Evaluation 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of construting this product?

In creating our media product, we used a range of different software and hardware, some of which we were familiar with using and some of which we had to teach ourselves how to use for the first time. These included:

• Youtube - After it was complete we uploaded our film to Youtube. This was fairly simple once the film was converted to the right format as all of us have had previous experience of using Youtube.
• Lumix Camera by Panasonic - We filmed our product using a Lumix series Panasonic digital camera. This was fairly straightforward to use and most of us had a basic knowledge of this type of camera. We became more proficient in using some of the camera's more technical features throughout the process of making our film. For example we became proficient at using the camera's zoom setting wihout triggering the auto-focus built into the camera. However this is not visible in our film as we cut the shots using this technique.
• Sony Vegas Editing Software (screenshot shown) - We had to teach ourselves to use the editing software in order to bring together the final edit of our film after filming had been completed. The software was fairly simple to use, working mainly on a drap and drop principle which is extremly common in alot of modern computer software. We were able to change the order of the shots, cut them down to the right length, add in effects such as fades and add music over the top of the film. Instead of using external software in order to add the music, we used the features built into Sony Vegas designed specifically for sound and were able to get fairly successful results. Vegas then allowed us to renser the footage and convert it into a suitable foormat for uploading to the internet.
• Blogger - We used Blogger in order to keep an online record of our planning in the progress we were making with the production of our film. We also posted our film on Blogger as well as Youtube.