Through constructing a film project, the document discusses several technologies Harvey McKenzie learned about: 1) Cameras - Harvey learned basic camera operation like turning it on, zooming, and framing from his colleagues Matt and Ellis, and now feels comfortable filming on his own. 2) Editing software - Harvey found the editing software Correl easy to learn after a few attempts, and learned how to import clips, separate them, and add effects and filters. 3) Blogging - Harvey learned to publish blog posts correctly from colleagues to document the group's filmmaking process. 4) Animations - Harvey taught himself animation software and was able to create an entire animation to answer an evaluation question.

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

2. Cameras
 The first thing in media that you have to learn
how to use is the cameras that we use for filming.
I was initially sceptical and slightly pessimistic
about this, as I had never used or even held a
video camera before, however Matt and Ellis
were key to me learning the basics.
 With their previous experience in media, Matt and
Ellis were able to teach me how to use the
camera in its most basic terms, such as turning it
on, switching to record, zooming in and out and
framing.
 I now feel comfortable enough from my own
experience to film short segments by myself or at
least under supervision from somebody else.

3. Editing Software
 The next thing that I had to learn to use was the
editing software, Correl, which is what our group
used to edit and render our film.
 Again, I was unsure on my ability to learn how to
use the program as I had no prior experience,
however I found it quite easy to learn after a few
attempts. I first learnt how to import the clips we
had recorded and then how to separate them.
Then, I managed to work out, after searching for
a while, how to add in various effects such as
sound and music as well as filters and other
visuals.

4. Blogging
 During this entire process our group have
consistently posted to our blog in order to
document our experience working as a team to
create a film.
 Obviously I had to learn how to post to this blog in
order to contribute to the group and this was the
stage I found easiest to pick up. I had to be
shown by my colleagues how to publish articles
correctly and format them in such a way that they
were presentable.

5. Animations
 For my evaluation question 7, I decided to create
an animation presentation to answer the
question. For this, I then had to learn how to use
animation software and the majority of this was
self taught. At the start I had no knowledge of
what I was doing.
 By the end I was able to create an entire
animation, which answered the question and was
entertaining to watch. This is another aspect of
media I feel, in the long term, it was vitally
important to learn.

6. Thank You!
 Thank you for watching my presentation! I hope
you enjoyed.