1. How did you use media technology
in the construction, research,
planning and evaluation stages.

2. For our documentary we used the Sony HXR- MC200E camera to film all of our footage.
It was a really good camera to use and was a really high quality camera. The camera
filmed in 1080p so give of a really vibrant and crisp image really enhancing the
documentary making it vibrant in colours and detail. It was a really good experience
learning how to use these cameras as it really gives you an in depth feel of what it is
like to work in this sort of industry and how lighting and framing can really make an
pice of footage really good or really bad as we learned to film our subjects from the
front capturing them in the rule of thirds this give the frame a good composition and
made sure you could clearly see the subject.

3. For our radio advert we filmed it in the college radio booth. This give us an incite what
its like in a radio station and all the equipment they use to create a show. Using the
radio booth for the voice in the radio advert it really give off a clear crisp sounding
sound that really sounded professional and helped develop our work into a higher
standard.

4. We used clip mic’s when filming interviews for our documentary these give a much
more focused sound and help to block out a lot of background noise so again there
really helped take our documentary to the next level. Once we had used clip mic’s they
recorded in mono so only played in one headphone but this was easily fixed using the
fill left in adobe premier which filtered the sound into both headphones. We also used
boom mic’s on the camera for general filming of the band at gigs and rehearsing this
give a much more unfocused sound capturing all the sound around it which was
perfect for filming the band as it captured all the instruments and crowed which
created some nice non diagetic sound for the documentary.

5. We used tripods for filming parts of our
documentary such as when filming the
interviews. The tripods we used where
really good and we were able to make
sure we had the height and angle we
wanted for the interviews. Being able
to use tripods for our documentary
helped us keep to the codes of
conventions of filming an interview
having a steady cam and using the rule
of thirds we were able to create
professional interview setups with a
good mese en scene. We did not use
tripods for all of our filming as we did
use the cameras hand held this look
give the documentary a real life raw
footage feel too it and I think we had a
good combination of both tripod and
hand held shots throughout.

6. In the process of making the documentary we used a lot of adobe software. This was a really
good set of programs to used and are used at a professional level. We used adobe premier to
edit together both the documentary and the radio trailer. I think it was a really good piece of
software, that was hard to understand at first but once we understood the software we found
it easy to edit the documentary together being able to edit the sound and fill left with the clip
mics and also being able to edit the footage it self enhancing the colours and adding effects to
the footage like a cross dissolve
We also used Photoshop to create the graphics for our documentary like the title screen “ the
K’s road to stardom” this enabled us to really make some unique stand out graphics that
people would see and remember rather then just Palin text we wanted to make it more
exciting and eye catching to the viewer. And finally we used light room to edit the photographs
we really wanted our poster for the documentary to stand out so light room enabled us to
really enhance the photograph chaining the contrast and vibrancy of the image to really make
it stand out.

7. Adobe premier was a really good technical program we used in this I learned about the
different layers you can use this was really good to learn as you had to learn about adding no
diagetic and diagetic sound and with out knowing you way around the layers this would of
been really confusing and hard to use. I also learned a lot about the effects bank. And how this
can really enhance the documentary with its transitions and also effects on the video being
able to enhance the colours making a much more eye catching documentary. Finally the time
line was really important as it really helped get the documentary in order and run smoothly
going through the right frames.

8. Photoshop and light room was also a really big part of making our documentary we used it to
create text for our documentary using dafont to get the text and then putting it into
Photoshop and using the cut tool to edit it and change the colours of the photograph. We
used light room to edit the photographs this was a really good program to use it was fast and
effective. It worked really well as there was easy to use tools to the side that would easily
change the colours and the vibrancy. It was also really good to enhance clarity in the
photographs and over all created a really nice stand out image. We then placed the photo
back into Photoshop and placed in text and logos of the bbc. Combined the programs made a
really effective and professional poster and graphics for the documentary.

9. We also used a lot of Microsoft software I have used word to type up my documents such as
the radio trailer and the running order for the documentary. The software was easy to use and
was the best format to do this type of work in as it was easy accessible and easy to change if
needed.
We also used PowerPoint to construct a lot of things for our documentary I have found it very
helpful in my evaluation stage using each slide as a different section I feel that it flows really
well and looks good too. Finally we used Microsoft excel to create some feedback from our
questionnaires this program was really effective and give us our feedback in a much easier and
more understandable and enabled us to take effect on what our audience thought.
We also used the dell insperon to work on this was a really good computer to work on as it
handled the software well handling all the data we needed fast and effectively.

10. I also used a lot of web based programmes to help construct the documentary. I used dafont
to get unique fonts for the documentary this was good as it give us unique fonts that really
stood out and people would remember.
We used blogger to keep our progress of the documentary on. I think it was a great piece of
software to use as we were able to access it form any were and work on it or be able to review
things such as audience feedback so it worked really well as it was always accessible to us.
Finally I used you tube for a lot of the research I did this helped me a lot as if was able to use
you tube to watch all different types of documentaries and use the information I gathered to
make my documentary a lot better.

11. Summary
To summarise the question I feel like we have used a wide range of technology from programs
I am used to such as Microsoft word, excel and PowerPoint but I have also used a lot of new
software such as adobe premier this was a really good piece of software I found it to be really
complex and confusing at first but with some work shops found the software a lot better to
understand and a lot easier to work with.
With the new way with digital editing it made the process a lot easier we were able to very
early transfer the footage from the camera to the computer rather then the old way of having
to take out a feel of film and transfer it. It was also a lot easier to look through the footage on
the computer as it was converted into small easy to view files so it really helped speed up the
process.