Evaluation: Question 6

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

 


 Throughout creating our project I had to use a variety of software other that at first I had no experience in using. I then had to quickly adapt and develop my skills in using them enabling me to use them productively.




I have learned how to upload videos and created content to social media sites such as Youtube. At the beginning of the project I was fairly new to publishing videos and exporting files into Youtube where i would upload them. However after suffering some difficulties and problems the first time I quickly learned from my mistakes and was then able to do this more efficiently. Youtube allowed us to easily upload videos without losing quality and quickly receive feedback on who we could improve.

Final Cut Express

Before starting this project i had never used a camera to record and final cut express to edit and therefore I constantly ran into problems and "technical difficulties" whilst recording with the camera and editing with software such as final cut express where I would then receive help from Youtube videos, searching on-line or asking someone who new more than idea which slowed the process of creating the film. I have now developed my skills and awareness when capturing content whilst using a variety of different shots via the camera. I have also learned and developed my skills in editing the captured content and am able to realize if a shot works well or not and how i could improve the clip. Both of these I have done through experience and guidance whilst working on the project. I am now able to add effects such as fading out a scene etc whilst using final cut express and adobe after effects. Being more technically advance in using software than I was at the start allowed me to add more to the film than I would have before and allowed me to help create it more efficiently to make sure we finished before the deadline.



I had to use Internet sites that provided a service that would help me along the way of crating my finished project. For example I had to use survey monkey which allowed me to create a survey for people to answer. I uploaded it to my blog where I asked a small group of ten to answer the questions I put forward. This would prove to be a valuable service as it helped my group receive feedback and put us in the right direction when making our film as we had an idea of what people wanted to see. Throughout this experience I have constantly used the website blogger, to record my experiences on what I learned and have done. During this time I have become familiar with this site and am able to efficiently navigate the website rarely encountering any problems, whereas at the start of this project I had never used this site before and I required help to start posting and then later on importing videos and pictures and integrating created content from other sites such as Prezi, to blogger enabling me to convey my thoughts and ideas in a multiple of ways.