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

During the process of constructing this product I had to use two different technoloogies; blogger.com to record the process and the physical element where I used camcorders and Apple macs to produce my actual product.

I had previously used camcorders quite extensively and I didn't encounter any real problems when I was filming my final piece and so I didn't really learn anything new about this technology. I did however learn a lot when it came to the editing of our film; I hadn't  previously used Final Cut and so I faced a steep learning curve when it came to editing. The only other editing program I had used previously was Windows Movie Maker which is extremely simple compared to Final Cut and so I learnt how to perform a lot of new actions such as cutting footage up, putting it into a timeline, overlaying filters, overlaying sound and colour correcting the footage.

I also learnt a lot about technologies when it came to recording my progress using blogger; I hadn't previously used any blogging software but I found blogger relatively easy to find my way around and in a short space of time I had learnt how to create a post, embed images into posts and embed videos from youtube and other video hosting sites into posts. These basics were all I really needed to know how to do throughout my project.