Evaluation Activity 6

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

 I have gained knowledge of so many different technologies since beginning my A-Level media course. For the creation of my video we used Windows XP computers as opposed to the Apple Macs that were available.

I had little knowledge of how to use the video cameras and now know how to use them effectively. I had never used Adobe photoshop or Adobe premiere pro before.

We have also had to use a program called 'Blogger' which is a website used to post coursework to, I had never used this website before. Once I had started my coursework, I discovered that Blogger also has an 'App' for smart phones, this has helped me greatly in my coursework process, meaning another technology I have used is an 'iPhone 4'.

I used Google as my search engine for my research and planning as opposed to bing or yahoo.



I used YouTube to enable me to do evaluation task 5. 

Evaluation Activity 7

 7 Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

Since the beginning of the course when we created our Preliminary task, I have learnt how to use many different tools, on the two different programmes we used on our final product, which were; Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Photoshop.
Although creating a 'film' we had to use Adobe Photoshop to create our Production Company Logo. (the black wolf in front of the blue moon saying 'Selenic Studios'). On this program I have learnt how to cut away excess image, change the size of an image, put multiple images on one document and put text in front of an image.
On Adobe Premiere Pro I learnt how to cut away unneeded footage, insert blending effects, title screens, music, sound effects, fades, etc.
I also learnt how to use the different shot types, such as panning, tracking, close up, extreme close up, point of view, mid shot, long shot, low angle and high angle.
Another key aspect I interpreted into my finished product was the '180 degree rule' which we learnt in the preliminary task, this means that the camera can only stay on one side of an imaginary line, to avoid confusing the audience with where the actors are in relation to where the camera is.