The student learned several skills from using various technologies to construct their media project. They used Final Cut Pro to edit title sequences and experiment with filters and layer patterns. Garageband was used to make music, with experimentation helping them learn the tools. Motion was used to create titles, which required figuring out how to use it with help from technicians. Blogger was used to document their process, which was difficult to keep consistently updated while working. Overall, the technologies helped develop their computer skills through tutorials and experimentation, while working as a group further improved their teamwork skills.

1. QUESTION6
What have you learnt about technologies from
the process of constructing this product?

2. Final Cut pro
Final cut pro is something that we have used a lot
during the process of making our title sequences. I
have learnt many skills from putting on filters to
creating three layer patterns. We were told to
experiment a lot before editing our scenes properly.
This helped us decide what we liked and what we
didn’t like.

3. Garageband
Garageband is what we used to make our music. We
were given a tutorial by the technicians before we
were asked to make some sounds. Again we had to
experiment a lot with this aswell. This helped us
familiarise ourselves with all the tools of garage band.
As you can see we have our movie and we have
deleted all the sounds from it so we can start anew.
We also recorded some voice overs on our phones
and then put it into garage band as part of our sound.

4. Motion
Motion is something that we used to create our titles.
We had to figure out how to use it ourselves with the
help of the technicians. We decided earlier on that we
were using Europa as our distribution and production
company and as they are already a company we did
not have to create an ident. We were able just to
focus on the actual titles. I experimented a little bit
and as a group we decided to go for something
simple.

5. Blogger
Blogger is something we all had to get familiar with. It was a way
of us documenting all the research, filming, editing and
everything else we did in media. We were asked to blog about
3/4 posts weekly and keep it updated with the work that we were
doing at that particular time. This was difficult with some of us
because we were doing the work and the editing and the
research but we were just forgetting to blog about it. With the
feedbacks during our one to ones with our teacher, we were
given advice on how to time manage our blogging.

6. Skills we have learnt.
Through all the technologies that we were taught to use, it really further
developed our computer skills. With every piece of new technology we
were given a basic tutorial on what to do and what not to do. This built
up our basic knowledge from the beginning. Being part of a group and
all being responsible for blogging, filming and editing, it further
developed our skills of working a part of a team. We all had to share
the responsibility and help each other when we didn’t understand
something. Experimenting with final cut, motion and garage band
helped us to create a great final piece because we were familiar with
how it worked.