Q6

1. Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies in the process of constructing this product?
Technology What doesit
do?
How wasit
used?
Problems? Solutions? Lessons
learnt?
Camera Films and
records the
raw footage.
Storing itonto
an SD card.
It was used by
being turned
on, and
pressed
record.
The camera
was very
heavy, and at
times was
tiresome to
carry and
transportfrom
location to
location.
I carried the
camera, as I
am the
strongest,
and it wasn’t
a problem
anymore.
It would have
been very
useful to get a
suitablebag
for
transporting
the camera.
This would
have made ita
lot easier to
carry,and
would have
also protected
the expensive
piece of kit.
SD Card Stores
images/videos
(media) on it.
Inserted into
the camera
equipment,
and then into
the IMac when
transferring
media across.
The SD card
we were going
to usewas full
and
sometimes
was quite slow
in savingthe
footage.
I tested my
SD card
before
bringingitto
the shoot,
and swapped
it for my
blank
‘SanDisk Ultra
64GB’ card.
The high
quality card
meant that
we had lots of
space,and it
worked
extremely
quickly.
It is always a
good idea, like
I did, to check
all of the
kit/equipment
before
shooting.
Tripod Piece of
equipment
that enables a
camera to be
mounted onto
it, and allows
the hot head
to be moved
providingpans
and tilts.
A camera can
be placed on
the tripod
which steadies
the footage.
A piece of the
tripod did
actually break
at one point.
The plate,
which was
mounted onto
the camera
got stuck at an
angle, and our
behind the
scene videos
shows what
happened.
Eventually, I
managed to
click itback
onto the
camera.
You must be
careful when
transportinga
heavy camera
on a tripod, as
it can damage
it.
External Microphone The external
microphone
picks up better
quality audio,
from a greater
distance.
I plugged itin
to the external
mic. Port, and
then turned it
on.
The batteries,
when turned
on, didn’t last
a tremendous
amount of
time.
I brought
spares,and
kept checking
the audio
levels.
It is very
important to
bringlots of
spare
batteries, and
keep checking
the audio
levels.
IMac The applemac
computers are
a
It was plugged
in,turned on,
logged in, and
We did not
face any
problems on
N/A I didn’t learn
any lessons
from the

2. Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies in the process of constructing this product?
sophisticated
piece of
technology
which allowed
us use the FCP
software. They
also havea
largesurface
area on the
screen which
allowed our
group to
watch and edit
the video,
even if they
were not right
in front of the
screen.
we began to
use the
software on
the mac.
the apple
IMacs.
IMacs.
Final CutPro Piece of
amateur/semi-
professional
editing
software.
Used to edit
together all
the video clips,
images, sound,
SFX, etc for
our main task.
Some of the
other
members of
my group
weren’t
familiarwith
the software.
I showed
them a few
techniques,
and they
picked up
most of the
software
themselves.
At the end of
the post-prod
process,we
were all very
capablein
editing the
main task.
I have used the
software lots
before, and did
not learn
anything
specifically
new.
Photoshop Photoshop is a
piece of
software that
allows photos
to be edited.
I used
Photoshop to
create our
‘Skyscraper
Productions’
logo.
I accidentally
saveditas a
PSD file,
insteadof a
maximum
qualityJPEG.
I openedup
the PSD file,
and thenre-
savedunder
‘save us.’
Double check
the file saving
format
before
actually
pressing
save.
Adobe AfterEffects Adobe After
Effects is a
digital visual
effects, and
motion
graphics piece
of software.
I usedAfter
Effectsto
adjustsome
of the video
colourlevels
that were
eitheralittle
under,or
over
exposed.
There wasn’t
reallyany
problems,
because
althoughI
diduse this
software,it
was onlyfor
a few clips.
N/A. Aftereffects
really
improvesthe
coloursand is
a great way
to make
adjustments.
YouTube YouTube isa
website
where you
can upload
videos
online,and
theycan be
accessedby
I uploaded
our videos
onto
YouTube,and
thenused
the
embedding
linkstoput it
The videos
tookquite a
longtime to
actually
upload.
We setthe
videosto
upload
before our
lesson,or
straight
after,and
thenwent
Make sure
youexport
the videoina
formatthat
will upload
quicklyonto
YouTube.

3. Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies in the process of constructing this product?
anyone,from
anywhere in
the world.
intomy blog. back at the
endof the
day.
Blogger A platformto
write,and
display
content
online.
I used
bloggerto
effectively
presentall of
the work that
I have done
online.It
made it easy
for an
examinerto
clearlysee,
stepby step,
the process
inwhichwe
createdour
final video.
The software
was often
slow,and
didn’talways
loadon our
school
computers.
I decidedto
do the work
on word
documents,
or another
formof
presentation
software-
e.g.prezi,
email it
home,and
thenupload
it frommy
ownmac.
That way,I
worked
effectively,
and got the
tasksdone
ina smaller
amountof
time.
Don’trelyon
the internet,
or other
software.
Thinkquickly,
and finda
solutionto
the problem
ina
professional
manner.
Prezi Another
online site
where you
can present
content.
I dida lot of
presentations
usingprezi.It
iscolourful,
and
interactive.
There were
no problems
withPrezi.
N/A Presenting
workin a
colourful and
interactive
formis very
engagingto
the audience,
and wouldbe
something
that I would
use again.