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

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

Will Ellis

Facebook & Twitter

In order to let people know about my surveys, and to ask them to fill them out, I used both of these social networks.

I was already familiar with these technologies, so it was helpful that I knew about them when it was necessary to use them in order to get sufficient target audience research.

Wordpress

Wordpress is the blogging site in which I have had to present all my work.

I have had to get used to using the site throughout the process I my whole media AS. Structuring my blog and posts has been part of this learning experience. It helped that I have had experience with Tumblr, which is another blogging site, so has a similar purpose and function.

SurveyMonkey

SurveyMonkey is a site in which the user can devise their own questionnaires online and send them to people in order for them to fill the questionnaire out.

The site is quick and easy to use, so I quickly got a handle on it. I used it in order to create and get results on my Target Audience Research and Target Audience Feedback.

Youtube

Youtube is a site in which anyone can share their videos with millions of people across the world.

I was very familiar with Youtube before having to use it, as it is a world renowned site. I had never uploaded a video to the site before, however, until carrying out my media construction. It was easy to get familiar with it, and so I had no problem uploading videos before embedding them into my Wordpress blog.

Freesound & Freeplay

Both Freesound & Freeplay are sights in which uncopyright music can be listened to and downloaded for free.

I used both of these sites in the editing process once I had filmed my construction, in order to create the score for my movie.

iMovie

iMovie is a program in which film shots can be edited individually and precisely.

This program was a huge part of the whole process, and we were introduced to it and given some time to use it freely at the start of the year in order to become familiar with it. I used this program to edit my entire film, add music, add in and take out shots, and to devise the credits.

Sony Camera

I used the Sony camera throughout the entire process. I used it to film everything; my preliminary task and my final product.

It took time and process to get used to using the camera effectively, and this is shown in the improvement made from my preliminary task at the beginning of the process to my final product at the end of it.

What have I learnt?

I have learnt that there are endless amounts of things you can do with technology, and that you can synergise them in order to work towards one goal, which was, in this case, to construct an opening to a film.