EVALUATION: Question 6

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

During the making of my film and production splash I have used many technologies; and in ever circumstance I have at least learnt something. Below I will describe the technology I have used and what I have learnt from it for each technology:

· Blogger.com this is a blogging website which I have used to post and broadcast my coursework, prior to this media AS level I have never used blogger before; therefore I have learnt everything I know through this process, this includes how to post, edit posts, embed clips and slide shows etc…

· Slideshare.net this website enables it’s users to broadcast with power-point/slide shows; therefore making them liable to be embedded, which is exactly what I used the site for. I have never used this site before, therefore I have now learnt how to upload, embed and broadcast my slideshows. This may be useful in the future because slide shows are used in presentations and business talks etc... Which means this site could end up being very useful in many career paths.

· Surveymonkey.com this website enables users to create surveys which can be filled out by and internet user, this is useful because it means that the creator will get a better understanding of the general population’s views due to the survey being available to everyone. From this site I have learnt how to create an effective and useful survey which enables me to get the information I want, I have also learnt how to put this survey online; therefore making it available to a much wider audience.

· Freeplaymusic.com this website consists of a database of music which is all copyright free, and is available for download. I used this site because we needed copyright free soundtracks to complete my film, therefore it was perfectly suitable and by using this site I learnt how to easily get free copyright music.

· YouTube.com is a video broadcasting site which is used worldwide, I used this site to post my videos in order to embed them in my blog, throughout this process I have learnt how to embed clips and broadcast them.

· Facebook.com is a social networking site which is the key to creating viral buzzes due to extremely fast progression around the planet and population. I used the site to advertise my surveys on surveymonkey.com to get larger numbers and quicker feedback. By doing this I learnt how to create events and the effects of posting information to a large audience.

· Tripod is a structure which enables the person filming to maintain a strong steady camera shot, this also helps produce more stable camera movement such as panning. Through this process I have learnt how to use a tripod from the basics (seeing as I have never used one before) other things I have learnt about the specific tripod I used are: How to pan smoothly, how to change the angle of the shot whilst still having the camera on the tripod.

· IMovie is an apple produced program which enables the user to create movies, this has additional features including possible transitions, video effects, und effects etc… Before making my film I had never used an Apple operating system before therefore I have learnt a lot about program iMovie seeing as I started from scratch. Skills which I have learnt include, how to add sound effects from iLife and iMovie, how to stabilize footage, how add transitions and adding colour effects to existing footage.

· Adobe Photoshop Is professional program for editing and creating images. I used this program to create original images from my film title and production splash, in doing this is increased my novice skills in using the program, this included adding effects to simple images such as: rendering a lens flare and adding lighting effects.

· Adobe After Effects Is a professional program for editing and creating new video footage, I used this program to create my production splash and film title, this provided the movement for the pictures used. Before the start of this process I had never used the program before, therefore I have learnt how to add effects to movies, create movement, change colours and create a movies in a range of formats including QuickTime events.

· SLR Camera is a professional standard photography camera, I used this to film and photograph the footage and processes of my film, in doing this I learnt how to change the filming style to 1080p (therefore getting the highest quality footage) and how to attach it to a tripod.

· Windows Movie Maker whilst blogging etc I used the program to create videos showing my progress and previous evaluation questions, before this process I had used the program many times before, I have just simply improved the skills I have already learnt.