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

By Courtnay Thompson

I HAVE LEARNT ABOUT MANY VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CREATING MY PRODUCT. THIS INCLUDES OUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT WHICH WAS THE PRELIMINARY TASK OF CONTINUITY SEQUENCE. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE LEARNT HOW TO USE THE VIDEO CAMERAS TO FILM DIFFERENT STYLES OF CAMERAWORK AND HOW TO EDIT OUR CONTINUITY SEQUENCE USING THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE IMOVIE. WE THEN LEARNT HOW TO UPLOAD OUR FINAL PRODUCT ON TO THE VIDEO STREAMING WEBSITE, IN THIS CASE YOUTUBE.

THE NEXT TASK WAS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE MEANING TO OPENING SEQUENCES "THE JELLY BABY". WHILST RESEARCHING, WE USED DIGITAL CAMERAS TO TAKE IMAGES OF STILL IMAGES AND THEN UPLOAD TO THE IMAC COMPUTERS AND THEN PUT THEM TOGETHER TO MAKE A SHORT STORYBOARD. I USED MANY DIFFERENT WEBSITES TO RESEARCH FILMS OF DANCE GENRE AND THE TARGET AUDIENCE, THIS INCLUDED MY LOOKING ON WWW.YOUTUBE.COM AND THE KNOWLEDGE I HAD FROM DANCING.

DURING THE PLANNING STAGE WE CREATED A BRAINSTORM OF IDEAS WHICH HELPED US THROUGH THE LONG RUN AND HAND DRAWN STORYBOARDS. THEN WE CREATED AN ANIMATIC USING IMOVIE, BUT IT WAS DIFFERENT TO THE CONTINUITY SEQUENCE AS WE LEARNT HOW TO ADDED STILL IMAGES RATHER THAN MOVING CLIPS ALSO ADD MUSIC TO OUR ANIMATIC. DURING OUR MUSIC/SOUNDTRACK RESEARCH I STARTED TO CREATE A PIECE OF MUSIC USING GARAGE BAND WHICH INVOLVED HOLLIE TO DO A VOICEOVER THE MUSIC, AS SHE WAS PORTENDING TO BE ON THE RADIO TO ‘ONE BASS HIT’ FROM WWW.FREEPLAYMUSIC.COM. WE THEN FOUND OTHER TRACKS THAT WOULD GO WELL WITH A CONTEMPORARY DANCE FROM THE WEBSITE WWW.FREEPLAYMUSIC.COM AND THE IMOVIE SOUND EFFECTS WHICH WE DOWNLOADED AND USED FOR OUR FINAL PIECE. WE USED THE SOUND EFFECTS SUCH AS, AUDIENCE APPLAUDING, CAMERAS CLICKING AND A TICKING CLOCK. WE UPLOADED THE ANIMATIC TO OUR BLOGS ONCE WE FINISHED.

ONCE FILMING OUR FINAL PIECE WE USED THE PANASONIC VIDEO RECORDERS AND TRIPODS. WE LEARNT HOW TO FILM DIFFERENT CAMERA SHOTS SUCH AS ZOOM IN/OUT, PANNING SHOT, HIGH/LOW ANGLE, ETC.WHEN EDITING OUR FINAL OPENING SEQUENCE WE USED IMOVIE. THIS ALLOWED US TO ADD CREDITS WITH A OVER BACK WHICH WAS BLACK WITH A VARIETY OF OTHER EFFECTS, SUCH AS ADDING A WASH OUT/IN TRANSITIONS, ADDING A TITLE AND ADDING A SOUNDTRACKS.