Throughout the course, the student used various technologies to organize their work and create their product efficiently. They used Outlook folders to email and store notes, kept files on their computer, recorded focus group feedback on SoundCloud, communicated with their group using WhatsApp, edited video using Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, and created a Wordpress blog to present their research, planning, production and evaluations. Many of the technologies, like blogging, were new to the students but helped them become more organized and independent.

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

2. Throughout this course, I have used a range of technologies to create a
more efficient means of working. This meant we could produce our
product to the highest level possible.
INTRODUCTION

3. Organising my work
In order to organize all my notes and
documents for the course, I created a folder
on my outlook email, called 'Media Notes'.
This meant that I could email myself all the
notes made in lessons, and move them all to
one folder. Allowing me to easily locate my
work when I needed it. This method was
efficient because I could access my notes from
any device and at any time.

4. I also kept a record of notes and
files on my personal computer at
home. This meant only I could
access my work, preventing it from
going missing or the files
corrupting
A screenshot of the
folders on my personal
computer

5. Collecting research for my evaluation
Whilst conducting my evaluation for our product. I used a voice
recorder to record my focus group feedback.
I then uploaded this recording to 'Sound Cloud' which gave me an
easy way to embed it onto my blog for evaluation.

6. Communication
As a group we decided to find a way to
communicate efficiently and regularly so that we
were able to plan things that needed to be done as
a group (eg. Filming /editing). To do this we used
an application called Whatsapp messenger. This
was an simple way to keep in touch as a group if
anyone had any queries or ideas. The app was free
to download on all of our devices and was
therefore easy for everyone to get hold of.

7. Production stage
For the production stage we used several software packages.
The package we used the most was 'Adobe Premier Pro'. This is where 95%
of our editing was done. The other 5% was creating our titles on 'Adobe
After Effects'.
Premier Pro was extremely helpful in many ways. It allowed us to adjust
certain parts of our clips. Such as the saturation, if one of our clips stood
out more than others because it looked too 'warm', then we were able to
dim that warmth and make it less noticeable. Also the stability tool. Some
of our shots were handheld, and this tool reduced some of the movement
in the clips.
A more advanced technique that we used was the green screen. This
allowed us to place the younger version of Angus in the mirror looking
back, whilst having the older version looking in.

8. Adobe After effects was the software we used to create our
titles. We could control factors such as the size, font and
transition of our text.
Any transition or font we placed on our text would be the way
it appeared when added to our sequence.
We decided to use an effect called 'Camera Lens blur' this
made our text blur out like smoke in the wind. This was
effective as it fitted with the horror genre for our film.

9. Finally, in order to present all our Research, Planning,
Construction and Evaluations, we created an online blog on
Wordpress.
This was our own personal site that we uploaded all of our work
and progress onto throughout the course.
For most of us blogging was a completely new task. Many of us had
never used a blog or started our own. So getting used to updating it
regularly and categorizing each blog post was tricky to start.
However it allowed us to become more organized and independent.

10. Finally, in order to present all our Research, Planning,
Construction and Evaluations, we created an online blog on
Wordpress.
This was our own personal site that we uploaded all of our work
and progress onto throughout the course.
For most of us blogging was a completely new task. Many of us had
never used a blog or started our own. So getting used to updating it
regularly and categorizing each blog post was tricky to start.
However it allowed us to become more organized and independent.