Evaluation question 6

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

This is a picture of Adam Whaley taken while he was shooting on set. As you can see from the picture he is using a camera and a tripod to accurately record one of the shots, we found that the extendable legs of the tripod came in very useful when finding the right height to record.The swivel top on the tripod also made it a lot easier to pan different shots . We found it significantly easier to use this tripod than the previous one given to us. I feel this was because this tripod was larger and the swivel was not as stiff.

We had to use two different cameras during the process of making our film opening  the first camera we used had a fault in the editing software and froze up when any kind of title was added. The first camera filmed in 1080p and 16:9 aspect ratio. This proved to be a problem as our backup camera was only able to film in 480p and in an aspect ratio of 4:3. Adam managed to minimize the effects of this is editing but couldn't completely remove the difference between them.

We also learnt that editing can be very temperamental at times and when videos are rendering they may fail. We were also able to develop our skills as editors and learnt a lot of new things about Premier Pro. A key special effect we used was a lighting one which helped us maintain a constant level of lighting.

We also used YouTube a lot through out the course of us making our film opening. The features that are offered are extremely useful, being able to edit after we uploaded are video is a bonus as we can fix any lighting issues YouTube creates.

Another technology we utilized while producing our film opening was Twitter. We found this to be extremely helpful with keeping us in touch with other production companies. It also allowed easier access for any one who wanted to too view are progress.  This taught us that using the right websites can significantly increase the amount of support and feedback you can get.

Another key technology we used was 'Prezi'. This was vital in helping us share information between the group and it is also a neat and easy way to present data to the public. It can easily be uploaded to our blogs via using the embedded code. We learnt from using this that there are many different ways to present and highlight certain information.