The document discusses the various digital tools and platforms the author learned to use during a film production project, including Apple software like Final Cut Pro, cameras, websites for researching music and promoting videos, Google services, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, YouTube, Blogger, and communication tools like Twitter. The author found many of the skills learned, such as video editing, use of cameras, and uploading content, will be useful for future career opportunities and projects.

2. In order to video many if
our progress interviews and
other bloopers we had to
use IOS7 on a number of
occasions which in the
future when encountering
any apple software
/hardware I will be able to
easily adapt and use the
technology especially as my
household is dominated by
apple products.
Recordings
Final cut pro was an absolute myth in my
mind and I had no intention to use it after
having an abysmal experience with apple in
the past. However when learning how to edit
cut crop and shape shots as with all apple
programmes I started to enjoy it and
thought it was a very useful asset to have,
considering the fact that our editor ditched
our group and so did our replacement
leaving me the producer and the director to
do the majority of the editing. The use of
actually adding MP3 files importing videos
from an SD card and creating a film is
without doubt the most enthralling and CV-
blowing technology and skill that I have
learnt.
The skill although not
directly involved was the
use of the camera. It
presented to me a future
in the career of being a
cameraman for a
production company as
now I know how to
operate a reasonably high
standard camera which is
vital in creating a
production.

3. research
In order to select the perfect music I used WSHH. It is a very
well established website internationally, especially with the
teenage age group hence why I thought it was vital to use this
website for the mise en scene. Now although I did not believe
costume was heavily influenced I can confirm the music for
the love scene Drake pound Cake was seen on this particular
website. Although I listened to it repetitively on Soundcloud
I am in high doubt it would not of been promoted by
Soundcloud, hence why I believe I am glad now to have learnt
about WSHH and know how to navigate through the website.
Intriguingly there is an unforgettably similar correlation
between the amount of times I used have used Soundcloud, its
growth in the stock market and time passed in this particular
project. It is no coincidence due to the fact that learning how
to use Soundcloud has been an absolute pleasure. This is as
from the first instance it is completely compatible for not just
a teenager but anyone using it. It is a multi-purpose app and
website. It stores music for you, let’s you share and also has a
large data base of sounds all of which are absolutely free.
Google, what can I say? The heart to all my problems, well most of
them. Most of them such as just finding out what time my local bus
comes. But no, Google is so much more than that and in this project I
have discovered some of it’s hidden beauties in which I had no idea
existed. The main asset is as Google states for itself; “One account for
everything”. This without doubt is extremely useful, as now I do not
have to log onto YouTube, blogger, Gmail and a tone of other websites
as I'm already logged in and can effortlessly navigate, something before
this project, I had absolutely no clue existed. It has made the
presentation, research and other processes so much easier.
Wikipedia has yet again been a loyal servant, providing me with
whatever I can imagine in my outgoing mind effortlessly. However
what I have learnt is not the actual website but a feature until this
project started I had token no notice off. The references at the
bottom of each article are actually vital for example when
researching how Drake is an artist who is into the romantic
relationship genre I realised that underneath he was successful when
seeing the reference came from the Grammy website that he was a
winner proving he was successful hence portraying Wikipedia was
able to back up the information effectively.

4. Production
A basic tool which I have had to use throughout
my whole computering career. Microsoft word is
essential tool in storing information simply and
clearly in which I can further develop. Over the
course of the project I have only reinforced my
knowledge brushing rusty parts of the features
such as text highlighting and underlining as well
as practising and cementing past skills that I
have previously acquired. In addition word was
very helpful as I could just copy and paste text
into blogger on order to produce my blog when
I opted rarely to write a paragraph or two.
PowerPoint combined with slideshare were also a
vital tool in presentation as it allowed a more
visual type of presentation to be achieved. I
learned how to use the design background
change of colour during the project which
although not being a big fan of PowerPoint I do
believe will attract whoever is observing
presentations more effectively. Combined with
slideshare which was needed to insert the
PowerPoint's through a link in a presentations
embedded code completed this section of the
presentation. Slideshare was a completely new
concept to me. Just making an account and
uploading PowerPoint's is a useful skill now
considering I can upload my PowerPoint's in a
web format.
For every single time I have used
YouTube, I have only ever watched
videos. Says a lot about the purpose of
YouTube. But after almost 7 years of use I
have finally uploaded and now
confidently know how to upload
YouTube videos. ( I expect a medal and
awards ceremony!). Yes, I now have
learnt how to personally upload a
YouTube video, I thank this project for
this opportunity.
Blogger and blogs in general I have never used,
didn’t like the sound of and still don’t really enjoy
using. However actually learning how to use
blogger has of course made me understand the
real importance of using alternative methods in
order to present in a new way. And of course the
benefit is that it’s free. Yes free I say not like
Microsoft office where you have to pay around
£60 to use, after programming it in your
computer which is just simply and utterly useless
hassle.

5. Communications
These are the two main types of communications that were used during production. Twitter direct messages were
one alternative and one which never let me down as twitter hard ever gets repaired for maintenance whereas what's
app which was used by other members do have a habit of being unreliable and cannot be used on a PC. I have an
account which I have had experience in using hence why it could be useful for future communication for example in a
film company as well as being very useful to me in this particular case. An example between me and our director
using twitter for communication is evoked below: