The student used various media technologies at different stages of constructing their documentary film. IMDB provided information about other films during planning. Short Film of the Week introduced them to influential documentaries. YouTube allowed researching other student films and getting feedback. Wikipedia informed their understanding of documentary conventions. Google Maps helped locate suitable filming locations. Blogger documented their research and progress. Equipment like tripods, microphones, and cameras were used to capture quality footage. Communication technologies like email and messaging aided collaboration. Prezi, Photo Booth and iMovie supported evaluation. Final Cut Pro was used to edit the final film.

1. Question 4) How did you use media technologies in the
construction and research, planning and evaluation
stages ?

2. IMDB
-For the development of our film IMDB was an effective form of technology as what it
provides has enhanced our ideas and the generalisation of certain elements.
-IMDB provides information into ever possible detail into a film from the cast and crew to
a synopsis of the film.
-In the earlier stages of the construction of the film we found this thoroughly influential as
we looked into other sporting documentaries such as In The Hands Of The Gods and
Hoop Dreams, which where the most influential feature films we looked at over the
course of the research stage.
-Through the provision of great detail we are able to emulate this by seeing what film
roles are necessary and the general opinion of the film, showing whether it is worth
using it as a starting base to help us develop an idea.

4. Short Film Of The Week
- Short Film of the week is a form of technology which we were instantaneously introduced to
after making the decision of selecting a documentary for the choice of genre.
- Truthly if anything had the largest impact on what was the creation of the narrative of the
film this website had it.Previously we were completely unaware of the existence of short film
of the week.
- Many films were analysed however two came across as riveting and enjoyable which created
the intention of using certain techniques in our documentary.
-The very first short documentary which caught our attention which was discovered through
this website was ‘Always A Fire’ which documents and informs the audience on the rise and
fall of a talented young american footballer.
-What we got out of this was the strong use of cut aways through memorabilia and the powerful
influence of interviews which tells the story.
-Secondly Born Into Coal gave our group the interpretation on how many locations are
necessary and more specifically what locations are necessary as we are taken to the homes,
hospital and working environment of the two miners we are introduced too.

6. YouTube
-Previously I had some form of knowledge with the likes of YouTube however, I did not acknowledge how
much it can provide and in a sense enhance the film, creating an improvement.
-For instance, when looking into other documentaries we came across other student films ,meaning we
gained an interpretation through clips presented on YouTube into such elements of a film as titles.
-Additionally through the construction of the film , YouTube provided us with the access to upload videos
where we could gain feedback therefore developing ideas and allowing us to download videos, which
could be modified or analysed for the benefit of the film.
-I was unaware of both of these accessible options on YouTube.
- As the time frame for our film is 5 minutes it was important we understood a way to structure the
documentary and how to incorporate the most interesting footage at a student level.
- ‘ The Janitor’ is a student film made in 2010 which we came across and found to be highly influential as
it helped develop the idea of having the focus on two people and interviewing other people to stress their
characters and affect, in our case the affect of Jack and Kobi on their Sunday League team ‘London
Lions’.

8. Wikipedia
-Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia meaning any aspect of the filming process which we had
little knowledge of this form of technology would essentially fill in any gaps in our knowledge.
- At the beginning of this process it is inevitable to state that our acknowledgement of
documentaries was limited. This made it likely from the start that we would utilise websites
such as wikipedia, contributing to the enhancement of both our narrative and the structure of
the film.
- When sticking to what is essentially the conventions of a documentary wikipedia was the most
useful website as it provided us with direct detail towards these conventions such as interviews,
montages and re constructions.
-This meant when going out to film we planned it in such a way that it we would stick to these
conventions so that when we went to the likes of the Jack and Kobi’s home, we captured the
most appropriate footage for the editing suite to make these conventions stand out which is
something I believe we achieved successfully.

10. Google Maps
- After coming up with the narrative of the film it was extremely important that we would be able
to capitalise in what was at the time a fresh idea by finding a football side with a mixed range of
age groups in a large space of land.
- Google Maps is a web mapping service application and technology provided by Google to fund
many map based services.
- This was a form of technology which we were previously aware of but through other forms of
research we discovered how convenient and useful this form of technology could actually be.
-The effectiveness of this form of technology came from the service it provided which showed an
overall view of different locations, in our case all different amateur football sides grounds which
is how we came to the decision of filming in Rowley Lane, Arkley.
-Our decision was based upon the acres of land the football club owned, meeting the hopeful
requirements we had for the film as we were able to gain a few establishing shots but more
importantly have enough space on the pitches to have the focus purely on one team, instead of it
being compact and the footage becoming confusing between all the other matches.
-Overall Google Maps was an unexpected but very positive technology over the course of the
construction of the film.

11. Overview Map Of
Europe
Text
Rowley Lane, Arkley

12. Blogger
-Blogger enabled us to post all progress and research we have had made throughout the
gradual development of our film, which could be researching into films related to our genre,
changing certain parts of the film such as the storyline or just simply adapting on what is a
current idea and expressing it through a variety of ways.
-Blogger was a website which I had vaguely heard of but had absolutely no acknowledgement
of what it could provide until the beginning of the academic year, whilst Sam is familiar with it
from the AS course last year.
-It is a useful piece of technology due to the service it provides and the general effect it can
have on our 5 minute short film, as we are able to utilise the fact Blogger saves work no matter
the scale or size.
-This allowed us to capitalise on any research we found could be relevant , blogger was a
simple and informative way of us referring back to work to help us on filming sessions and
editing.
-Throughout the thorough detailed pre production, production and post production stage of
our film, Blogger has had a fairly big impact to assure quality was sustained entirely for
everything we did.
- Essentially it allowed us to analyse all filming sessions and creating a description towards a
breakdown of what was filmed and how successful they are.

