Skills

Hi there,
This is what i have been working on recently.

Skills/Expertise
Some skills I have are in photoshop and movie maker. The rest I’m not too sure on. I need skills in photoshop for the graphic design, movie maker to make the movie and toast to burn the DVD and make the menu. I will find tutorials to learn about things I don’t understand. The experts on the programmes are the teacher and other students. I can find tutorials or ask for help to find out new skills.

Equipment
The equipment I need for this project is a computer to access the programmes, the right programmes e.g. photoshop, movie maker, toast. I will find the equipment that I need at school and I can also do most things at home if I need to, I know the correct procedures for doing the work as I have used most of the programmes before so I know my way around them quite well.

Materials
For my project I will need - blank discs; CD cases to keep the discs protected; ink to print the covers onto the CD’s; paper for the CD cover cases; a printer to print the CD’s onto; these will all be purchased from warehouse stationary for a reasonable price.

Cultural
I tend to reinforce the schools mercy values of justice, compassion, respect for human dignity, service, care for the poor and vulnerable, as well as self values such as honesty, treating everyone how you would like to be treated, trustworthy. I will include Maori, European and Pacific Islander culture in my video and I will find out more about the cultures by searching on google and talking to people from those cultures if I need to. I am going to reflect on my chosen culture by putting designs from those cultures on my project. I intend to reflect a balance of cultures in my project.

Environmental
The environment this project will be used in is indoors. During this unit I will be working in an I.C.T lab. I can work by reducing the impact on the environment by not using much paper and doing most of my work on the computer. I would ensure my environment is a healthy working environment by making sure everyone uses hand sanitiser. The factors I need to be aware of in my environment are

Legal
It is best to get the DVD copyrighted so no one tries to steal your work. The environment the copyright law applies to is when you are making a movie you do this so no one can steal your work. The NCEA markers will look at my work to make sure Mr Rowley has marked my work correctly.

Time
I will have until 30th April 2010 to finish my project. The most important thing to do right now is to get the project finished to a good standard. I will use my time effectively so I can get everything done. The time limit is not negotiable.

Money
We don’t have a budget. The money for the printing comes from the school and the money to buy the other equipment will come from the students. We will be spending about $95 all up. If we get it signed off then we will go ahead and buy all the products.

Innovations
Some new innovations I will be introduced to is for toast, so I can learn how to make the menu for the DVD and burn the completed project onto the DVD.

Social
The people that will influence my decisions are my friends, family and possibly the teacher. I think everyone will like it, the year 12s should be grateful. I hope people will like my project as I spent a lot of time on it. What other people say might affect my decisions on what to add in my project because if a majority of people don’t like one idea I may decide to replace it. MY friends and family might say something that influences my decisions because they are a big part of my life so I usually listen to what they say. Some personal factors I need to consider would be my like and dislikes e.g. colours, my favourite colours are pink and purple, layout when I am going to place my designs on the page. They age group I am aiming to please would be the students (16-17 year olds) and older people like parents and teachers.

Stakeholders
I am producing my product for the year 12 students of Carmel College. The people affected most by my project would be the year 12 students. As it is their camp and their memories, people who would also be affected by this would be teachers and parents who took part in the trip as it has a lot of memories for them as well. I might put out a survey to see what people think of my project or just ask people what they think of it. My Stakeholders will stay the same throughout the project.