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A close-up of the camera of an iPhone 13 Pro

    The equipment someone uses can have a massive effect on the quality or character of their film. For us, though, since we weren't shooting something extremely opulent or extravagant, we went simple, and this resulted in keeping a more genuine and realistic feel for our project.

    The camera that we used was that of an iPhone 13 Pro that belonged to our team member Alejandro, who was taking care of the technical details regarding the camera movements and handling. He mounted the camera while recording the second scene (where the passengers and driver were both inside the car) and utilized a handheld approach during all the other scenes. This helped to illustrate the uneasiness and instability of the last few scenes in particular, and also added a sense of realism.

    On the other hand, the editing largely took place on my PC, where I made use of the applications HitFilm Express and Audacity in order to take care of the editing. The reason that these two were chosen to be used was that they were free to use and did not result in watermarks being added to our video or audio. Moreover, I had prior experience with using both of them.

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