Stage 4: Production

 The production portion of making our film was definitely a learning experience for me and my group members as well. Our main source of technology was our phones, we had our script on our phones practicing and rehearsing our lines. We used our phones to record our whole opening scene. Some other technology that we used was a ring light and also a green screen. So what I learned about using production technology is that every single element matters, whether you have lighting or no lighting, using certain audio, holding the camera a certain way is what I learned. I also learned that all of the elements help make each other. For example, let's say that you are shooting a very happy scene, you have your actors dancing, and your happy music playing. If the lighting is not happy and bright than the viewers may not fully understand what you wanted them too. Actually we went in based off of prior knowledge and what we already knew how to do with the technology. Of course we got a little help from our wonderful teacher Ms. Landis. No we did not work from any influences, but I can say that I personally was thinking about the film set it off just because I watched the film so many times not realizing that it is indeed a crime thriller. I also thought about set it off when picking what our title would look like for the opening scene.