1. ‘’What have you learnt about
technologies from the process
of constructing this product?’’

2. iMovie
iMovie is an editing software that is predominately used
on macs and is the editing software our group used to
edit clips we had filmed.
During the film process, I was one of the characters and
therefore my role was to edit a large amount of the film
as other members acted as the protagonist in the film
and others filmed using the camera. Furthermore, I
spent a large amount of time using iMovie and
discovering what type of effects and options it had to
offer.
Mainly, I spent time cutting down clips, detecting what
parts our group would incline towards keeping and I
did this by following our storyboard and shot list.
Separating clips from what our group wanted to keep
and get rid off consisted of dragging along the cursor on
parts of the clip we wanted and to drag it up into a box
which contains all the clips which will be able to be
edited.
As you can see here.

3. iMovie continued
Also on iMovie, I added in effects which include ‘’cross
dissolve’’ and ‘’cross blur’’. These two effects were used
in the party scene and to transition between shots.
These two were both suitable for the party scene as they
are used between zooming in and out of characters
whilst they are dancing and the effect they give is that it
acts as if they are revealing fun moments of the party
which makes the party feel more real to the audience.
Another effect used on iMovie was on the audio effects
and it was called ‘’large room’’. What this effect did was
echo the sound of a character speaking. Our group used
this in the Airport scene where Abhi and Amelia say
goodbye to each other. ‘’Large room’’ was used
effectively as it made the scene feel like it actually was in
the past as in the opening the airport scene is 1 week
earlier.
For the start of our film, we have used the effect ‘’fade to
black’’. This has been placed at the start of our opening
to allow the first shot to fade in and not just appear from
black to a sudden colour.
On iMovie, we added titles too which said the members
of our group and our roles in the filming process. To add
titles I clicked on a ‘’T’’ sign which looks like this:

4. Edublogs
Edublogs is school friendly website which allows
students to create blogs which are used for lesson
purposes.
Before taking on AS Media Studies, I had never used the
sit edublogs so throughout the course I have had to
discover edublogs and get used to it’s layout.
Quickly, I got used to edublogs as I started to add posts
on my research and planning and I noticed different
features of the website which include :
a) Embedding links- Instead of copying and pasting
links for videos into text, you are able to copy and
past an embed link which allows you to actually see
the video on the blog post instead or a typed URL. As
the videos I used where from YouTube, to embed
these videos, I copied and pasted the embed code
and added it into the ‘’ text ‘’ tab on the edit post
page and you copy the code into here and place it
where you would like it to be located on the post
b) Categorising posts – When creating a new post you
are able to place them into categorys to keep them
ordered, separate and neat. To do this, when your on
the edit post you can add a new category or place in
an existent category

5. Edublogs continued
c) Inserting Images – To insert images to help explain
what I have typed or to show an example of something, I
learnt you must be on the edit post page and then click
on the ‘’add media’’ button, which then opens up and
then click on ‘’upload files’’ and then ‘’select file’’ and
then it opens up the image file on the computer. The file
of the image must be a JPEG file
d) Inserting music – To insert a music file you follow the
same route as for the image however you search for a
music file instead of an image file. For my blog, I added
in two music files which consisted of me interviewing a
potential person who would watch our film opening as
he was within our target audience. I did this as a music
file as it made my blog abit more creative and less boring
to look at.

6. After Effects
After affects is another editing software like iMovie
however after affects focuses on animation, not filmed
clips. Myself and two other members out of my group
were fortunate to be picked to take part in a 2 hour after
effects workshop, were 3 visitors came in to teach us
about the software and we got a step by step tutorial on
making a small animation. Luckily we had the software
on our macs at school so we were able to take what we
had learnt in the workshop and incorporate it into our
film opening and us 3 worked together in making our
title of the film animated into our film.
Using after effects we therefore learnt how to use
another editing software.

7. Prezi
Prezi is a software which offers different layouts to allow
people to display what they like in different types of
formats.
I have used prezi to present work in my research and
planning folder on my blog. This was my first time prezi
so before adding in my work I looked through the
website and clicked the buttons to see what everything
did first so I would know what I am doing afterwards.
To stat a prezi you first choose a template and then click
‘’use template’’. Next, I will take the prezi I made to show
the feedback I received from our pitch as an example,
you get a bunch of sections which is the template and
you can add text and images into here. All the section are
linked together as a ‘’path’’ so once you have finished
and you have made your prezi, you click an arrow which
goes from one section to another like a power point
presentation.

8. Slide Share
Slide share is another software which allows people to
present information etc. on slide share, you do not edit,
you upload a power point file onto the website and slide
share makes it into a video where you skip slides by
clicking an arrow to the next slide.
I have used slide share on my blog to show what props
we have chosen to include in our opening and also to
explain mise en scene. This was the first time using this
website so again I had to explore how you use the
website and thankfully there were easy and simple steps
to follow.

9. Digital HD Camera
To film our shots, we used a digital HD camera. This was
not the first time for me to use a digital camera however
I had never used a camera with a tripod before so I was
able to learn how to attach a digital camera to a tripod.
In our group, for the diary and phone shot, I was using
the camera then to film so I had the responsibility to
attach the camera onto the tripod and another
remember of our group said out loud that I had to get
place the hole at the bottom of the camera and twist it
onto a screw bolt type of material on top of the tripod.