Evaluation Question 4) How did you use technologies in the construction stage, and in the research, planning and evaluation stages?

Camera – we used it to reflect our genre. 90% of the film was shot using handheld cinematography. This helped to give our film a realistic, documentary style feel, creating a high sense of verisimilitude which is key for our film. We also shot the film in HD to give it a cinematic look and feel despite its documentary like, realistic roots.
Boom – We used it to record ambient sound and to ensure the best quality possible.
Voice – we used the sound recorder to record interior monologues for certain scenes within our film.
Final Cut – this was the key tool in our entire production, arguably. This allowed us to edit and control how we wanted the scenes to be handled, to alter audio levels, to add special effects (i.e., “Earthquake,” for the ending), filters (Colour correction for the day for night scenes and the flashback) and to add music.
Indesign – It was used to create both the poster and the article. We used this to effective present a coherent brand identity with our media products. We used text boxes and “swatches,” (colour tools) to create both an article and a poster that looked very professional and convincing.
Photoshop was used in order to edit the photos used. We encountered a problem with one of our photos because the date from the camera used to take it was imprinted on it, so we used the ‘stamp tool,’ to correct it. We also altered the colours within the photograph to make it much more suited to the look and feel we wanted for our media products (i.e., foreboding, mysterious and scary).
Blogger was used during the research and planning stages in order to upload analysis of media products, such as short films and magazine articles. Blogger allowed us to keep a detailed, cogent, chronological account of our entire production process, from preproduction to evaluation, and in so doing, it heightened the professionalism and our expertise.
Powerpoint was used to collate all of our information in our evaluation and to provide specific details about every facet of our production on an interactive level.