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

For my own film I used a dv camera, a mac and on the mac I used final cut and livetype. 

Reasons For Using Mac Route

- Universally known to be better for film production work

- Has better film programs

            - Final cut - often used in the film industry, very high quality

            - iMovie - very simple movie making device

            - Garage Band - Easy way to make your own non-copyright music

            - Livetype - Easy way to make your own credits

- Doesn't crash

Reasons For Not Using a Windows Route

- Prone to crashes 

- Film programs are very high cost

From the above reasons I chose to use the Mac's and to do my film on Final Cut Pro. At the beginning there was a few problems with the Mac's as they were breaking and running slow. However we overcome these problems and I was able to continue with my film. I used Final Cut Pro rather then iMovie. This is because it was more professional and therefore I could make my film look more professional. 

I thought garage band didn't have a varied number of samples that I could use to make my horror sound. Therefore I wasn't happy with the program and decided to go elsewhere to find sounds. 

I used livetype for my credits as it was very simple and they also looked very professional. 

I decided to use a dv camera so I didn't have to film my film in a linear way, this means I could film whenever my actors were available rather then the whole film at once. 

Finally I have learnt from this what technologies to use next time, this way I don't have to spend so much time testing out each individual program. Also I found out that technology isn't perfect and always reliable. This means I should find alternatives and back up my original data.