From the construction of our media product, I have learnt a
lot about the use of modern technologies, many that prior to the initiation of
our practical film opening project, I had never had much experience, in some
cases any, in using.
Although not directly responsible for much of the filming,
as my main role was that of the director, I was still able to experience the use
of a video camera and understand how it worked to a certain degree. Through the completion of our media product,
I have found that my use of a video camera, having over the course of the
project acquired vast amounts of experience in using it, has greatly improved.
I am now far more confident in how the technology is able to work and how to
harness it for maximum effect. Throughout the completion of the project I have
found that I have acquired knowledge on how to successfully film clips and what
specific angle and shot types to use for greatest effect.
My use of the tripod was somewhat slightly more difficult to
master in that I had very little experience in ever using one before the start
of the project. Not only this, I lacked the sufficient co-ordination to make
the most effective use of the tool. However, watching Zach undertake the large
majority of our filming it has allowed me to learn and experience with the
benefit of hindsight how the tripod needs to be accurately set up in order to
successfully make full use of the equipment to allow use of the equipment to
successfully aid the filming process and alleviate some of the burden placed on
an individual using simply a handheld camera.
The use of the Imovie editing software was very easy to
master and quick to pick up. As this was the case, the simplicity of using the
software played a natural advantage in that editing and fine tuning our piece
became the main focus as a group rather than the mastery of a complex piece of
film editing software. 
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