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

I have developed further my existing skills in using a variety of technologies throughout the course of this production task - a few examples a listed below.

Camera
I have learnt from making this media piece is how to create an effective panning shot using the camera on a tripod (making the tripod looser helps to create an effective panning shot by creating a smooth movement and eliminates the problem of creaking). Through trial and error I also mastered the skills needed to create a variety of shot distances and other movements including tilt shots with and without tripod and reasonably steady hand-held camera techniques as appropriate to the scene being filmed.

Edit
The editing was done through the use of the Apple Mac's editing software iMovie. I had experience of using iMovie due to the fact I take Moving Image Arts besides Media so I knew how the movie needed to be edited (such as cutting up the film into its various scenes). I did learn one new thing about editing my pieces, I have learned about positioning a camera when filming in the light such as when I used monochrome around an open window and I could not make out what the private investigator character was doing with his hands. Thus I found a way around it by bleeding out the colour to give it that black and white look but still see what the person is doing with his hands. My personal favourite bit of editing I carried out was the use of slowing things down for a dramatic effect such as a shot of the book slowly falling to the ground as the door slams shut behind the person. I also learnt the ways of using transitions between shots such as the use of fading in and out.

Planning
Another thing I have learnt from this is how to create a blog and learn how to use it. Blogging was an easy thing to learn since all it involved was typing something into a text box and then pressing the 'publish post' button in order to show what I had learnt over the course of this task. However I did encounter problems with this site since you're unable to put word documents into the text box (I had to copy and paste a piece of work I had done on film openings) and that pasting images into the box is difficult since it does not go in the place you want it to. However this blog has shown my ability to master my understanding of the technological skills needed when creating this blog.