A logical start to discussing the technologies used would be
the camera we used. This year we used a professional high resolution Sony HD
camera. This allowed us to develop our skills we developed last year much
further as the shots were of much higher quality and we were able to film in
lower lighting due to the cameras improved light capturing over the previous
years’ small digital camera. The sound was also much better this time around
with the cameras large microphone providing good sound quality. The sound was
further improved in our film with the experimentional use of a zoom mic, this
enabled us greater ability to alter the sound in our film and also allowed us
to make a radio trailer with clear audio.
The Internet was a massive technological too used in the
pre-production and postproduction of our film. I used the internet to do nearly
all of my research on genre, audience, shots, conventions, age certificate and
distribution of our film. We used the internet extensively to promote our film,
using the social networking site Facebook to share our Film and to share our
feedback questionnaire. We used YouTube as a place to upload our video with it
being the most popular video hosting website on the planet.
For our script writing we used Celtx. This allowed us to
create professional scripts with the correct layout, this meant that with
everyone having identical scripts there was no confusion between
To edit our film we used Final Cut Express, the same
software we used last year to edit our AS film, however this year we used a lot
more effects on our film. We added visual effects to our trip scene to properly
portray the experience of drug use and the purgatory scene we turned the
saturation way down making the shot appear in black and white to represent Alex’s
death. We also played with the Audio in our film, adjusting Agnar’s voice to a
much lower pitch to give the desired effect from the character. 
For our film poster, we used Adobe Photoshop. This allowed
us to create a very professional looking poster with the correct Steel Tongs
Font, Age certificate logo.
