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

Technology	Process of constructing
Camera/ Lenses	To film the footage for our film opening we used a Canon 700D instead of the schools common Canon EOS 550D the reason being that the camera we used was a newer model meaning clearer footage which would have more of a professional outcome. As the camera wasn’t mine I hadn’t had much experience with it, so when we first started filming I was a bit clueless on what settings to put the camera on and why. However, further on in the filming process my partner Cordelia showed me how to use the settings on her camera and gave me the chance to start exploring with her camera and learning about the different features of it on my own. For example, I learnt about the ISO settings and how you need to change it with different lighting otherwise it’ll ruin your footage as It may look too dark/light or orange/blue.  We also used a variation of different lenses such as a 60mm for close up, 75mm for an extreme close up and a 18mm to explore different angles, I learnt from using the different lenses what they are and what lenses you need for the different roles of shooting. But most importantly I learnt that you need a mixture of lenses when filming to enable the film to flow nicely instead of just having the same still shot through the same lens.
Mac/ Final cut pro	Once we finished filming everything we needed it was time to face the daunting task of uploading and editing on Final cut pro 7. As I haven’t had much experience with using a mac and final cut pro I was nervous to start adventuring around with it but once I started having a play around with it I learnt that perhaps it isn’t so hard to get the hang of it.
Tools	In final cut pro we discovered lots of new tools which contributed to making our final piece what it is today. The tools which we used regularly during editing was the razor blade tool. The razor blade tool created a straight cut at a precised time.  One of the main issues we had when editing was dealing with music we had chosen. As our original piece of music was found on a royalty free site for online music streaming the music we had chosen was under the genre of ‘Sci-Fi’ the reason why we decided to go with this piece of music was because there were parts in it which we thought really suited our film however there were also other parts where the music started to go into Sci-Fi with the high pitch striking notes. We knew this was going to be a challenge when editing but we decided to take it on as it was the closest thing we found to what we were looking for. To get the music to sound as normal as possible it was a matter of trial and error. We had to keep replaying the music and cutting it where we think it should end and then joining it up with another part of the song. However, the problem with this was it started to sound jumpy, I then discovered to solve this I would need to use the pen tool to sort out the sound which I then lowered near the end and beginning of the cuts to make them flow into each other. In some parts it didn’t work as well as others but you can say it adds to the jumpiness of his agoraphobia. At first me and my partner thought it would be a good idea to add sound effects in. As much as sound effects are useful and can create enigma of a piece we found it a challenge to find the perfect sound effect for example pills dropping on the floor. It only took us to when we nearly finished editing that why don’t we add the official sound to the recordings. It will sound realistic and most importantly will be in time. We learnt that working with what you got instead of adventuring out can sometimes work better!
Colour grading	As I haven’t used final cut pro much before I didn’t even know you could colour grade but after my teacher suggested it as he said that colour grading is used in lots of TV shows/ movies to make you establish the genre without even realising, for example made in Chelsea has a pastel filter to it which tells us that it is a girly reality show. After looking at examples of colour grading as we weren’t familiar with it we then thought it would be perfect for us to use in our film opening. However, I didn’t know how to colour grade so I had to research online on how to do it. How to colour grade Filters-video filters-colour correction- then drag the colour palette to what colours/tones you want it to have  With using colour grading we then started to make the scenes look dark and colour less to fit in with the genre of thriller, colour grading was fairly easy once we knew where to find it on final cut pro.

Blogger	I had to use Blogger to blog everything that went behind making and contributing to the final product. Before I made a Blogger account I had briefly heard about it and how big the software is in the blogging world therefore it was defiantly going to be the site I was blog on over WordPress and other blogging sites. It was stressful at first to get my head around as there was so many things I didn’t understand and didn’t know how do but after watching a few short tutorials on YouTube there was no need to stress I started to learn things like how to insert videos, a sound cloud recording, pictures and animations. It was easy to use which only took little bit of common sense to get the hang of it
Prezi	Unlike blogger Prezi was frustrating throughout the whole process everything about it was hard and frustrating to use, I think in general if you haven’t got the premium edition it won’t be as good as you are limited on the settings to use and information to put on, nether the less I wanted a different way of showing information, which I ended up achieving. However, I couldn’t display the Prezi as a mini clip as I didn’t to buy the soft wear to do this so I ended up taking screenshots of it to present that I have done the work.
Creating a podcast	To create a podcast, I figured out that you need to make a voice memo on a standard iPhone (the only issue I had was that I couldn’t end the podcast until about 10 seconds after I had finished as I had to unlock my phone) I then uploaded it to Sound cloud as other podcasting site wouldn’t work. It was rather simple to upload but the hard bit was embedding it onto blogger. Copy-paste the embed code from 'Code & preview'. Next, copy the code and paste it into the HTML editor section of your site’s editor. After I followed these instructions I learnt how to embed It onto blogger.
Converting final cut pro onto YouTube	To convert our final piece onto final cut pro we had to follow to simple instructions: 1.         After completing your video editing, open Final cut pro window. 2.         Go to “File” option on the option Bar. 3.         Then go to “Share” option. 4.         Then select “Master File”. 5.         A small window will appear on the screen with Option “Info” and “Setting”. 6.         After clicking on “Setting” a menu will appear; you can select format for your video. 7.         After this again go to “File” option and then go to “Share” button. 8.         Click on “YouTube” to upload and get and output file simultaneously. 9.         Sign in to your YouTube account by Clicking on “Sign in”. 10.       Then go on the “Next” button. 11.       On next window Click on “Publish” to upload your video. 12.       Open YouTube directly into your web browser. 13.       Get signed in to your account of YouTube. 14.       Go to “Upload” button and click on “Video Manger”. 15.       Here you can see your video being uploaded.