During the production of a documentary, the author used various media technologies in the construction, research, planning, and evaluation stages. Equipment like digital video cameras, microphones, tripods, and still cameras were used to film interviews and footage. The internet played a key role in research, allowing the viewing of other documentaries, print ads, and trailers for inspiration. Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Photoshop were also utilized at different stages of planning, editing, and creating additional promotional materials.

1. How did you use media
technologies in the
construction, research, plann
ing and evaluation stages?

2. During the production of my documentary, I used a variety
of different technologies within the
construction, research, planning and evaluation stages. I
used professional equipment during the making of my
documentary and print advert, such as; Digital Video
Cameras, Microphones, tripods, and still cameras. By
using this equipment I was able to film interviews and
voxpops that were then used for my documentary.
Digital
Video Digital Still
Camera Microphone Tripod Camera

3. The tripod and DV camera enabled me to film
cutaways, archive footage, stock footage and the
opening titles for my documentary- the microphone
was not needed during these parts of my documentary
as the voiceover would be played over these parts. I
also used a Digital still camera during the filming of my
documentary, this type of camera enabled me to take
still shots of me and my peers when filming to show
proof we had taken part, we could then upload these
images to our blogs. We also we used the still camera
for our print advert. We took pictures of each step
during the making of our documentary to show the
progress leading to the final product.

4. One of the main technologies I used during the making of my
documentary was the Internet, it has allowed me to view other
documentaries helping me to follow the codes and conventions of
professional documentaries and it has also allowed me to view
previous years documentaries . It has played a huge role in my
research as I have been able to view print adverts to help me with
my own and video trailers for when I came to produce my own
trailer for my documentary. I also gathered a large amount of facts
and figures about body image and diets from the internet by using
websites such as www.bbc.co.uk , this was extremely useful when
writing my voiceover as it made the documentary sound
professional and educational.
The BBC Website
Internet

5. I gathered a great deal of questions for my interviews by watching
existing documentaries which helped when we where editing and
producing our own documentary.
The internet has also allowed me to access my blog which is
extremely important as it has helped me to keep up with deadlines
and keep on top of my work. My blog shows the progress of my
documentary and how I have reached my final products. My blog
includes everything I have done to produce my final product.
Www.blogger.com

6. WORD and excel are two programmes that I have
used during the making of my product. Microsoft
word has enabled me to write my questions for
my interviews and print and save them when
finished. If I needed to change them ‘Word’
allows me to return and edit my document if I
needed to.
Microsoft Excel was used when I made
a questionnaire and added up all the feedback, i
then created graphs that showed my results and I
was able to upload these on to my blog.
Microsoft
Microsoft Word Excel

7. Adobe premiere is were all our footage we filmed was
captured to. We were able to edit and make
decisions about the order of our documentary so that
it flowed and was professional. We added cutaways
in between interviews so that when the interviewee
jumps from each question it is not obvious, also it
makes the interview more interesting and
educational. We used a variety of camera angles in
our cutaways to make the documentary look
professional. We made sure that when filming our
interviews that we followed the rule of 3rds and that
the positioning of our interviewee was correct. We
also added Small boxes to the page when a different
interviewee was speaking this shoed their name and
what they where.
Adobe
Premiere Pro

8. We also used Adobe Premiere pro to create our radio
advert, we recorded in our school radio suite and got the
person we chose to read our voiceover to come in and
read out the script that we had written, we then saved it
and copied it onto one of our computers. We then started
to edit it so that it fitted in our documentary correctly.
To create our print advert we used Adobe Photoshop, we
uploaded the picture and then added the title and slogan.
We also added the channel 4 logo to show where the
documentary would be shown. I took screen shots of the
making of the print advert showing what tools where used
and to show progress.
Adobe
Photoshop