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

We learnt how to edit our footage in final cut express. We started by using the cut tool to select the best shots and cut them down to a desired length. Once we had selected our best footage we started applying effects to exagerate the moods and actions we where trying to achieve. To enhance the film noir effect we where able to use colour filters which enabled us to desaturate the video and increase the contrast. The most difficult thing about this effect was ensurring continuity with the level of contrast throughout every clip. We then added transitions between each clip to make the changes smoother. The software offers a wide selection so it was difficult to find the right one however i feel we made the right decision by using the cross fade. I found that the software has a lot of capabilities but you need to ensure that the footage you are working with is sufficienct. For example some clips had to be swapped and changed as they where too short and when the cross fade was aplied it was difficult to determine what the clip contained.

There where two key stages to constructing my final media film. One was the physical filming and editing of the footage, the other was recording our process step by step in 'blogger'.

During the initial filming stage we encountered a few problems as we where using artificial lighting. The camera we used would alter its exposure settings as it moved passed the light sources which would therefore effect the exposure of surrounding objects which gave an inconsistent view. To alter this we did a re-shoot and used overhead lighting aswell to create a more even fill of light within the room. I also learnt to use the in-camera zoom option as opposed to relying on cropping in the editing stage as this gives the shot a very high level of grain.


During the blogging stage we have recorded various important information. We have used the embedding feature to place inspirational videos on our blog for future refearance. This has been a particularly usefull piece of technology as it has enabled us to create a library of all the usefull videos we made need. We have also used the screen shots tool to take stills from our video so we are able to talk about them in detail within blog posts.

We have also made sufficient use of media 2.0 websites. In our research and planning stage we where able to search editable Film Noir fan sights to see the opinions of Noir fans such as what they enjoy in films and what they'd like to see. We also posted the video on youtube which allowed us to get audience feedback.