Evaluation: Question 6

What have you learnt about technologies

from the process of constructing this

product?

Internet Explorer

 

I have used Internet explorer a lot throughout constructing this product. I have used it to access blogger, the website for my blog. The good things about the Internet is that it provides a very safe reasonable search engine. I didn't learn many skills using Internet Explorer as i use Inernet Explorer alot in my own time so i already knew a lot about it.

Blogger
 

 I used blogger to create my blog for my AS media portfolio. I accessed this through Internet explorer. I found that the positive things about blogger were it was very easy to navigate around the website and the blogs are very customisable which makes it easy to personalise. The negative things may be that sometimes it can be slow which is time consuming. The skills i learnt through using Blogger is that i can access my blog through other devices (my mobile) and edit my blog easily using these devices. I have also learnt how to customise my blog to make it personal and suit my blog theme.

 

Adobe Premier Elements 8.0

I used adobe premier elements 8.0 to create my preliminary task and final task. I thought the positive things about this programme is that it enable you to edit footage very easily without being too complicated and the negatives are that it can be very low to load which takes up a lot of valuable time. The skills i have learnt through using this programme is how to edit video footage and add sound and effects to make it look very professional.

  

 

 

Computer

I used a computer the most to create this product. I accessed, adobe premiere elements 8.0, blogger, Internet explorer, prezi and Microsoft word. The positives about the computer i used is that it has up to date software and it works very well. There isn't really any disadvantages about the computer apart from at times it can be quite slow. I haven't learnt many skills while using the computer as i have used a computer alot throughout my daily life so i have already gained skills for using a computer.

 

 

Prezi

 

 I used prezi to create some presentations for my blog posts.  Prezi is a website for making presentations on. I found this very useful as it helped my incorporate different types of work into my blog.

 The presentations i made on prezi are also interactive on my blog, so that they can be looked at while looking through my blog. The skills i have learnt while using this website is how to embed a Prezi into my blog and i have also learnt how to personalise the presentations by changing colour and font.

 

Microsoft Word

I used Microsoft word when creating a blog post analysing opening titles to The Conjuring, film. I think the positive things about word are that it is an up to date programme and is very simple to use. The negatives are that you can't import word files into your blog. I haven't gained many skills using this programme because i have already used Word to do a lot of school work so i have already gained the skills for the programme.

 

 

Laptop
 

I used a laptop at home to carry on updating my blog away from school. I think the positives about this is that i can catch up on blog work and keep up to date when im not in school. the negatives about this are that i can sometimes do work at home and forget to send it in to school so i can add it to my blog.I haven;t learnt many skills using the laptop either because i have already learnt skills from using a laptop from a young age.

 

 

You Tube

 

I used YouTube to upload my preliminary task and main task to and embed those videos into my blog. I also did some horror research on YouTube to find the evaluation of horror. I also watched opening sequence of films on here to plan for my final task opening sequence.  The positives about You Tube are that i can easily find any videos that i want and i can also embed the videos into my blog so that they are interactive and can be watched while looking through my blog.  The skills i have learnt through using this website is that i can embed a you tube video into my blog.

 

 

Camera

I used a handheld video camera to video my final task and preliminary task.

  The positives about the camera is that it has good memory capacity so that i could record alot of videos and footage incase i went wrong and had to film multiple scenes. The negatives are that the camera doesnt have very good battery life so charging it can take up valuable time if i don't notice that the battery life is low before i use it. The skills i learnt using the camera is that i can now film successfully and change the angle of the camera using a tripod and also learnt that using the camera as a handheld camera doesn't allow you to get smooth video footage so i learnt that i need to use a tripod to keep it stable.  

 

Art of The Title

I used this website to research different opening sequence so that i could plan for my final opening sequence. The positive things about this website is that it is easy to navigate around the page and you can access many different title sequences from different genres of film. The negatives about this website is that it can be slow and sometimes the title videos don't load very fast. The skills i learnt through using Art of the Title are that i have learnt lots of different things to do with opening titles which helped me create mine and i used this website to analyse opening titles to put on my blog.

 

Microsoft Powerpoint

 

I have used Microsoft Powerpoint to make presentations for my blog. The positives about this programme is that it is up to date and the programme works very well. The negatives about this programme are that I can't embed the presentations into my blog to that they are interactive I just have to add each slide as a picture onto my blog posts. The skills i learnt with this programme is that i can create lots of different designed presentations about any topic.