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1. EVALUATION QUESTION
SIX
What have you learnt about
technologies from the
process of constructing this
product?

2. EDITING
For our editing of
our bulletin we
used adobe
audition,
something I had
never used prior
to the project.

3. EDITING
Having never used the program before, it meant that I was learned to
use a whole different format on the up front. The editing process
required me to fit all the stories together in the correct order, which
took time as we had recorded them all in a non-chronological
pattern. It would have been much easier to do one story at a time, in
the correct order and would have made a faster editing process. Not
only this, there were many mistakes and re-recordings had to be
taken. This meant all of our successful and failed recordings were
together in a mixed order and meant that the editing process became
exceedingly difficult. I sorted through the clips and arranged them in
the right order, learning how to import files and move recordings
around in the process.

4. EDITING
During the editing process, we encountered the problem of timing. To
maintain a sufficient flow, the stories had to be placed the correct way in
order to make it sound like the bulletin was all recorded together, rather
than each clip separately. This also proved a problem when we made
mistakes in the midst of a story, so we re-recorded the bit we made a
mistake with. This meant some stories were two separate clips, which
would not have worked if I did not learn to over lap or space the stories
correctly.

5. EDITING
I also had to learn to place clips in a way that allowed two to play at
once. We decided to use a bed to keep our bulletin interesting, this
meant that it had to be played simultaneously to the rest of the
bulletin at the correct volume. The bed had to morph correctly into
the jingle – leading into and out of the bulletin – and it had to be a
smooth transition. I learnt how to copy a clip so that I could play the
same tune in the bed and in the jingle at exactly the same time, so
the transition was unnoticeable.

6. The bed
The jingle

7. EDITING
Volume was a big issue in our bulletin. We recorded some of our clips
on different days to others and accidentally used different settings on
sound sensitivity. This meant that some stories were a lot quieter
than others. We also had to ensure that our bed was visible yet quiet
and didn’t disturb the actual bulletin. This meant making clips louder
or quieter. It proved difficult to get all the stories at the same level of
volume, a change in the volume would be messy and unprofessional. I
learnt how to alter the sound, changing the volume and sensitivity
within the recording. I made the bed quiet enough to become almost
unnoticeable and definitely not interfering with the stories.

9. RECORDING
Prior our recording process, I had never used the microphone that we
used for our bulletin. I learnt how to use it during our preliminary
task. There were a few things that could ruin our bulletin completely.
For example, the sound sensitivity. If we were to record outside, like
we did during our ‘vox pop’ and the sensitivity was low, all of those
recordings would be useless and need to be done again. I learnt how
to change the setting and we learnt the correct level of sensitivity for
our bulletin inside and outside, so the whole bulletin could remain at
the same level. However, our first vox pop went wrong as we did not
change the sensitivity, meaning I had to amplify it during the editing
process. There was also the matter of the record button. You had to
press it twice to actually be recording and a few times we made the
mistake of only pressing it once. However, we quickly learnt to press
it the correct amount of times to record our bulletin efficiently.

10. PRESENTATION
I used many programs and software on my planning, the
process and my evaluation. Some of these I had used before,
such as the more common Microsoft programs. However, many
I had never encountered and had to learn to use quickly and
sufficiently.

11. POWERPOINT
I had used Microsoft powerpoint before, yet I still learned new things
about it. For example, I had never used the online version, which
made it much easier to share onto my blog directly instead of
through slideshare. I had also never used themes on the content,
which made my presentation much more interesting and attractive. I
also never properly knew how to screenshot a page and get it onto
this program. I learnt how to paste it and show my information
adequately.

12. PREZII had never used this program before the project but it works
similarly to powerpoint. It was simple and I didn’t really have
problems learning the basics. It was a simple matter of adding more
slides/circles when I needed more room and arranging them in an
attractive way. There was a system and occasionally I had to change
the path of my slides because they didn’t go in the correct order.

13. GO ANIMATE
This software was possibly the most difficult I encountered during the
process. It had to be long enough to get across all of the information
I wanted to. Yet, each movement had to be smooth and there was
trouble with walking and smooth transitions between actions. I
wanted to make it interesting but it was difficult to learn which
actions to choose and how to make it all flow together. I also had to
learn how to add scenes, change backgrounds and find the action of
talking to fit with the dialogue I had given the character. All elements,
props and even background characters were animated by me to give
it a realistic and well thought out appeal to the information.

14. Templates/backgro
unds
Separate
scenes
Dialogue/mu
sic

15. character
s
actions actions

16. EMAZE
I had never used emaze before but it was simple and similar to
powerpoint. However, I learnt how to emaze a Microsoft powerpoint
and it was converted with a different theme into a powerpoint on this
new software.

17. PUBLISHERI had used publisher before and used it twice in my blog. I mainly
used it to use pictures and improve the look of my blog. Once I
produced my post however, I could not share it onto my blog. I had to
alter my file into a different type to make it a picture to upload. I
learnt how to convert files and upload photos onto blogger.

18. UPLOADING
Our uploading process – of our bulletin – was done on soundcloud. I
had never used this particular software before, so it proved new but I
quickly learnt how to use it. There were some problems with
uploading, our file type seemed to be too large and it took a very
long time. We learnt that it worked better at home rather than in
school, as the internet connection was stronger. We also had to
refresh it a few times before the file would fully upload or it would
just say the file was being ‘processed.’ The transition from sound
cloud to our blog was very simple, with an option to embed code
which could just be copied over.

20. SLIDESHARE
I never had an account on slideshare before the project, so the whole
website was new. We used it as our main source of getting our work
onto blogger by sharing and embedding it from this program. It was
easy to learn how to upload, yet some files seemed to upload oddly
and half the page was cut off when I uploaded it. This meant I had to
learn to convert my presentation onto a different software (Emaze) so
I could keep my work and it could be seen correctly. I also learnt how
to tag my posts so they could be seen and how to look at other
peoples posts through tagging, so it allowed me to learn more about
the industry.

21. BLOGGER
Blogger was fairly simple to use, we would share something through
an embedded code on separate posts. However, I had never used it
before and some things proved difficult. I wanted a sound track on
my blog, it made it more interesting. It took a long process to upload
the file and even then I had to change it three times before the right
file worked. My files again needed to be converted, so I learnt how to
upload files to a converter and then re-download them into a
different format. I wanted a theme, something radio related that
would be of interest and make my blog more attractive. However, I
could never do it. File conversion did not work, though I did learn
how to download templates for my blog. I also learnt how to find
other students blogs, to see how they progressed and to evaluate my
ideas.