This document summarizes the various technologies used to create a product and what was learned from using each technology. Software like Adobe Premiere, Prezi, Blogger, Emaze, PowerPoint, Photoshop and Survey Monkey were used. Skills like video editing, presentation creation, blog design, survey development and image editing were developed. Areas for improvement included making transitions smoother, being more creative with layouts, ensuring posts are in the right order and making content easier to find. A camera, tripod, phone and various online sharing platforms were also utilized.

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

2. Software on the Computer
 Adobe Premiere Plus
 Prezi
 Blogger
 Emaze
 PowerPoint
 Adobe Photoshop
 Survey Monkey
 YouTube
 Facebook
 Wix
 SlideShare

3. We used Adobe Premiere Plus to create our film opening
construction.
Skills we developed –
We had never used Adobe Premiere before starting this course
so we had lots to learn about the software. We learnt how to
import videos onto the program and alter the lengths of the
videos. We also changed the sizes of some of the shots and
cropped out things towards the edge of shot. We also added
effects such as making some shots black and white. As well as
this we also added text to the opening (titles) and moved these
to the right places on the screen.
What we need to improve -
We need to make the transitions smoother so that they are not
as jumpy like they are in some places. Especially between
different shots in the same scene.

4. We used Prezi in our evaluation to present one of
our question’s answer.
Skills we developed –
We learnt how to create a presentation in Prezi
and include different things such as pictures and
videos.
What we need to improve -
We need to try and be more creative with the
layout of our presentation. We also need to try
and be more efficient as it takes a very long time
to design a presentation in Prezi.

5. We used Blogger to present all of our research and planning.
Skills we developed –
We learnt how to create a blog and blog posts. We them learnt
how to embed videos from YouTube and embed presentations
from various different online presentation programs (Emaze,
SlideShare). We also learnt how to add tags to our blog posts,
insert images.
What we need to improve -
The layout of our blogs could be improved to make them more
interesting and original. We should have also ensured that our
posts were in the right order.

6. We used Emaze to present some of our
PowerPoint presentations.
Skills we developed –
We learnt how to convert Microsoft PowerPoint
files into Emaze presentations. We also learnt how
to create presentations directly onto Emaze.
What we need to improve -
We need to try and be more creative with our
presentations and make them more interesting.

7. We used Microsoft PowerPoint to present our
research and planning.
Skills we developed –
We learnt how to export presentations onto online
presentation sites (Emaze and SlideShare).
What we need to improve -
We should try to make our presentations more
interesting and creative by using unique ways of
presenting our work.

8. We used Adobe Photoshop to create our film
poster.
Skills we developed –
We learnt how to change the colours of some
parts of the photograph but leave some unedited.
We also learnt how to resize photographs. We
added text to the poster as well and moved it
around the screen so that it is in the right places.
What we need to improve –
We should ensure that the text is visible at all
times because in some places it is a little bit
difficult to read.

9. We used Survey Monkey to get feedback on our film opening
and gain some information on the type of people that would
be interested in watching our film. This was used to answer
the evaluation question 4.
Skills we developed –
We were able to make a survey despite having never used
the program before. We also learnt how to use the different
links to share the survey.
What we need to improve -
To improve our survey we should have added some more
questions to gain more information on our audience.

10. We used YouTube to share our videos and to find
videos to contribute to our research.
Skills we developed –
We learnt how to how to collect an embed code so
that we can add videos onto our blogs. We also
learnt how to upload videos onto YouTube and
how to add annotations onto our uploaded videos.
What we need to improve -
We should have added keyword tags to our video
so that it is easier to find on YouTube.

11. We used Wix to create a website to promote our
film.
Skills we developed –
How to design a website- change the background
and rearrange the layout. We also learn how to
add different features onto our website and also
add images.
What we need to improve -
To improve we should try to make the website a
bit more creative and make it look more
professional.

12. We used Facebook to promote our film.
Skills we developed –
We learnt how to make a page on Facbook that
people can visit.
What we need to improve -
Use more effective tags so that our page is easier
to find. Also, we should add more information
onto our page.

13. We used SlideShare to share the presentations
that we made on PowerPoint.
Skills we developed –
We learnt how to upload PowerPoint
presentations onto SlideShare. We also are now
able to collect embed codes from the website so
that we can share the presentations onto our blog.
What we need to improve -
We should add more effective tags so that it is
easier to find our presentations.

14. We used a camera to film our film opening and also to film the
talk about our storyboard.
Skills we developed –
We learnt how to effectively frame people and objects into a shot
and how to use varied camera angles. We also worked with
reflections in a mirror and so needed to make sure we had
everything we needed in the shot and not the camera or tripod.
What we need to improve –
Some of our shots are slightly out of focus. Therefore, we need to
make sure that all of our shots are clear before using them in our
opening.

15. We used a tripod to keep the camera steady and
control the movement of the camera.
Skills we developed –
We were able to vary the height of the camera so that
we could get both high angle and low angle shots.
What we need to improve –
When tracking or moving the camera on the tripod
when filming we sometimes did not do this smoothly
enough and so the footage was a little bit ‘jumpy’.

16. We used our mobile phones o communicate our ideas to each
other when we were not together. We also used our phones to
arrange times to meet and do filming. As well as this, the photos
used for our film posters were also taken on our phones. We also
downloaded the Blogger app so that we could update our blog
whenever we got a free chance.
Skills we developed –
We learnt how to use Blogger on our phones- which took some
time as the format is very different to that on a laptop. We also
learnt how to create a group chat.
What we need to improve –
We need to improve our communication skills on our group chat
as many times it was difficult to get everyone to reply to
important messages promptly.