light, so we were able to carry it around easily to our different locations.

Premier Pro was used to edit our film, and was easy to use. Premier Pro gave our film a professional finish. It allowed us to add a range of effects such as adjusting the contrast and light levels to give a spookier look. The titles were also created using Premier Pro, which was simple enough to do
and allowed us to add them straight over the footage.

Furthermore, Blogger was an important technology used as it allowed us to present all our work in one place, and keep it neat and tidy. We used a sound recorder to record the radio announcement. This was straightforward to use, and made the sound much clearer than if we used a camera or the computer's microphone to record it.