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

There were several technologies used through this whole process. The following list shows what we used and why we used it.

Software

• The programmes we used to edit our film opening was Adobe Premiere Pro. We decided to use this programme as, once we learnt the basics of it, it was quite easy and simple to use. We were able to tweak our footage and add in effects, transitions and text over the top of our footage. We were also able to slow down and speed up our footage. We used both the slow down and speed up in our teen angst opening and managed to do it without difficulty. Myself and Cerys Thomson found it easier to use Adobe Premiere Pro so we did the editing, however Abbie Arshed had input on how o make it better. We found that being in a group benefitted us whilst using this programme as we were able to have many different ideas on how editing and changing different parts would improve our opening.
• Another piece of software we used a couple of times was Photoshop. We used this to edit our production company log. Photoshop helped us a lot when editing this. It allowed us to cut around the crown and place it on the 'Q' at an angle. We could not do this on any other piece of software so Photoshop was a big help. The production company logo took us a while to create as we tried out several different ideas before we decided on the final one.

• Another piece of software we used is PowerPoint. We used PowerPoint when planning our initial and basic ideas of our teen angst opening. It was very helpful to us when thinking about our initial ideas because it allowed us to get down all of our thoughts and ideas digitally instead of on paper. With this work being done on the computer, it meant there was no risk of us losing the paper with the work on.

• Publisher was another more piece of software that was frequently used during my planning and research. I used this programme to present and create some of my planning and research. I then transferred it to Blogger. I did this as it meant that I got work done more efficiently because I already knew how to work this programme; I gradually started to understand Blogger more so started doing my planning and research straight onto there.

Hardware

• A hardware tool that we have used is a digital video camera. This camera was very easy to use as the record button was very obvious and easily found and also we could watch each individual clip that we film rather than going back through all of the footage to get to the clip wanted.
• The media technology that we used the most was a computer. This is because all of the software we needed to edit out footage was on a computer

Online tools

• An online tool that has been used during my research and planning is Blogger. Now  that I know how to work Blogger properly it has been very easy to use. It allows me to get all of my research and planning down in the same place. Also with this being on the computer and saved in one place it stops me from losing any loose pieces of paper that could be very important in all of my planning and research.
• Another online tool that we used frequently was YouTube. We uploaded all of the drafts of our opening onto YouTube and copied the link onto Blogger. This was quite a long and complex process at first however, the more we used it, the easier it became.
• A third online tool that was used was used was Facebook Messenger. This online tool was used between myself, Abbie Arshed, Cerys Thompson and Niall Hay to arrange when we would edit our opening and to discuss our ideas when we were not in school.
• The final online tool that we used was iMessage. This was to arrange with the actors where and when we would film our party scene. iMessage was extremely easy to use as I use it in my everyday life.