The student learned about various technologies through creating their product. This included learning how to use video cameras to film different styles and edit a continuity sequence using iMovie. They also learned how to upload the final product to YouTube. The student researched films using digital cameras, websites like YouTube, and iMovie to create a storyboard and animatic with still images and music. When filming, they used Panasonic video recorders and tripods to get different camera shots. Finally, they edited the final opening sequence in iMovie, adding credits, effects, titles and soundtracks.

1. What have you learnt
about technologies
from the process of
constructing this
product?
By Courtnay Thompson

2. I HAVE LEARNT ABOUT MANY VARIOUS
TECHNOLOGIES THROUGHOUT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CREATING MY
PRODUCT. THIS INCLUDES OUR FIRST
ASSIGNMENT WHICH WAS THE
PRELIMINARY TASK OF CONTINUITY
SEQUENCE. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME
WE LEARNT HOW TO USE THE VIDEO
CAMERAS TO FILM DIFFERENT STYLES
OF CAMERAWORK AND HOW TO EDIT
OUR CONTINUITY SEQUENCE USING
THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE IMOVIE. WE
THEN LEARNT HOW TO UPLOAD OUR
FINAL PRODUCT ON TO THE VIDEO
STREAMING WEBSITE, IN THIS CASE
YOUTUBE.

3. UNDERSTAND THE MEANING TO
OPENING SEQUENCES "THE JELLY
BABY". WHILST RESEARCHING, WE
USED DIGITAL CAMERAS TO TAKE
IMAGES OF STILL IMAGES AND THEN
UPLOAD TO THE IMAC COMPUTERS AND
THEN PUT THEM TOGETHER TO MAKE A
SHORT STORYBOARD. I USED MANY
DIFFERENT WEBSITES TO RESEARCH
FILMS OF DANCE GENRE AND THE
TARGET AUDIENCE, THIS INCLUDED
MY LOOKING ON WWW.YOUTUBE.COM
AND THE KNOWLEDGE I HAD FROM
DANCING.

4. HAND DRAWN STORYBOARDS. THEN WE
CREATED AN ANIMATIC USING IMOVIE, BUT
IT WAS DIFFERENT TO THE CONTINUITY
SEQUENCE AS WE LEARNT HOW TO ADDED
STILL IMAGES RATHER THAN MOVING CLIPS
ALSO ADD MUSIC TO OUR ANIMATIC.
DURING OUR MUSIC/SOUNDTRACK
RESEARCH I STARTED TO CREATE A PIECE
OF MUSIC USING GARAGE BAND WHICH
INVOLVED HOLLIE TO DO A VOICEOVER
THE MUSIC, AS SHE WAS PORTENDING TO BE
ON THE RADIO TO ‘ONE BASS HIT’ FROM
WWW.FREEPLAYMUSIC.COM. WE THEN
FOUND OTHER TRACKS THAT WOULD GO
WELL WITH A CONTEMPORARY DANCE
FROM THE WEBSITE
WWW.FREEPLAYMUSIC.COM AND THE
IMOVIE SOUND EFFECTS WHICH WE
DOWNLOADED AND USED FOR OUR FINAL
PIECE. WE USED THE SOUND EFFECTS SUCH
AS, AUDIENCE APPLAUDING, CAMERAS
CLICKING AND A TICKING CLOCK. WE
UPLOADED THE ANIMATIC TO OUR BLOGS
ONCE WE FINISHED.

5. ONCE FILMING OUR FINAL PIECE WE USED
THE PANASONIC VIDEO RECORDERS AND
TRIPODS. WE LEARNT HOW TO FILM
DIFFERENT CAMERA SHOTS SUCH AS
ZOOM IN/OUT, PANNING SHOT,
HIGH/LOW ANGLE, ETC.
WHEN EDITING OUR FINAL OPENING
SEQUENCE WE USED IMOVIE. THIS
ALLOWED US TO ADD CREDITS WITH A
OVER BACK WHICH WAS BLACK WITH A
VARIETY OF OTHER EFFECTS, SUCH AS
ADDING A WASH OUT/IN TRANSITIONS,
ADDING A TITLE AND ADDING A
SOUNDTRACKS.