CCR 4

 How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?  

Me and my group used many hardware tools like cameras, lighting, mics, phones, and tripods. We also used software tools like Canva, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Blogger. 

One of our biggest problems were choosing the right camera to film our shots with. At first, we had Fatima’s Canon camera, but the battery had died, and she couldn’t find the charger. Then we switched to Fatima’s iPhone. Although the quality was good, the lamp we were using for the lighting messed up the camera lens and made some of the scenes look unprofessional. Finally, we used my mom’s camera that I had forgotten that took videos and the shots looked a lot better than the other attempts. However, we were using my sister’s tripod that its mainly use is for phones, so although it had the screw to go into the camera, the camera was too heavy, and it had to be held up by someone. That someone was me. I was the one filming and therefore some shots were a bit shaky or a little bit unfocused. 

For software, we mainly used Canva, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Blogger. On Canva, I designed the animated production logo. On Blogger, we documented every step of making the opening, including behind the scenes videos, weekly updates, photos of props and sets, and research on the drama and coming of age genres. We edited the entire opening on Adobe Premiere Pro, which was useful because we had access to it both at school and on our own devices at home.