(6) What have you learned about new technologies from the process of constructing this project?

During the process of constructing this project I have learned many things about new technologies such as using new equipment, getting used to the programmes that we used, and learning about the shots.

When we first started the practical side of media studies I thought that we would just be using a handheld camera and just told to film. However, I was wrong and during this project I have learned that there is equipment that can help you to get the professional standard shots. For our AS task we used a tripod and a dolly to aid us in getting the shots we needed. We used the dolly to get smoother shots that were moving and the tripod for pretty much everything else.

I think that the tripod helped a lot more than the dolly as you can use the tripod on any surface and you need a smooth surface to use the dolly to its optimum potential. We had a problem with this as we were filming on a train station platform which isn't smooth, this gave the slight shake in the shot before the newspaper.

Whilst I was editing the film I was learning at the same time advancing the use of the tools on the programme such as colour correction which is fairly complex.

This is the colour correction tool I used to edit the colour of the newspaper and the police light when it zooms into the eye.

The camera and tripod which we found the most helpful form of equipment

The dolly that we found fairly useful