Production Technology

--Operating a video camera
I used my mum's camera to video my film because we don't have/couldn't get hold of a video camera, also because it is a photo camera I had to find where the video setting was. The camera also cut off the last 1 or 2 seconds at the end of each shot so we had to carry on each shot for a bit longer than first thought. But overall the camera wasn't too difficult to use.
--Composing shots
To compose my different shots I positioned the camera at different angles to make the film appear more realistic. My film is shown mostly from P.O.V. but also uses over-the-shoulder and panning. I found it quite easy to get the shots I wanted so it didn't take long to film, only about 2 or 3 hours. I did find it hard to get the 'slow-motion walk' down the hallway as it didn't look right when we actually walked in slow-motion and walking normal speed looked strange. Fortunately I had a few different shots of it and managed to find a good one to use.
--Recording or using sound effects, dialogue or music
I originally had dialogue in my film but when I cut all my film together it didn't fit with the music behind it. So I muted the dialogue (except in my first scene) because the gestures of my cast still conveyed what they were thinking/doing, my only issue was with having the mouths still moving, but I may be able cut out the middle of each shot, it may not look right though. 
--Importing images & video files
Importing video files was pretty simple on Premiere Pro but the editor was very temperamental when I was editing and found it wouldn't save my work that I had done, didn't play sound or claimed that the video files didn't exist anymore so I had to restart my film about 4 times which was very time-consuming.
--Creating music or sound effects
I didn't use any sound effects in my film although I had been thinking of using a creaking door when the wardrobe door is opened. I did use fade at the beginning and end between my final two songs (Gagool and Rising) so that they blended together better and had a cleaner transition. I found it quite simple to find the music I wanted, and the songs I have used in my film (Constancy Part Two, Gagool, Rising) were almost the first songs I listened to.
--Editing images for moving image production (use of editing software)
Because I decided to mute my clips I had to cut out some parts of the clips so that the viewer didn't think there was supposed to be talking, but with one clip it resulted in me having to use a black out fade to show time passing after Bryony and Kim have been found. When I exported my film and played it on a media player it tended to skip in places and had a wiggly line in the upper half of the screen so I tried again using a different player but it has still done the same thing even though it plays smoothly on Premiere Pro. So next time I think I would use an actual video camera and maybe a different movie editor in order to ensure my film played more smoothly.
--Editing sound for moving image production (use of editing software)
It was quite simple to edit my sound as all I had to do was mute all the clips except for the first one (98,99, 100. Ready or not here I come) which I required to set the scene and so the viewer knew that it was a game of hide and seek. I found the editing of sound quite easy and simple compared with the video editor.


Thankfully through trial and error I managed to complete my film to (almost) the standard I wanted.