Evaluation Activity 6

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

We didn't use very much equipment during our filming, only the basics. When we went out to film we took a videocamera to film and a tripod for some of the shots that we needed to be steady, and also a normal camera to take pictures of the process. 

We used various programmes during the editing process though. Adobe premiere was the most important as this was the programme we were using to edit our film. Before our filming, I had only used it a few times so I only knew the basics, but through exploring and trial and error, I worked out how to cut parts out, add music and sound, change scenes around and add effects etc to make the film look how I wanted it.

Another programme I used was Adobe Photoshop as there were photos we had taken before and during the filming that we wanted to include and they weren't the right size or they needed some editing. Our logos were images we found on Google and edited on Photoshop to make them our own. To create our logo, we had to use tools such as the magnetic lasso tool which allowed us to cut out the part of the image we wanted. At times, it was quite difficult as it didn't want to go along the edges that we wanted. The rectangular marquee tool was used to cut and paste the 9 images together so that I could display them on my blog.

Lastly, I moved my film into Windows Movie Maker. We imported the video into the programme and waited for it to be compressed, and then saved it to our computer. We needed to do this because as we were putting our films onto the internet and blogger, so the file size was too large to go on without problems occurring, like it freezing or skipping. The compressed video was then placed on my blog and works fine.

We used another piece of technology when recording our voiceovers called 'ESI Rekord M'. This device was used so that I could record my voice clearly when talking about production and distribution of my film opening. I learnt that it's best to have it sitting on a surface in front of you instead of holding it right up to your mouth, as doing this can make the sound muffled and unclear. The device was useful because it was easy to use and the recording time was displayed on the screen, so I could try and make the speech length the same as the video length.