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

In the editing of our film opening we used a variety of new technology (hardware, software and new technology) we had not used before. These were things such as;

Hardware: The Apple Mac system, a sony handycam cx260, etc.

The sony handicam cx260 was not very difficult to use as it is very user friendly. The hardware the camcorder used made recording very easy. They were not very difficult to import onto the computer and made the process easy and enjoyable.

The Apple Mac system was difficult to use at first as it is different to the windows hardware we have used before. But we eventually understood the system and therefore made the process of editing relatively easy.

Software: iMovie, Adobe After Effects, etc.

iMovie was not difficult to use as it is a simple program and is user friendly. Editing in transitions, music and titles was not difficult and made the process easy.

Adobe After Effects was a challenging program to use. Due to the professional aesthetics of it, the editing process that included muzzle flashes and blood splashes was difficult, but after time became a lot easier through practise. This therefore made the editing process challenging but also educational.

On line Tools: Blogger, Youtube, Mindmeister, Slideshare.

Blogger was a interesting on line tool. The uploading etc, was relatively easy but setting up the layout and the actual design of the blogger page. This was not that important in my opinion but had to be done which made the process relatively easy.
YouTube is a very easy site to manoeuvre. Uploading videos and embedding them onto the blogger page was very easy and not at all complicated and made the process relatively easy.
Mindmeister was a very unique on line tool.  It was very interesting site to use and makes the spider-diagrams aesthetically pleasing. This worked well in the process.
Slideshare was a very useful on line tool. It allowed me to upload any slide shows used onto the blogger which was a very simple, easy process. This helped the process very well.