13. List of Blog posts

14. Filming Equipment:Tripod, Microphone,Microphone and
Boompole
-For the production stage of our film there was not an entirely wide range of technologies we used
but however the one’s which we did use we discovered they do have several additional features
which we became conscious of. The difference being with these forms of technology in comparison
to the others is that before putting them to use we were aware of the general importance of the
equipment.
-A very simple but important form of technology when constructing our film throughout the several
filming sessions we undertook in the many locations was a tripod which is a three legged stand for
supporting a camera. This controlled what was involved in the shot as it placed the camera in a
specific position, which shows what we now believe is good framing of majority of our footage
justifying the influence of a simple piece of equipment.
- Specifically the Sony HDV Camera which we used, was the camera we selected to capture all of our
footage. We found the camera to be emphatic in terms of quality but however their was a
reccurence of one problem this being the camera’s battery as it would have very little battery life
after a short period of time, despite being charged for a few days.
-. One of the two types of media technologies which we utilised for sound was the boom pole which
was very beneficial as it could be extended a fair distance enabling us to capture pin point sounds
from matches and training sessions. Secondly the microphone which is what captures the sound was
extremely clear putting us in the position that when editing the film we can exaggerate the theme of
football.

15. Tripod
Sony HDV
Camera
Boom Pole
and
Microphone

16. Hotmail and I message
-Hotmail is one of the most popular free emailing services which is provided by Microsoft
which is accessible from a computer anywhere in the world. Hotmail also provides users with a
schedule calendar and the capability to save contact lists in an address book.
-IMessage is a free service from Apple that enables users of apple powered devices to send text
messages over Wi-Fi from mobile devices like the Iphone and Ipod Touch.
-Users can easily distinguish messages sent via iMessage, as message replies appear in a blue-
shaded bubble as opposed to the Messages app’s standard green coloured bubble.
- These two forms of technology had an impact on what is the narrative of the film. This
impact came from it providing us with the ability to contact the parents of Kobi and Jack
which is a necessity in order to gain permission to film them as they are only 11 years old.
-When contacting Antony for the permission of Kobi hotmail was used, which turned out to be
extremely efficient speeding up the whole filming process.
- After contacting Antony he gave us the number of Jack’s mother (Samantha) after deciding
that his personality was the ideal fit for our film along side Kobi. When contacting Samantha
we alternatively used I message as we became informed on its efficiency and due to the fact it
is a more direct way of addressing people.

17. Sent Messages
Replies

18. Prezi
-Prezi is a presentation software and storytelling tool for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas.
-When it comes down to the evaluation stage of this course, we wanted to show variety in the
way in which we answered them.
-After looking into the best forms of technologies in which we could undertake the evaluation
question in a well structured and different manner, Prezi came off as a really interesting
option.
-It provides a range in layouts and shows the whole process of the answer in a unique fashion,
which makes the answer less formal but easier to understand.
-Prezi also enables us to differentiate sections of the answers for instance for evaluation
question 1 we discussed the conventions of documentaries, therefore we had a separate box for
every convention.
-Over the period of time are Prezi was being designed we became more and more aware of the
many features it provides and the original affect it can have on the design.
-Prezi was a very useful website for the evaluation stage of our finished product, it also
provided us with some form of re assurance after looking over what comes across a well
thought of, researched and executed film.

20. Photo Booth and IMovie
- As I have previously stated when taking on the four evaluation questions we wanted to be as original
as possible.
-Along with the Prezi we have created a blog post for our answer of question 2 which is not particularly
different.
-However for our audience feedback answer we came up with the possibility of a video as through one
of us being in the possession of an apple laptop we had the option of using firstly photo booth and then
Imovie.
-The intention was too create a montage of the views of our classmates on what is the rough edit of our
film showing the positive things and negative things they have to say about ‘Box To Box’ rough edit.
-Photo Booth was used for the filming of these opinions which came off as fairly good quality when it
comes to the picture but this wasn’t too much of an issue as we gained very clear sound
from photo booth which is the most important thing.
-Imovie is a editing programme which is provided in Apple which meant I could immediately get
editing after filming my classmates. It also allowed us to create the video in the style which we initially
intended too.
-In conclusion Prezi, Photo Booth and Imovie became very useful, fascinating and effective in the
evaluation stage of the coursework.

21. Photo Booth application and list of
classmates opinions

22. Final Product Creating The Montage

23. Final Cut Pro
-In the post production stage of our film Final Cut Pro is a further application we became
familiar with, as this was our choose of software to edit on. It was important for us to choose
the correct editing software as it dictates the outcome of ‘Box To Box’.
-Initially Final Cut came across as daunting to use, but we managed to overcome the
complexity of it and gained a vast understanding of it.
-The screen on the right of the programme shows the film, giving us a direct view to the
transition of what the film looks like over the period of time it is being edited.
-Final Cut Pro provides us with the novelty of rewinding, fast forwarding,playing and pausing
all the footage whenever, making it simpler to spot any possible faults.
-The section on the left shows all footage we have and that has been in imported into Final Cut
Pro,making it easier to choose all the footage we acquire when actually editing and giving us a
clearer perspective on what footage to use.
-What fundamentally takes up majority of the Final Cut Software is the editing panel where
the film is created and formatted to the way in which one intends too. The layout of the film
can be altered through the bar at the very bottom of the screen as it can be maximised or
minimised.

24. List of
Footage
Editing Panel