What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

In terms of technology for our group, we decided to make use of each group members particular skill. this is mainly what we learnt about technologies as a group, that they are best used by a particular person who is best at that aspect of filmmaking, and so work using technologies is best delegated between the group. While Ed used Sony Vegas for editing and Jack used Adobe Photoshop and After Effects to create the titles, I mostly stuck to a pre-production role of writing and presenting the idea for the film.

Celtx
This is the software I used for the basic scriptwriting. I had previously used it for other film projects, so I was already able to use the software, and as the script was quite simple, with only the dialogue needed to be written properly, it was relatively easy.

Prezi
I used this software to create the original presentation that presented the idea to the other group members. This was my first time using it, although I had heard of it, I was previously dissuaded by its apparent difficulty in use and how different it was to the Microsoft Powerpoint I was used to. In the process of creating this initial presentation however, I learnt to overcome these difficulties in use and become more accustomed to the alternative software, seeing it more for its advantages in customisability and its ability to interest audiences by more easily including media such as photos and videos, and learning to adjust and preserve through technical difficulties.

iMovie
iMovie was used to create a voiceover for one of the preperatory tasks, a commentary over a key scene in Psycho. I worked together with Jon for this, and we learnt how to more efficiently record short voiceovers by cutting them into shorter recordings and organising them appropriate over the film, rather than a single, long voiceover in which we would stop talking or rush to keep up with the film.

Youtube
Youtube was actually one of the most used technologies, as I used it for research, watching clips from Seven, taking inspiration from the character of John Doe, and also clips of street preachers, which I heavily based the antagonist, Joseph's, speech on. From this, I learnt the value of using technology to research other films in more detail, particularly characterisation, as for previous films, I had done very little research and so had less developed characters because of that.