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How did you author (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?

The authoring of this video took place at Eaglemont Train Station. I unfortunately was running late and happened to miss my train, I had to wait 20 minutes for the next train to arrive. Whilst waiting, a train travelling in the opposite direction came past generating an idea for this weeks content. Along with the caption, that resonated with me that day, “train doors definitely don’t wait for anyone or anything”! Again, I captured this video using the rear camera of my Iphone, holding the phone at eye level positioning my phone not too high or low, to capture a good angle of the train making its way past, while slightly angling the camera slightly more towards the right as that is where the train was heading.

When authoring this video, I chose to keep the audio featuring in the video without muting it, as you can hear the train gradually building up its speed and resonates with the sound of the unfortunate moment, hearing the train gradually building up speed, knowing you’re not going to make it.

2. How did you publish (the photo or video) you recorded for upload to Instagram?

The publishing process took place immediately after shooting this video, as I continued to wait for my train to arrive and then whilst sitting on the train when it finally came! My week 9 post earlier #Week 9- Instagram Photo required a longer publishing process consisting of more thinking and planning involved, as I was generating ideas of potential doors that would be suitable to share on my account. However, with this post there was a difference, as it was a spare of the moment subconscious moment, where no planning was involved at all. As i heard the sound of the train I thought what an innovative and different way of showcasing a train door.

I published the post once I had sat down on the train, taking advantage of the simple and quick nature of Instagram by uploading the video without too much hesitation or any over thinking, which usually occurs prior to uploading on Instagram. In terms of the editing process the length of the video was perfect not too long or short, therefore didn’t require any trimming. The brightness seemed quite stark and dull as the video was captured on a gloomy day, with very little sunlight, this was easily fixed with the decision to modify the image by utilising the filter “Lark”. This emphasised the blue of the train more and its surroundings, making it more visually appealing and adding to the aesthetic appeal of my page.

3. How did you distribute (the photo or video) you published on Instagram to other social media services?

For the distribution process for this post, I used the in-built sharing features on Instagram, by simply transferring this post over to my Twitter and Tumblr accounts, leaving the captions universal across all three platforms as they were able to fit in successfully. I added quite a lot of hashtags, using the ones that had got me multiple likes from the other uploads which I had taken from other Instagram users who received quite a lot of likes for their posts as well. I also shared this to the twitter page using the prompted “Share to Twitter” option that appears when you upload your video to Instagram.