Evaluation Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Throughout the whole process of constructing our finished film I have learnt a wide variety of skills and techniques when using the technologies provided. The first main technology which took longest to get used to was the Apple Mac computers as I had previously never used one before. I found it extremely confusing and frustrating at first, as well as using all the new software I had never used, for instance iMovie, one of the main programmes needed to create our film took a while to familiarise myself with. However, once I felt comfortable with using the Mac I could quickly learn more and more skills which would be vital in the process of creating our film.

     The Blogger website was also new to me. However, once I set up my account I quickly explored the features of the site and could enjoyably blog, posting my work and interactive content. I could now easily import and upload videos and pictures. Here I could blog all my current progress, and also the techniques and information I had learnt along the way. The use of Youtube was also very efficient, any specific clips from films or programmes we could import and upload onto blogger to help with our research. We also used the website to upload our own films, allowing others to view our work.

     When creating our final film we used our own camera instead of the schools as it would ensure better quality and more function - however, this came at a price; it took a considerable amount of time to get used to the camera when filming, and many attempts to get the features such as the zooms and focus pulls perfect in each shot. Despite this, we all had a positive attitude towards our progress of making the film.

     The editing process of the film was probably the most challenging. By using iMovie I could see it would take a generous amount of time to get used to using each feature, although once I was familiar with the programme I could achieve much more skilled and advanced projects, I was now able to create voiceovers and structure our film shots together to create drafts which could then be edited. I learnt how to create many different camera shots which could be combined to achieve effective and professional camera work techniques such as match on action, shot/reverse/shots, point of view shots and more.

     Overall, I think I have learnt something at every stage of development of our film and have been very successful in learning new skills and techniques when using different technologies, while also learning how to make a quality and professional film in general.