What have you learned from technologies in the construction of your product?

During the creation of my opening to a film, 'All in Time', I have learned a lot about technologies involved. They have been a major part of the production and distribution of my film.

The camera

To begin with, technology was needed when shooting the opening and gaining the material needed to form my film. We used a DSLR Nikon D3100 camera. This was used to gain all the footage needed to complete our opening to 'All in time'. It was a crucial use of technology, as without it the filming would not be able to be completed. It is a digital camera, which allowed us to track what we had recorded to allow instant rerecording if it was necessary. This means that our production process was very efficient. We also had to use a SIM card reader in order to put these recordings on the computer, to put all the different recordings together to produce the end product. I developed skills on how to use the camera through filming, by getting hands on I learned how to use the different features on the camera, it was a brand new camera into the school so this was a huge learning curve through the process.


7300 4-section tripod- technological equipment
When we first were introduced to the tripod we a few technical difficulties in the assembling of the tripod; this was down to a piece missing from the set. This difficulty in the first recording taught us to prepare before each recording and check all the equipment can be assembled before. This was very important to ensure that we met the deadline of the recording, as we didn't waste any more time. Through this process we learned how much the tripod influenced the stability of the shot, as we recorded it without and then recorded with the tripod, the different was huge.




iMovie on the iMacs
We used iMovie on the iMacs to edit and bring together the aspects of our film. This involved adding a soundtrack that suited the scene, a voice-over and pulling everything together. IMovie was not only used in the final opening only, but also during the research process, for the documentary. This allowed me to practice using the iMac, more specifically the iMovie, which was crucial in the editing process. It enabled me to learn how to use all the different features present on iMovie.

Celtx

When planning the opening of our film we used Celtx. Using this we were able to draw up a shooting schedule, a script, a story board and information on characters. This enabled us to keep organised when filming and meant we were very efficient in producing. During this process I learned the importance of the planning process when producing a film and how the use of technology plays a major role in all aspects in the film including the planning.

Websites
In the research and evaluation sections of my media coursework I have used different websites to present and collect my findings. These included:

• Survey monkey
• Powtoon
• wideo
• prezi

Survey monkey was an important part of the research as it gained a lot of the data that was reinforced into the opening. Prezi, Powtoon and Wideo were used in the evaluation of my media coursework, in both cases I learned how to apply each icons into my film and used the different programs on the website to create the videos for my blog. In this process I learned that there are various different creative ways of presenting findings and information across, along with learning how to navigate very different websites and their importance in today's society. Most of the population now use the internet to find and do all different kinds of things and this is a major part of the technology used.

Blogger
During the process of producing my film I regularly blogged what I had done to present all aspects of my coursework. This includes research, the end product and the evaluation of my product. Towards the deadline for the coursework, my blog was deleted due to the computer generated machines detecting it as spam. I needed to learn how to retrieve my blog and how I would respond if it was to permanently be deleted. Using blogger I also learned different ways of presenting the different aspects of my coursework onto my blog.

Youtube and Youtube converter
We also used Youtube and Youtube converter to upload the music we needed for the opening, it was a very simple and effective way of adding the non-diegetic sound into the backgro
und. We converted the video that was on Youtube to a mp3 file through the website: Youtubecoverter.com.