Q6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I had never done any media related subjects so everything we did in and out of class was new to me, I did not know how to use Adobe premier pro let alone Blogger but through out this process I have learned to use many more technologies. 

Research and planning blog, Audience feedback and Evaluation Blog

Through the creation of my research and planning blog I used the following technologies:

• Blogger
• Prezi
• Exam time 
• YouTube 
• Tube Chop
• Adobe Premier Pro 
• The Macs 
• DSLR
• Tripod 
• Microsoft word

Out of the above technologies I had not used blogger, prezzi, exam time, tube chop, adobe premier pro, the DSLR camera ,the macs and a tripod ever before. At the beginning i thought that the Macs would be the hardest to use because there was a lot that you could produce on them as well as a lot to learn to do with them. On  the Macs I got to learn that even simple things like saving a document was a task and there was a right way to do. A technology that tested my skills was Adobe premier pro because there a variety of ways in which you could change a sequence, through transitions, transformations , sound and so much  more.  When it came to being creative technologies such as prezzi and exam time have given the freedom to be really creative and express my ideas in many different ways. The most time consuming technologies I have come across would have to be Blogger and Adobe premier pro and this is because the technologies require you to spend time planning something all the way till the end and then go through it again. I have had to repeat things multiple times on Adobe Premier Pro because I did not do it right or save it in the right way. 

Opening sequence:

• DSLR camera

 

• Tripod 

I used the technologies above to film the opening sequence. I was very nervous to use the camera because it is very fragile but it is hard to place the shot in the right way, however i had to overcome my fear because I was the person who filmed the whole opening sequence. I had to re film multiple shots because some of the shots were either too shaky,out of focus or simply that the lighting was not the right type. Both of the above technologies were new to me.  

The music for your opening sequence:

• Sound cloud 
• Garage band

We had to find music that was copy right free and we did this by using the two above means. Sound cloud is a place where people make music ans upload it for public hearing, where as garage band is an Apple application where you make your own music. I made the music that accompanied the production logo in garage band. Garage band was an extreme challenge because there are so many ways in which you can make a certain sound but you would have to pay attention to what beats per minute. Another hard thing about Garage band is how to save a file once you are done. I found out how to do this by watching a tutorial on YouTube.   

 That is the sound I made.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If all these technologies did not exist then we would not be able to create any of the material we were able to do. Plus if the camera's were not such a good quality then our work would not reflect what was on our story boards.