Evaluation activity 6
- 1. EVALUATION ACTIVITY 6 WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?
- 2. Throughout the creation process of our film ‘Steeze’ we have learnt to use various types of technologies and computer programmes. The search engine Google was particularly helpful in the process of constructing our film especially for research.
- 3. Constructing ‘Steeze’ was my first opportunity to use a video camera on a tripod. We used a Sony Handycam which was a suitable size and weight for us as we filmed in various locations. To begin with I found filming stable shots more complex than I would have hoped but after some practice panning and zooming in it became easier and I was able to get good and stable footage whilst the camera was on the tripod.
- 4. For my blog I used ‘blogger’ which I was also new to. I was able to adapt to it quite quickly and altered the layout and background to suit the genre of my movie. I learnt how to upload images, hyperlinks and videos to my blog.
- 5. Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 is the programme I used to edit our clips and eventually combine them together to make them in sync and add titles where needed. Also to add various effects such as black and white, fades (dissolving) and blurs.
- 6. Getting the font, font size and positioning of the titles right and then getting the duration of the titles in sync with the music was tricky but after some practice I mastered it. At first I used the ‘crawl’ effect for the titles but during the production process I decided that I preferred the video without it. I decided to make each of the titles 3 seconds long so that they were displayed long enough for the audience to read but short enough to keep them engaged.
- 7. I used a presentation software called ‘Prezi’ to make my use of technology more diverse. I felt that it added more to my blog as I was using PowerPoint over and over again. I incorporated images into my presentation to illustrate my ideas and drew frames around each different slide.
- 8. I uploaded my PowerPoint presentations to http://www.slideshare.net/ so that I could post a link to my blog that links to the PowerPoint.
- 9. I use YouTube almost everyday but after constructing my opening sequence I made a channel in order to upload my video and also make annotations. When uploading my video, I first had to wait for my video to render before adding annotations.
- 10. I use YouTube almost everyday but after constructing my opening sequence I made a channel in order to upload my video and also make annotations. When uploading my video, I first had to wait for my video to render before adding annotations.