1. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT
TECHNOLOGIES
FROM THE PROCESS OF
CONSTRUCTING THIS
PRODUCT?
AS MEDIA EVALUATION
MOLLY BEECHAM & JESS HUNT

2. WHAT EQUIPMENT &
TECHNOLOGIES DID WE USE?
To film our opening, we used
a Canon 600D camera. We
found this fairly easy to use
as we already had some
knowledge of the camera and
how it works.
To edit our film opening we used
Adobe Premier on an Apple
Mac computer. This did take
some getting used to. We had
to learn how to use it as neither
of us had used it before. It was
difficult at first but we soon got
the hang of it.
To film our opening, we also
used a tripod, to guarantee a
still, hopefully high quality
shot. This was obviously an
easy piece of equipment to
use.
As part of our AS project, we
had to record everything we did
on our own blog. To do this we
used a program called
‘blogger’. This was a nice and
easy program to use.
When we had problems with
the sound recorded on the
actual footage, we used a
voice recorder to record just
the dialog and dub it onto the
footage.
Later on in our project, we used
Prezi to answer some of the
questions for our evaluation.

3. EQUIPMENT &
TECHNOLOGIES: CONTINUED
We also used Slide Share to answer
some of the other questions for our
evaluation. This was very easy to use as
you just uploaded a PowerPoint, like this
one.
We wouldn’t have been able to do
anything other that film without a
computer. We used an Apple Mac
computer to do everything else in this
project.

4. THE CANON 600D
We had used a Canon 600D before filming our film opening.
I (Molly) had use the camera before and knew quite a lot already about it and how
to use it. This, I think gave us an advantage as we didn’t have to learn how to use
it and hopefully would be able to use the camera to our advantage.
The camera had clear and simple functions and I found it easy to films. All that
was needed was for the setting to be switched onto film (by means of turning a
dial), and to record you had to press the or ‘switch to screen’ button. As we
already knew this, we could get straight on and start filming, not having to work it
our first.
Because we used a DSLR camera (which films in HD) as opposed to a less
powerful camera, we thought that it would be a good camera to use, as we could
film high definition footage which would hopefully make the end product that little
bit better.

5. THE TRIPOD & SOUND
RECORDER
We had used a tripod before.
The tripod was obviously an easy piece of equipment to use as it was just the
attachment for the camera. Because we had used the camera before, we were also
comfortable using the tripod as well.
We had not used a voice recorder before filming our opening.
However, because we didn’t use a microphone, attached to the camera when filming,
the dialog was barely heard. Therefore we had to use a sound recorder (the one in the
picture above) to re-record the dialog. To make it sound authentic, like it was said
outside in our location, we also had to re-record the dialog outside. Near a building but
outside would give it that slight echo that might have actually occurred if it was said in
the footage. This proved fairly easy to use. We had to save our sounds into a folder on
the recorder, which at times was difficult to find because there were so many.
We were able to dub the dialog over the footage in premier which worked well.
We also did this for the flute tune near the end of the opening; we recorded and were
able to insert it into premier.
However, due to some difficulties later on, we had the again record the dialog on a
different platform; Soundcloud. This was easy to record, getting it onto the computer
was the difficult part. (We had to download the sounds onto our computer, where we
then had to put them onto a memory stick to take to premier. Once that was done, it was
easy to dub the sound over the footage.

6. USING PREMIER
We had not used Adobe Premier before filming our opening.
Premier was new to us both, as neither of us had used it before. This meant that we had
to learn how to use the general program and how to alter and add any special effects
we wished to add. We started to learn when we made our preliminary although we only
used very basic functions. From the preliminary, we learnt something vital; the fact that
we need to create a new project as a HDV rather than a DV. We initially created a DV
project but we found that because we had filmed in HD, the footage was zoomed in.
The problem involved the pixel size and that fact that there was a lack of it when we
created a DV project. Because we had filmed in HD, we needed to create a HDV
project.
Once we got on to creating are final project, the basic functions were easy to work out;
how to insert footage ect and how to crop and cut. We then had to work out for
ourselves other features that weren’t so obvious; like how to insert a blank screen (Title
screens had to be inserted but they could be blank as well). Once we had worked that
out, we could start to structure our film in the way we had planned (have a jump cut
scene as they walk up to the farm). In these blank screens we could also insert the
credits, which was useful and worked well, we think.

7. USING PREMIER CONTINUED
We also quickly came to realise that the credits could overlay with the footage, however
we kept it on the blank screen. We also realised that the different layers of video and
audio allowed for different footage to be on top and after and so on. This was useful
when making the jump cut scene near the beginning.
The next main issue we had was with the audio. This has been a big issue for us
throughout, as we had to re-record our dialog twice and dub over (which was difficult to
make sound authentic. Even once we had inserted the sounds into the work area on
premier, we then found it difficult to adjust the volume and effects as the functions were
quite complicated. It took us a while to learn how to easily change the volume and
adjust it to fit in with the footage. From this we did learn how to change the volume
however if we put something else together on premier another time, I don’t know if we
would be able to do it as easily. We may have to revisit the audio section to be clear on
how it all works.
Special effects were easy it add. A drop down menu on the left hand side allowed you to
pick and then ‘drag and drop’ them onto the footage in the work area. That was a fairly
easy process.
Finally, rendering our film after each editing session was also easy. We found it quite
easily and so were able to render it each time.

8. BLOGGER & PREZI
We had not used Blogger before creating ours for our project.
At the beginning of the project, we were able to set up a blogger account with google.
That was an easy process as it usually is when setting up an account with any website.
From there we were able customize and start posting on our blog. We didn’t find this
difficult and quite enjoyed being able to publish our progress on our blog.
From this, we have obviously learnt about how to use blogger and if we wished to use it
in the future, we would be able to get the most out of it.
We had not used Prezi either before starting our project.
When it came to our evaluation, we were told we could use several different formats to
make the presentation as interesting as possible. One of the formats we could use was
Prezi. We enjoyed using prezi as we could make fun, interactive presentations whilst
being able to answer the questions in detail.
All that was needed was for us to make an account, then we could link all of our Prezi’s
onto our blogs. Even though they sometimes took a while to complete they were fun to
make. The only problem we encountered, was being able to insert images on to the
Prezi's from the mac computers. It, for some reason would not let us put on a picture
even though it was in the right format. However, we overcame this problem by putting
the images onto the Prezi’s via a PC.

9. SLIDE SHARE & USING MAC’S
We had used Apple Mac computers before we started this project.
Obviously, Apple products are used on a daily basis by millions of people form almost
every country. So we, unsurprisingly had a good knowledge of the computer and how to
work to functions that we needed; safari, premier, iTunes ect. Obviously we had to learn
how to use Premier but apart from that we could easily got on with our project using the
Mac’s. The problems we did encounter included saving our work in the right place. We
were all to save our work on 1 massive hardrive. This proved difficult sometimes and
had to ask for assistance to help us save our work in the right place. Once we knew for
sure where our work would be safe, we found it easier to get work on and off the
computer.
There were some thing that we found difficult to do on the Mac, and so had to do on a
PC instead. Things like, downloading sounds from Soundcloud.
We had not used Slideshare before starting our project.
Like Prezi, it was easy to use; all that was needed was to make an account and then we
could link the PowerPoint to our blog. It was also very easy to use so we found it useful
when completing the questions for our evaluation.