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

I have made a table (which is shown underneath) of the different equipment that I used during the making of my film, it shows what I knew before I started the course and what I now know having made my 2 minute clip and almost being finished with my as year; it also analyses what I now know and didn't used to know.  

Technology before the course	Explanation of before completing the course to how I find using the technology now;
I movie ·      Editing ·      Uploading into the program	Before the course I had not edited any product which meant that I had to learn how to use the software while editing however I made a preliminary task before doing the main piece of work which helped me to get used to the software before editing the final piece I found this very useful. I found using the software very uncomplicated which made the editing process more enjoyable  meaning I spent more time on getting it right; something which I found hard however when editing was importing music into iMovie however once I had found a YouTube convertor website and worked out how to do it I understood what to do and found it simple from then on.  I have learnt many new skills while editing my final piece these are skills I will take on with me through to A2 year.
Blogger	I had not used the site blogger before so didn’t know how to navigate round the site however I soon leant how to use the site with uploading blogs and being able to preview my blog and other people blogs; also I found it quite easy upload links, video and photos on to the site after doing it once. I now understand how to use the site efficiently which is something I will use in the future.
YouTube ·      YouTube converter	I regularly used YouTube as a site to listen to and watch to videos so I knew how to work around the site and knew had to do the basics such as liking and viewing videos however throughout the process I learnt how to upload videos onto a YouTube account and how to view this while monitoring the video in which I have uploaded on to a YouTube account. I also had never used a YouTube converter which was something that I had to use regularly while making my film to be able to use the copyright music I needed for my film, this was something I quickly learnt how to use it and would now know how to use.
Importing/exporting	Throughout the making of our film we imported and exported many different items into our film and onto my blog; I had not imported any items on to either iMovie or blogger before   editing my final piece or making my blog however I learnt how to do it while completing my blog. The main piece of importing was when importing the footage form the memory card to iMovie this was a very straight forward to do and once I had done it once I knew how to do it and this made it easier in the future. After I had finished the editing process I had to export our finished video onto YouTube I therefore exported the video and uploaded it onto YouTube I had never done this before  once  being shown how to do it I found it easy and I would now be able to do it again. I also had to import photos onto my blog  I found this simple and no difficult to do.
Equipment ·      Tripods ·      Viedo cameras ·      Camera	I hadn’t used much of the equipment before making my 2 minute opening however I had used equipment that was like it similar so found it quite easy to adjust to the new equipment as I could use my prior knowledge. I hadn’t used a tripod before however after using it once it was very easy to use. The camera we used was a Sony I found this camera very easy to use as it wasn’t heavy and focused well meaning I only had to focus what was in the shot making sure it had everything in it and checking the different elements we had to include such as the rule of three, 180 rule and making sure the match on attention was all correct. Overall I found using the camera a troublesome and enjoyable task while filming our 2 minute film.