6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing a media product?

Throughout the process of constructing our media product I have learnt about numerous aspects of technology within media, advancing and progressing further due to my improved knowledge. Firstly from working alongside Josh Thorpe and Jordan Kennedy, I observed how a video camera was correctly operated. Judging from preliminary task, I could identify that the basic 'Sony' handheld camera was quite simplistic to use. I made a few contributions myself when the group appeared to suffer from a few technical difficulties, correcting them in certain circumstances. Whilst the filming for our opening, we were using a more technically advanced piece of equipment coutersy of a friend in the group. This camera appeared more professional due to the numerous buttons and the increase in size. But once we grasped the simple fundamental uses of the camera, filming came to us naturally. We also learnt how to upload footage onto a computer via the USB socket and cable, which became quite a task when using the more advanced camera, but the footage was successfully uploaded.


Here is the comparison between the two cameras we used

I also learnt how to use computer software through the editing process of our media product. To edit our media product we used a program called 'Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9.0'. This software was provided by our school that we could create a quality media product by using sophisticated software. Through exploring and experimenting with various transitions and effects on the software I learnt how to split and postion individual shots to create a smooth flowing sequence within our media product. I also learnt how to adjust lighting and colour contrast filters that we used during the editing process by making our opening appear bleak and dismal through the use of the grey filter. Moreover we also learnt how to adjust and mute sound before we began editing music.



Vegas Studio Platinum 9.0

Finally we had to edit our soundtrack which would overlap over the edited footage, this would hopefully be at the right timing and pace, therefore making our media product flow smoothly. For editing the soundtrack we used a program called Audacity which was again available for our convience. Through using this program I learnt how to cut and split the soundtrack and merge the selected sections together to produce a similar sound but using aspects of our individual flair and creativity. I also learnt how to export our soundtrack into another format which would help reduce the size of KB used within the music. When we overlapped the soundtrack we left a few effective sounds such as the clattering gate and the rattling lock.

Audacity software

Through using various modern technologies I have learnt about the various aspects within media production. Without any knowledge of using modern technologies our group wouldn't have be capable of producing a high quality media product, but by using our own creativity and initiative we produced a successful product.