The document discusses the various technologies the blogger used to create blog posts and a film project. They learned how to use Blogger, SlideShare, Prezi, different cameras including a Canon DSLR and Panasonic camcorder, and video editing software Serif MoviePlus x6. Though some tools like Prezi and the DSLR took some learning, the blogger was able to figure out the basics of each technology by experimenting and practicing. YouTube was also easy to use for uploading videos to then embed in blog posts.

1. What have you learnt about the
technologies from the process of
creating this product?
Evaluation – Question 6

2. Blogger
• The first thing I did when starting my coursework was to create a blog. I had
never used this site before therefore was unsure how to navigate around it
first. However, as I began uploading posts to my blog it became a lot easier
to use.
• Many of my first blogposts were simple text and images however as time
progressed I wanted to develop the content of my blog by adding
PowerPoint(through SlideShare), Prezi’s and videos (via YouTube). I then
had to set up accounts with these websites to be able to do this.

3. Prezi/Slideshare
• I have also used both Prezi and Slideshare in order to upload presentation
style posts to my blog.
• I had to create accounts for both of these as I had not used them before.
Slideshare was simple to use as I could upload a PowerPoint to here and
then upload to my blog via Slideshare.
• As I hadn’t used Prezi before this was slightly more difficult to get the hang
of however I found that it was quite simple after the first presentation I
created. These types of presentations are a lot more interactive and creative
so I enjoyed making these for my blog to add variation to my posts.

4. Camera
• As I filmed my preliminary on a ‘flip cam’ I found that this wasn’t the
greatest quality to capture all the action happening on screen. Therefore
when filming my final product I used a Canon 1100d. This was a much
better quality camera and had many more functions compared to the ‘flip
cam’ such as zoom. Although I hadn’t used this camera before I found it
fairly simple to use however the only difficulty I found was that it was quite
heavy and not suitable for the tripod therefore wasn’t the best to get a
steady shot even though I wanted a hand held effect in some shots which it
was suitable for.
• To get steadier shots I used a Panasonic Lumix FS35 digital camera. This is
a lot smaller and lighter, and although not as good a quality, it still filmed a
decent quality shot which was good for establishing shots I filmed in
London such as the street views of Piccadilly Circus.

5. Serif MoviePlus x6
• Although I had used this software before, I hadn’t used it to the extent in
which I had to edit my opening sequence. I had only used it basically before
to put some footage together therefore I didn’t know exactly how to use it
when it came to editing my final film.
• Through the process however I have learnt how to slow shots down as well
as speed them up, change the brightness of a shot and the colour as well as
add filter effects such as motion blur to some of the shots to make it more
interesting.
• I have also learnt how to cross fade different shots so the transitions are
smoother rather than quick cuts which also added more variation to the
film.
• As I needed to add titles I have also learnt how to add text as well as make it
have an in and out animation to make it more interesting rather than just
appearing on screen.
• At first I found the software slightly difficult to use because I hadn’t used it
much before however by experimenting with different things I have found it
a lot easier and simpler to navigate around the programme and the
functions are fairly straightforward.

6. YouTube
• When uploading videos to my blog I found that they didn’t work when I
uploaded them directly. YouTube was the easiest site to upload videos from
to my blog therefore I created an account so I could upload footage to here
then to my blog. Although I haven’t uploaded to YouTube before I was
familiar with the site and able to navigate around it easily therefore found it
easy to use. It was also easy to upload from here to Blogger as there is an
option to upload videos from YouTube on Blogger. As both used my Google
Account details this meant that the steps were fast to upload videos on my
blog as it lists your uploads to YouTube in which you can select what video
you want to post.