I created a number images and footage myself, using my sybling’s and friends. I found that I ran out of time and space to include all of the footage and so a lot went unused. I enjoyed creating the footage and stills, and felt somewhat like a director. It was the part I most enjoyed about creating the video; the ability to produce the exact content I wanted, rather than relying on what others had created, and hoping it would fit with my ideas. Capturing the footage took time, and phone memory (I had to start deleting other videos on my phone so that I could continue my project!), and was an eye opening experience into the detailed an lengthy process of content generation.
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I researched through a number of peer-reviewed articles and found statistics and background information, non-scholarly sources provided real life examples and up to date information. The report on young people and sexting in Australia (Albury et al., 2013) was thought provoking and is what made me question whether teens actually see sexting as a problem. Responses from the teens I decided to conduct my own interview and incorporate that information with that of the formal research in order to gain more perspective and to add another layer to my video. As legislation changes are so recent, there was more information from periodicals, than from journal articles at this point in time, so I used a number of news sources. I also researched opinions and information on the age that a child should be held accountable for their actions, as this is such a difficult question to pose. I used the information found and related it to how the changes will be used in practice.
The exercise was enjoyable, be it frustrating at times. I faced a number of challenges, and found some things easier than others. Firstly, I had never used an editing program before so learning about iMovie software as I went was arduous. It was easy enough to decipher eventually, but I still found the editing process time consuming and sometimes difficult when the computer didn’t do exactly what I wanted it to. Deciding on a specific topic was also difficult as sexting is such a broad topic; I found that in simply researching the term ‘sexting’ I was continuously drawn to the same topic of the new legislation. I learnt to trust facilitators when they say that a particular assignment will take time. I learnt that working with others is difficult if you cannot verbally express exactly what it is you want to film.
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