Evaluation Q.6

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

For our blogs, we were allowed to use whatever we wanted to post our blogs, so I decided to use Blogger, as a first time user of Blogger, it did take me a while to figure out how to use it efficiently. This is the link to the home page of my Blogger account:

 http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1670978405279728717#overview/src=dashboard

At first I didn't know what to write about and how to list them out in chronological order, but gradually I got used to using it and knowing which buttons to click.I also gradually learnt how to embed videos, upload them onto YouTube, make hyper-links within the posts.

The program we used to edit and export our opening sequence and videos such as audience research, video responses to the opening sequence and test shots on, is a program called  Adobe Premiere Pro. This is the link to their site: http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/premiere.html

At the beginning, I assume like most students who have never used this before, it did take a while to learn about how use this program, I spent a few weeks just experimenting with sample videos to see how I can manipulate it using various video effects and transitions. I learnt how to import videos, then cut or extend the videos, whether to mute it or add sound and use video transitions such as cross dissolves to make it more interesting for the viewer. For our opening sequence, we had to learn how to use the colour correction tool to make it appear more cold and thrilling for the audience. We learnt how to export the videos to the correct file which made it more time-efficient, instead of uploading it in a huge format that will take forever to render, we chose the most suitable depending on the videos. We learnt how to change the text:

We used this tool to make the titles seem more interesting, we added a few video transitions to make the opening sequence stand out. We changed the position and the font, different colours with different animations.

Below are a few print screens of our opening sequence and us working on the titles and fitting it onto the screen at the right moment together with the music.

Production Equipment:

The equipment we used included a Sony Handycam and a tripod. After practising using the camera, I learnt how to perform a white balance, found out how to change from auto to manual focus, using an external microphone and know not to block it and lastly I learnt how to adjust the aperture and exposure.