THE PITCH - Technology Skills audit

Technology Skills Audit

1)  Adobe Premier Pro- This software has allowed me to make a whole video by editing and using little clips. When I first started using it for the preliminary project, I was confused as it was all new to me, the easiest bit was cutting clips but the rest I didn’t really get the hang of until the end of the lesson. I still get confused how to do certain things on it, but I am definitely much more confident in my skills.

2) Adobe After Effects- This software was used for adding credits such as the title, names of the stars and director. In my opinion, this software was harder to use than adobe Premier Pro as there were more buttons and settings. It was easy to write the credits however my group was confused about how to add specific transitions and effects. 

3) Camtasia- I needed to use this software to analyse the sound in a title sequence for a blog post. The skills I’ve learnt are how to actually screenshot the video and how to put it on the Camtasia software. I annotated the whole video and then posted that onto my blog. That was a difficult part so I asked my friend for help. Now I know what to do. 

4) Blogger.com- So far, I’ve posted around 49 blog posts. This website allows me to post one piece of work at a time and lets me know when I’ve posted it at what day and time. Also, if I click on my name, it shows all of my work and makes it easier for me to find my work if I want to improve it. I have learnt how to embed presentations, videos and photos. Also,

5)Snipping tool- At home, I use a different laptop/computer than the ones in college so I didn't know how to screenshot. I found a software on my laptop called 'Snipping Tool' and it screenshots what you want it to screenshot. This was useful as I needed to screenshot a lot for my blogs. It has helped me make my blogs look more creative and interesting.

6)Prezi - Prezi is just like Emaze however it looks more creative than Prezi as there are bubbles that are the presentation pages. 

7)Emaze- Emaze is an online presentation software just like Prezi however it is more professional looking in my opinion. I prefer using Emaze as I feel it's easier.

8) Professional Video Camera- I've never used one so of course it was difficult at first however once the technicians talked through what to press and how to connect the tripod to the camera, it got the hang of it. The cameras play an important role in media as we need them to film our title sequences, the remake, and the prelim. 

9)http://gifmaker.me/ - I used this website to make the gif that is shown in the beginning of this blog. I only recently found out about how to make them and it isn't that hard. I just have to be able to save images from the internet. Before I saved the gif, I changed the speed and size of the gif to make sure it is possible to actually see the images.

10) http://www.zamzar.com/ - I tried changing the formats of our voice recording (for the initial ideas blog.)