1. What have you learnt about
technologies from the process of
constructing the product?
Vicky Stacey

2. Garage Band
We used “Garage Band” to create our sound track. I learnt how to import the video into
your track, so the sound fits exactly and looks extremely professional. I also learnt how a
downloaded sound can be imported into garage band. This software allowed us to create
our sound track exactly how we wanted, with a brilliant range of sounds like stringed
instruments and beats. Although this programme helped us to get a brilliant final product, I
feel that there are some drawbacks. For example, when we searched for sad piano, the
results that we played weren’t sad at all. Another draw back is how when you change the
sound track volume individually, you can’t then change the overall volume which means
you have to drag each point down yourself.

3. I-Tunes
We used I-Tunes when we needed to import a new sound into Garage Band. This
software allowed us to have the incredibly intense heartbeat effect at the end of our
project. Through this software, I learnt how to search I-Tunes, and how to download
sounds and other media content off the internet safely. However, I found that a draw
back was how the pop up for logging in to I-Tunes would open every time you open I-
Tunes which was quite annoying. Another drawback I found was how it was sometimes
difficult to search for sounds, which could be fixed by I-Tunes taking you directly to
where that file is in I-Tunes and what it is saved under.

4. Final cut
Final cut was the main software we used. This software taught us to edit effectively, and
most importantly how to convert files on the Mac’s, and how to download camera footage
onto the Mac’s. Final cut allowed us to edit our footage easily with the well located tools on
the right hand side. As well as this, Final Cut allowed us to easily add credits and add
transitions to them and colour. A draw back to this software is sometimes when is crashes
for no apparent reason; like not rendering footage. Another draw back that I feel would is
holding this software back, is the lack of animation on credits. There is no option to make
the credits move around which would look really nice and would be very conventional of a
film opening.

5. Camera
We used hand held camera’s from college. By using this equipment, we learnt how to film,
take pictures and upload our footage to the Apple Mac’s. This will definitely help us in the
future. Using the hand held cameras helped us to achieve film where the camera
movements look rough and chaotic which is a convention of Thriller films. I also liked how
light and small the cameras where, making them practical and easy to use. A drawback to
these cameras is the megapixel; as in other cameras you would achieve a better picture.

6. Tripod
The tripods came in great use and allowed us to get smooth film, as appose to the chaotic
with the camera being hand held. The tripods helped me to learn how to fix the camera in
place, and how the types of filming greatly effects the atmosphere created. A draw back to
using tripods is that they are difficult to carry and take a few minutes to set up, meaning we
had to arrive on site ahead of time to keep to our filming schedual.

7. Word Press
We began using the blog website “Word Press” to present all of our research coursework,
which taught me a lot as before hand I was clueless when it came to blogs. For example, I
learnt how to attach documents such as this, pictures, URL’s and learnt how to use3 a basic
blog layout. This blog allowed us to share all of our information in a clear layout, in which
you can search the users that are tagged to quickly find the work you’ve produced. Word
Press also allowed us to attach images, documents and files to our post to broaden our use
of medium. A draw back to this website is how we found it difficult to “embed” a clip or
image into the post’s. Confusingly, an embed code doesn’t work. This was inconvenient as
we had to investigate, and eventually found that to embed a video you just put the URL not
an embed code.