How did you use technology: construction, Research, planning, evaluation ?

These are mood boards that show the technologies i used throughout the tasks

During the research process I used the internet to find out information for secondary research and also for primary research to find out phone numbers of local shops to ask if we could film in their shops. I therefore also used the technology of a phone to contact the different shops. I used a television to watch other documentaries to find out the codes and conventions of documentaries. I also used a camera to film and take pictures of people answering the questionnaire we produced. I also used this blog during the research process to show the work I produced.

During the construction process I used many forms of technology such as different computer programmes such as Photoshop, to create the print advert, Adobe Premier, to create the actual documentary and Adobe Audition to create the radio advert. I continued to use my blog to show the work I produced. We used a microphone during our interviews to get the best possible sound quality for the documentary. We also used a camera to record some of the footage for the documentaryas well as the internet to get archive footage. A camera was used to take pictures of the group completing certain tasks such as filming different shots. We also used Windows movie maker to change pictures to make them look like old film. To record the voice over and radio advert we used radio suite to get the best possiable sound quality.

During the evaluation process I used Photoshop to create these mood boards. A television was used so that the test audience could watch the documentary and give the group feedback and then they were recorded using a voice recorder and a camera to collect their feedback. I also used this blog to show the work I produced.

All of these technologies helped me to produce the documentary and other tasks, however some were more essential that others such as the camera was essential to get the footage for the documentary however the microphones were not necessarily essential however improved the overall quality of the documentary and created a professional aspect to the documentary. A computer was also essential in creating this documentary as editing needs to be done on a computer and lots of the research we did was on a computer and this blog was also completed using a computer. New technologies have made producing this documentary, and other documentaries, much easier with the help of lighter equipment which makes filming easier and footage can be collected easier. New technologies have also helped with the editing process as all of our editing was done on a computer in one programme.