One example of technology we used was the TV to watch DVDS or films on Netflix.This helped us create a product because it allowed us to research other teen angst films to get ideas and be able to identify different teen angst conventions to use within our own film. This made our film more stereotypical so would attract the right target audience and therefore make our film more successful. 
We had to use Microsoft Power point when we first started working on our films to create our pitch. We brainstormed all of our initial ideas onto a Powerpoint, including ideas such as; characters, plot, music, title, conventions and company logos. We then used this Powerpoint to present it to the class and gain the feedback we needed to improve and adapt our ideas into a film. This benefited our film as we may not have come up with as many good ideas if we hadn't been able to present our ideas for feedback using Powerpoint.
After we had come up with all our ideas we had to start filming; to do this we used HD Video recorders. By using this we were able to film each scene to the best possible quality. The cameras were light and easily portable, this meant they could easily be taken in and out of school so we could film better and more realistic shots. By doing this I learnt a lot about filming in general, I learnt how to use the cameras, how to film from different angles and shots and to film good quality shots with suitable backgrounds and framing. To assist us being able to film the best shots we also used a tripod and a dolly. This meant our shots were steady and we could do shots such as tracking. This made our film look more professional and interesting to watch.
We also used the Mac's to edit our film. We used a piece of software called Final Cut Pro.This allowed me to learn how to edit a film. I learn techniques such as cutting clips, adding transitions and changing the speed of a clip. A main advantage of using Final Cut Pro is it saved our work automatically, so if there was ever a problem and the programme crashed, we wouldn't have to worry about losing all our work. From using this programme i learn many new skills and improved my editing skills to make the best possible film. 
You Tube was very important in the making of our film, we firstly used it to research other Teen Angst films title sequences such as; easy A, to get ideas for our own film, we also used You Tube to upload our film to then put it into our blog.
Blogger was also a piece of technology we used to make our film. We had to post all our ideas research, drafts and final piece on here. I learnt how to use this website and how to present my ideas in a structured way so i could remember everything I did and how. We only had access to this website because of the internet and different internet browsers such as; Mozilla Firefox. This gave us access to many other websites as well as blogger, such as free play music and free sound project. This allowed us to add music and sounds to our film to make it sound more realistic and interesting to watch for the audience. The music we chose was quite upbeat and sounded fairly modern. This would appeal to our target audience who would be attracted to up to date music.
We used a voicerecorder to add sounds to our film, for example we used it to add a voiceover, from this I learn how to record a voiceover and how to download it and add it to Final Cut Pro. We then had to overlap it with the music and clip. This was another editing skill i learnt from the use of technology.
We used Photoshop to create our film. We made our production logo on Photoshop, this meant it was good quality and we could create a logo from lots of collected images, just edited. From using this programme we could make our logo how we wanted it, we made it look strong or bold to connote the semantics of our production company which is good quality.
We used lots of social networking sites to market our film. We used sites such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. We did this because our demographic target audience of teenagers are the main users of these sites and would this would attract them as it would connote our film is modern and cool.
We used different websites in the constructing of our product to get the appropriate sound in our film. These included; Freeplaymusic and Freesoundproject. We used Freeplaymusic to get songs to be our non-diegetic music in our title sequence and opening scene. This allowed us to find suitable and modern music that worked well in our piece and benefited our film. We used Freesoundproject to get sound effects such as the whizz sound on our production logo and the alarm sound. This helped us construct our film as it made it sound more exciting and added to the realism.
We used Microsoft powerpoint to put all of our initial ideas into a presentation and present them to the class for advice and feedback, this benefited us as it allowed us to get help in improving the ideas and basics of our product.
Another piece of technology we used was a memory stick this allowed us to transfer our film between different computers during editing so we could get feedback from our teachers and peers. We also used it to put our production logo on the mac and our sound-effects from the school computers. Another reason we used a memory stick in the construction of our film was to upload our film to you tube quickly and without any hassle. 
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