Evaluation: What have you learnt about technologies from the processes of constructing this product?

 The first of the apparatus that I used was a mini tripod. This I used to hold the video camera when recording still shots or awkward angles that would be difficult to hold steady by hand. By using this it creates the need for less editing (artificial stabilisation) in after effects or final cut pro.

 Here is one of the video cameras I used. It is a high definition video camera with image stabilisation, providing smoother shots when the camera is being moved my hand compared to a camera without stabilisation, which would give unstable, almost jerky shots.
The other camera that I used was my own high definition camera at home. The majority of shots take were with this camera as I found that there was an image with the quality of the recordings with the camera pictured. This is visible in a couple of the shots in the final product.

 Pictured here is a tripod, I used this for most of the shots that I took as it produces smooth movement if required and provides a more professional looking shot compared to a shot that was taken by hand.
The most useful thing about the tripod that I used is that the legs are very adjustable, this meant that I was able to get the exact angle needed for each shot, and hold it throughout.

 This is the laptop which most of my video editing was carried out on, in order to cope with the high needs for using After Effects I bought some extra RAM for £100 so that the rendering took a reasonable time, as well as helping the computer to cope with everyday tasks.

Here is the image of me and the apparatus used. Unfortunately I was unable to gather the additional items discussed earlier for this image, but it shows the majority of things used in the production.
One other piece of hardware I made use of was an iMac, the reason for this is that Final Cut Pro is not supported on PC, so for this part of the editing it was necessary to use one of the department's computers.





Software:
After Effects:

Here is the user interface of After Effects, mid edit in one of my shots.












Final Cut Pro:

Here is an image of the user interface of final cut pro which I found on google images (hence the inappropriate footage being edited).










Youtube:

Here is a screen-grab I have taken of my youtube channel, currently looking at my final video.
I used youtube to upload my final video and then linked blogger to it so that people looking at my blog can directly see my final product.