5. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

To complete my product I used a variety of technologies, this technology allowed me to keep in touch with people, show my progression throughout the project, create the actual piece of media and publish the piece of media.

I used safari as an internet browser so I could access the websites which I used in this project. From safari I accessed Blogger and Youtube. Blogger allowed me to show my progress throughout the project, adding blog posts which gave details of what I achieved each lesson, the planning and research I carried out.  I posted questionnaire results, focus groups and interviews up which helped our group come to a conclusion on the target audience of our media. Using Blogger enabled us not to ever loose our work, it was being saved as drafts and was always accessible.











Safari allowed me to access YouTube which I used to look at opening sequences from produced films of the same genre as inspiration for my opening sequence. When my product was complete, I uploaded it to YouTube so it was published and I could use the link and post it around as publicising.





This is final cut, I used this piece of software to edit the footage and add any effects such as speeding clips up or changing the colouring. I have learnt alot from using final cut as I hadn't used it before so as I was using it, I was also learning. 



This is iMovie, we used iMovie to edit our prelim task, throughout using iMovie I learnt how to add transitions, adding text, editing clips and using other effects. I also used iMovie to create the voice over for the evaluation question in which I saved and exported and put over the product in final cut as a directors commentary.

This is garage band, we used this to record the voice over for our product. We used Lucy to record into garage band and then we exported it into Final cut. 



This is live type, I used this software to create the titles for our piece. Firstly, we used this and had to estimate where about to place each text so it would be in the correct place when we exported it, then we found out that you could put a clip as the background and use the clip to help place the text. This helped and meant that I was able to create titles which went with the voice over and the music along with the actions of the characters. Once the titles were created, we then exported them and imported them into Final cut to put into our product.

This is photo booth, our group used this mainly to provide evidence of each other editing and record us when we was creating videos explaining what we had achieved each lesson and further plans for our project. I was also able to take images of our storyboards and upload them in a blog post.

This is open office, I used open office to produce the questions for our interviews and focus groups. I also used the drawing option in open office to create an image for the first evaluation question.

This is iTunes, I used this software to upload our music on to so we was able to import it to our opening sequence. I often use iTunes so using this software and importing and exporting music was quite easy.

This is a tripod which we used to hold the camera steady. We was able to place the camera into places we may not have been able to get to and let it record whilst it wasn't moving. Using this also let us move the camera from left to right and right to left in a continuous line whereas if we was recording it free handed, the footage would have been wobbly.

This is the camera which we used to film our footage. From this camera we could also look at previous clips we have recorded to look back and see if there was any clips missing. From this camera we was able to upload it onto the macs to import it to final cut.

I used my phone to communicate with the rest if my group and make reminders for myself on any blog posts I needed to create. My phone was used mainly to keep in contact with the group members but during filming, we wanted a alarm clock sound and I used one which was on my phone. Although we didn't use the final clip in our product, it was still recorded.

This is the mac in which I used to edit our sequence. Most of the software that was used in this project is on the macs which meant that I couldn't edit anywhere else. Our group had an individual log in so we could all get onto the mac if any of us was absent. I have learnt alot from using the mac as I am not familiar with it, every time I used it, I experienced something new which extended my skills and knowledge.