Through out this process I have used numerous different technologies and equipment. During the production stage of my opening I used Final Cut to edit my footage. This was a relatively new software for me, the only other time I had used it was during my preliminary task, therefore my knowledge and understanding of how it all worked was fairly basic. To over come this I explored the software as often as I could and used youtube videos to help me when I my self couldn't find how to do what I wanted.
To create the sound track for our opening we used Garageband. This is a software I had used before so I found using it for my product was fairly simple. Not only this but it is generally a simple easy to use software.
I have also used other technologies such as Youtube, Padlet (Wallwisher), Bubbl, Voki, Prezzi and Spicy Nodes. Youtube was vital in helping me in the production of my media product and was very helpful. I used it to upload my product and to research guides on how to use other products.
When I used Padlet I had many issues with it, the main one was that it kept on deleting my work and/or crashing. This was not what I expected when I started using it and did make completing my work harder. Also I had trouble uploading pictures occasionally, I thought it may have been my internet connection but I was proved wrong as I tried uploading the pictures using different internet connections and still I had the same problem. However overall it is a good program to use for presenting. I personally found it frustrating how it kept crashing but if it wasn't for that it would be really quick and simple to use.
I found that Voki was a rather exciting program to use as it allowed me to be creative with the avatar and answer my question in a new interesting way. However a problem I did come across was I could only import a limited amount of text which meant in order to give my full response I had to make it into 4 parts. Voki is good for short messages and announcements due to the limited text you can import. It would perhaps be useful for someone giving and interactive presentation who wanted to change the way the information was being received by other (i.e receive it acoustically rather than visually)
I found that Bubbl and Spicy Nodes were very similar technologies that are fairly basic to use. These are good mind mapping programs that would have been useful to use in the planning stage of my product. I was able to use them for presenting my evaluation questions however I found it hard to fully express my self using them as they are more suited to note based responses.
I looked at using word it out and gliffy( a flow chart creator) but these didn't allow me to express my self fully enough to answer or present my questions in a way that I was happy with.
New technology has made media products and production more accessible for the general public. For example anyone with an internet connection is now able to stream products. This opened the gateway to VOD (video on demand) making it possible for the public to order and pay for films on-line and watch them through their pc or consoles using networks such a Love Film and Net Flix. This opens up the market for a lot of production companies but also gives independent producers a more of a chance to sell their product.
As I mentioned earlier I learnt to use all of the different technologies by simply exploring them as much as I could and playing around with the different parts of each program. When I did run into problems with them I turned to Youtube to show me how to do it.
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