Technical Limitations and how we overcame them.

We came across many technical limitations during the filming and editing process but we still produced high quality footage. Firstly we had to make sure that the camera has sound because in the past we have filmed things and came to upload them to the computer and the clips have no sound. To combat this we just filmed a few seconds of action and then listened back to it to ensure it had sound present before going out to film. On most of the shots we wanted to make sure the camera was steady so we used a tripod, however sometimes the tripod wasn't level so once again we made sure the tripod was level before filming. Special effects are used in almost every action blockbuster but we didn't have the capability to use such technology. Instead we decided to physically make the arm see like a bionic arm. We did this by buying a part to a costume from a supermarket which when attached to A's arm looked like a metal arm. This prop fitted the bill aesthetically but we still had to make sure that when we were filming that no flesh could be seen as the audience will expect the arm to look like a bionic arm. In combination with the plastic arm we purchased, we experimented on the Adobe Photoshop computer program and printed off a piece of paper that was of flesh colour in the background but had metal strands towards the end which was to signify the metal arm meeting the original arm. That was wrapped around A's arm and the plastic arm was placed on top of the paper. Overall I think that the props were successful and the audience wouldn't be disappointed with the arms appearance.