Evaluation Activity 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing this product?

CAMERAS

• When producing our preliminary task, we used a Sony camera, which in all honesty was fairly useless. However, it served a purpose of familiarising myself with a camera, the play/pause/stop/record buttons and learning to upload to iMovie. The Canon 650D DSLR camera's were used for the final piece, and made a huge impact upon the quality of the picture of the opening.

TRIPOD

• Another key piece of equipment was the tripod. It allowed for us to adjust shots to different heights for high/low angle shots, panning and zooming to enhance viewing for the audience and most importantly added much focus to the shot that couldn't be achieved by hand. Taking all this into account, I have learnt how effective the tripod is in film production.

FLIP CAMERA

• The flip camera became a very useful resource for recording feedback from classmates on various tasks and videos. As well as this, they are also very easy and quick to upload files to a desktop. From this, I have obviously learnt how effective they are and useful when in situations to get quick feedback.

MACS

• The Macs were the most important tool for us. They opened up a wide variety of programmes for me such as iMovie and GarageBand, both of which I have learnt to use.

BLOGGER

• The main programme I have learnt to operate was blogger, uploading all of my work to the site. A great benefit of using blogger was that it was easily accessible, but also easy to post work and edit if needed. Using blogger I have also learnt how to upload YouTube clips and how to embed Prezis and Slideshare presentations.