We learned to use several technologies in constructing our product: 1) We became familiar with blogger to create and update blog posts, and to embed videos, documents and presentations from other programs. 2) We learned to use YouTube to upload videos and create channels to share our work. 3) We became proficient in using video and audio editing software like Sony Vegas to assemble and enhance our film. 4) Various software like Photoshop and Microsoft programs were used to create assets and presentations at different stages of planning and evaluation.

1. Question 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process
of constructing this product?

2. Planning & Research
We were previously familiar in working
with both PowerPoint and Word
helped, which were used to create any
presentations or documents that
We had to get to grips with blogger, in needed to be uploaded to our blogs.
order to add posts and update the
progression of our product. For Before uploading documents from Word or
this, we required a Google account PowerPoint straight to our blogs, we first had
and learn how to create and edit to become used to uploading them to
posts and upload embedded Slideshare, before embedding them into our
videos, documents or presentations. posts. We were shown how to work this
through a class demonstration, with us
following on our own computers.
Prezi was one of the main methods of
creating a presentation for our blogs.
YouTube was used throughout to This took some time to become used
first upload our preliminary task to working with it, which was mostly
videos, target audience interviews spent experimenting with trial and
and pitches to the class. It was error when making a presentation.
also the source of much of our
research into our chosen
genre, e.g. student video analysis. Google was the main search engine we
This meant we needed to become used during researching. This included
familiar with how to create a searching for information on our target
YouTube channel, upload and audience, film distributors etc.
embed videos.

3. Construction
We used a Panasonic NV-
GS500 camera to capture The boom microphone
our scenes. This is a was used alongside the A Hanns.G computer was A sound booth and recording
basic, easy to use video camera in order to capture used during the entire studio were used for the
camera that we were taught the best quality process from research and recording of the narration in
to use through creating our sound, without any planning, to the the opening. This was
preliminary tasks. After background noise. This evaluation. We all had previously set up before
getting to grips with how to was relatively easy to experience in using recording and so only required
operate the camera, this operate once plugged into computers, but not in us to start and stop the
allowed us to use different the camera and was again some of the software used recording, upload it to Sony
camera shots and used during filming our during construction of our Vegas and edit it into our
movements for our piece. preliminary tasks. product, i.e. Sony Vegas. opening.
These shots and
movements include:
Establishing/long
shot, close ups, panning
shots, shot reverse shot
(180° rule), over the
shoulder shots etc.

4. One of the software included was Sony Vegas, which Freeplay music was the source for finding the
allowed us to upload our film from the camera and edit it. soundtrack to the film. From this, we found 4
From the tools within the editing, this also allowed us to add separate jazz tracks and edited them into one.
in the black and white film and camera flash effects to our This was easy to operate, yet finding the
product. The camera flash effect was used as both a visual appropriate tracks for our soundtrack was fairly
and audio clip, featuring a flash and the sound of an old difficult.
polaroid camera. Once we were used to working the editing
software, it gave us the opportunity to use different
transitions between different scenes of the film. The main
transition included in our film, was a simple fade to black
and fade into the next scene.
For our production
logo, Photoshop was the main Sound recorder and microphone were used for
tool used to create it. Some of the recording of the Foley sounds used in our
our group had already had product. This was mainly for recording the
previous experience in working camera flashes and the case file being moved
with Photoshop, yet still took across the table. There was no experience in
time to create the production using this, however did not prove difficult once
logo. we had worked out how it operated.

5. Evaluation
All of these were the main
After the tools used for creating and
evaluation, YouTube will be uploading our evaluation
used to upload our answers to later be added to
finished products and to our blogs. The Microsoft
receive feedback on our programmes were used to
openings. create the presentations, and
were later embedded onto
either Slideshare or
Prezi, ready to be placed on
our blogs.
Just as it was used during
research and planning, and
construction, Blogger was
used to post up individual
presentations of our
evaluation questions.
In the evaluation, Google was mainly
used for gathering images to be placed
in our presentations.