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

We used: Final Cut Pro, Hand held Cameras, and a Tripod.

There are several strenghts and weaknesses in terms of the camera. One of the issues we faced was trying to track the characters. We didn't have the proper equipment in order to do this, and so as a solution we had to put the camera on the tripod and zoom in to follow the character. On the other hand the camera was very good to help create a sense of voyeurism, as it was able to be hand held whilst also working perfectly with the tripod, creating professional looking shots.

One of the problems we faced was filming in the dark. Whilst out on the street it was perfect with the ambient street lighting, however once we tried to film by Larrys "den" it was too dark. We couldn't light the scence fully because it would be too bright and take away from the darkness of the scene. Eventually what we did, was use sound as the main indication of movement in the dark, for example the sound of gravel as Larry approaches Ruby in the den. We also placed the light inside the den from one specific angle. This meant that the whole room was not in light and created an almost "spotlight" effect on the characters.