What Technologies Were Used to Create the Product - Evaluation

The collaborative nature of the project meant that during the process of creating the coursework, we had to keep communications running smoothly constantly. The use of multiple technologies helped with this. Facebook, Phones, MSN as well as meetings in person were all used in order to ensure that our work was being completed by the correct people at the right times. At the start of the project, we had a small vote as to who would be in charge of organising meetings, and after a majority vote, I was the designated organiser. After this, I made sure that we had a meeting in person every Wednesday and every other Thursday plus any other meetings that would be made when appropriate. This, combined with online meetings which would occur when needed, gave us the means to attain a high quality of long lasting and constant communication.

When it came to actually filming the sequence, we made a shooting schedule and a script and told all the actors when and where they would need to be at least 2 weeks in advance, but reminders were give the day before, and on the day of filming, further phone calls were made in order to ensure all the actors knew when and where they had to be, and what was required of them.

The equipment that we used to film was rented from the school. We had to organise and sign release forms in order to get out the more expensive pieces of equipment such as the camera and dolly. The camera was a Canon XL L5. As I was the designated organiser, I took the main responsibility for taking out the equipment and ensuring its safe usage and return. The deadline for shooting the film was Monday the 22nd of February, which would give us just enough time to edit it and finish our blogs, but we decided to ensure we finished filming the main section of the film at least 1 week before this, as we felt that if we left it as late as the deadline, there would not be enough time to finish the editing and receive feedback on the film.

Below are pictures of the filming equipment used: