question 6 evaluation media

1. Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the
process of constructing this product?

2. Equipment

3. Camera
To film all of our shots videos and our actual final
opening, we used my own camera which was a DSLR
the name of the camera is Nikon 3200. This camera was
very simple to use and gave a sharp clear image for our
videos. I was mainly using the camera and filming and I
found it very light and easy to film with.

4. Tripod
To film many of the shots in our final film we used the
tripod to hold the camera, this gave us very lean and
steady shots it was also making it very simple to use as
we wouldn’t have to hold the camera a lot as we would
place it on the tripod and film many of the shots for
instance; long shots, medium shots etc.

5. Editing PC
The editing PC that we used was very good as we had
two SD cards and had to use them both as they both
had shots of our thriller opening on them. The PC made
it straightforward and very quick to make the other
videos have the same settings as the original one. The
PC worked quick and had no faults it was very easy for
us students to work out how to use too after practice.

6. Software

7. Blogger
Throughout the project of creating our opening thriller film, I used blogger to
keep data of my work and what I have done to create my opening film. It also
helped me understand all the concepts of what needs to be done before
making a film. I learnt how to make tabs and pages, I also learnt how to
upload videos and pictures also embed other technologies things onto the
blog. Blogger is an excellent way to present coursework especially for a
subject like media as it involves a lot of individual parts which. Using blogger
it helps with connecting to the audience and it is very simple and easy to use.
One disadvantage is that you can not make it look as good as it is very simple.

8. YouTube
YouTube has helped me to publish videos that I can then post onto blogger by
simply uploading it to my account and then. I first used YouTube to post my
different camera shots, I also used it to post one of my powtoons onto the
blog as the embedded code would not work, and I lastly uploaded my final
film. YouTube was a quick and easy tech that I could use and upload instantly
to the blog with no hesitation.

9. Adobe Premier Pro CS6
Adobe Premier is an editing tool to use to create sustainable edited videos,
this helped throughout the coursework for me to easily edit my videos and
place them together into one, by cutting scenes short or changing the pace or
cutting sound or adding sound in. It was a very complex tech to use as many
keys and features were provided but with practice I understood the main
features that I had to use to create the videos I made.

10. Prezi
I used prezi effectively throughout this project as it was a good
tech to use and learn, it helped to spread my work out nicely and
neatly and present it in another way on my blog. I learnt how to
place images and change fonts also add more spaces for text to
be put. Also learnt how to change the background image and
how to change the arrangement of everything.

11. Popplet
I used popplet twice for my blog, I used it when showing the
forms and conventions of the Thriller genre and I also used it for
one of my evaluation questions. It is a very easy tech to use as I
learnt how to use it very quickly, it is basic and simple but
presents your work very well. I learnt how to place images and
also change colour of background and add colour to the bubbles
around the texts. It is a basic way to make a mind map on the
web.

12. Powtoon
Powtoon was very difficult for me to use, I only used it once for
my blog. The timing for the text to appear on the screen was
difficult to handle as it would only have a little bit of time and
very hard to read it like that. However I did learn how to use it,
and once I did it became simple. I learnt how to create different
animations and transitions to appear with the text and images,
also learnt how to add music and how to make it flow well.

13. Whatsapp
The app was used mainly to keep in contact with all
group members for when the date would be to arrive
together to film our media film. It was a great app to
use as communicating with each other was key as we
had to all contribute so if one could not then they could
inform the other group members.

14. Wikipedia
Helped with accessing information about films and
companies, as information can be difficult to find on
the web about some things, Wikipedia was a site which
had everything right in front of you and gave enough
information for you to understand everything easily.