1. What have you
learnt about
the
technologies
from the
process of
construction
this product?

2. The microphone came with a
‘windshield/windscreen’ , I learnt that it
protects from the microphone from
outdoor noise reaching the microphone
and ruin recording sessions .In addition I
also learnt when recoding do not press the
microphone up too close to the mouth
otherwise it cause popping sound on into
the recorder thus disrupting the quality of
the recording.
The next most used equipment was the
voice recorder which I used to record the
voice pops and the ‘comedian interview’
of the prelim task. During the set-up, the
voice recorder needed attention
because it had a complicated set-up
such as setting it to ‘Dictator Phone’ etc.
During when actually using the recorder I
need to make sure I was watching the
levels on the voice recorder so that it
came out in high quality and there
wasn’t any distortion.
Voice recorder

3. The constant usage of the computer made it easy for me to
communicate and document our progression. Within the computer
I used the editing software ‘Audition’. During the introductory
process, I learnt how to set up, such as making the hardware
correct for it to record. This then lead to me checking the levels so
when it came to the actual recording, it wouldn’t be too loud that
it made the sound distorted, or too low that I t would be hard to
hear anything. Another skill I learnt was how to arm the recording
layer, which allowed me record. During the recording process, I
learnt how to record new stories and interviews and edit them on
the software by bringing the elements together.
Audition software

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The key skill I learnt was not to overlap tracks; otherwise, it would sound less
professional. When it came to editing large stories, I was able cut them down
by using the Trimming tools and the Splitting tools, to take out the most
important parts of the stories in my final cut. I already had previous knowledge
about the Snipping tool, but was only using it as different way to add images.
Another feature of the software that I learnt was the ability to include sound
effects, such as echoes, delays which can attract the target audience due to
the fast growth in interest of technical music, so adding these effects would
make the stories more appealing to listen to. The main downfall of Audition
was that some of the clips recorded on anywhere else, other than the
software was in the format ‘wav’ or ‘wma,’ so I had to use media.io to
convert the files, so they would be compatible with Audition, to allow me edit
them. In addition, I learnt how to add and multiply soundbeds so it can loop
when needed; I also used this to keep the story light, constant and flowing,
also the music in the background sets the tone of what the story will be about.

5. For PowerPoint, it was for basic uses so I
used it for all my presentations because
I found it to be easy and efficient; also,
it added more media to my blog.
Sometimes, I would print screen the
PowerPoint slides and save them as
images which I used to put on my blog
as a slideshow. I also used the scanner
for multimedia purposes; I learnt to link
the scanner to the computer to scan
pictures and convert them into Jpeg
files, so I would be able to include
them in the blog. Scribed is an online
software that allows you to upload
word documents so it can be
published on websites so that it can be
viewed easily without having to
download anything. Using Scribed, I
learnt how to use ‘codes’ when
uploading onto the blog, which is
useful because it can be used instead
of transferring a large file document
[Image sources; Wikipedia; Scribd,
Powerpoint]

6. During this process I used the Fuji Film
camera to capture (videos/photos)
moments and events such as the
interview and documenting my posters
and review sheets that we got as
feedback. The usage of this camera
helped me document everything to
provide evidence; I then uploaded the
images/videos unto the blog. This
purpose was to add multimedia
expect into the blog thus going along
with the guideline of the exam criteria.
Although already having knowledge of
how to use a camera, I used that to
practise how to take photos and to
frame the image so that it would be
centre of the subject.
Computer used to upload
computer