What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
We used a Panasonic camera to capture and record our film. It was easy to use and had multiple options such as adjusting the lighting, contrasts and made sure the shot was steady before recording. Although it did limit how creative we could be because it would shake too much if we handheld it. The editing process solved most of these problems.
We used a standard tripod to stabilize the camera for still shots and was very easy to use. There were no problems with the tripod and did its job perfectly.
We used a steadicam to stabilize the camera during moving shots and was also very easy to use. Although there still were slight shakes, it was nothing severe that we couldn't fix through editing.
iMovie was the initial editing software that we used. It improved ineffective as it lacked any complex editing like colour correction and didn't have a good way to cut shots. This definitely slowed the process of editing down since the better editing software that we used later on proved much more effective in getting what we wanted. Although iMovie is really basic for beginners so we used it for editing our continuity exercise.
As you can see, Lightworks is much more complex than iMovie and is a much better editing software as it allows more variety to editing such as colour correction and able to fix transitions between shots much more cleanly than iMovie. Furthermore, in Lightworks, you could cut the shots in milliseconds rather than in seconds in iMovie therefore Lightworks is far more precise than iMovie. You can also add sound much more easier in Lightworks because in iMovie, the sound will overlap into other shots when you don't want it to. We all managed to pick up fairly easily with guides on Youtube. It was definitely worth using Lightworks over iMovie.
I used Youtube to upload and publish our videos onto. It also worked as a compressor so our video size wasn't massive. I had never used Youtube to upload any videos so I found Youtube very easy to use.
We used Blogger to record our progress for our coursework and proved to be an effective way of archiving progress. Blogger is easy for beginners and rewards experienced computer users with their HTML coding. The fact that the blog can be personalized is a huge plus. My only concern is that beginners may struggle to change certain aspects of their blog like moving other posts around the blog and there's not really a guide to use Blogger. You're just expected to know how to use it.