What have you learnt about techologies from the process of contructing this product?

I have learnt a few useful things when using the camera, editing tools, and adding sound to the video. Using mise en scene was also good to learn as it gives a sense of realism to the video.
When using thee camera I learnt that if you use a bigger variety of shots and angles, we started off with a basic mid shot which panned round as the character went to the bottom of the stairs. The shot then cut to a birds eye view of the character, this also panned round as the character continued to walk up the stairs. The shot then cut to a mid shot with a high angle, this was to show that the character was still on a staircase. Then as the character passes the camera it then cuts to a low angle mid-shot. The camera is then used as a hand held movement following the character to the top of the stairs, to the doorway. Then cutting to the other side of the door as the character walks through, panning round to the right as the character walks past. We then used a mid shot from behind the character which films them walking down a hallway to a door eventually finishing as a long shot. We then used an extreme close up the characters hand on the door handle which showed that they were opening the door. We then used match on action as we film the door opening from the other side, the shot used on the other side of the door is a long shot, the camera then pans round as the character walks over to another character, here the conversation starts and the shots used are mainly over the shoulder and close ups. Overall when using the camera equipment we learnt that by keeping to the 180 degree rule the filming looks a lot better than if you didn’t, and also that by a regular but not too often change in shot type, not only gives you a different view of the scene, but for example the more often you change shot type the more exiting the scene becomes, for example a fight scene. Whereas the slower the shot type change the less tense the scene is.
When editing the clip I learnt how to import sound into the clip, by using adobe. I then had to set the timing of it so as the music sped up the character started running. Then the song faded out jus before the dialogue came in so that the soundtrack and the dialogue didn’t block each other out. Sound can be used to set a mood of a scene or add to the build up of a certain scene for example some bad news etc, in the case of our clip sound was jus used to give some sort of background sound other than footsteps etc.
I also learnt when using adobe how to fade scenes in and out which we did at the end of the clip, and when the match on action occurs with the door. I think it fitted in pretty well at the end, but when used with the door it jus looks a bit weird. I also learnt that timing is absolutely vital when putting separate scenes and clips together, if you want it to look right for example when changing shot type when a character walks round a corner for example you need to cut it to make sure they are in the same place in the end of the first clip to the start of the second other wise you could add a step or movement or miss one, or even watch one twice.
Mise en scene wasn’t a big part of our filming; we only had casual clothing for costumes which suited the film as it was only a talk between friends, whereas if it was an interview for example the costume would have been more formal. A newspaper was the main prop, which was the subject of the dialogue. We had a slight problem with lighting in the hallway which made it very dark and gloomy, which wasn’t the mood of the film.