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

Throughout the process of making our film opening I learnt a lot about technologies such as Final Cut Pro and Colour, as well as the cameras themselves. For example, with the Canon EOS 550D cameras I learnt that in order to achieve an extreme-close-up you use the 75mm and for a wide a 35mm is required – the middle/mid-shot being 55mm.  Similarly, discovering Final Cut Pro became the most easiest part for me as i enjoyed it thoroughly and once we learnt the basic tools such as the ‘Razor Tool’ for a straight cut, is was easier to use the software. 

In Final Cut Pro we had a large struggle with sound throughout our piece due to the complications of the typing sound and correctly  matching it with his fingers hitting the keys. Although this we spent many ours fixing and timing the sounds that it achieved a great success and doing so help us learn more aspects of the software and deeper ways to create better effects.  The Colour software was actually fairly easy to use, what caused the most problems was actually transferring it back to Final Cut Pro since we did not understand that we had to ‘render’ the whole completed sequence in order to send it back to Final Cut Pro since the files could not be read properly. Yet once we got to grips with this we were able to create a great colour aspect by increasing the amount of blue to give more of a depressing feel and adding to the ambiance of the piece.