Evaluation: Question 4

Question 4  

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research and planning and evaluation stages?

In research and planning I used search engines such as Google to find products that have the same genre, I also used Google to find out about theories that I could use in my research and planning such as Andrew Goodwin and Laura Mulvey theories. I then used several different presentation websites such as Prezi, Wordle and Popplet to present my work in a way that looks good and is interesting to read. 











The main presentation website I used was Blogger because of the size and the ease of the website made it an easy choice to use. It means that I can start work in school and continue it outside of school effectively. With it being digital I can also edit and get feedback on my work not just by my teacher but my peers as well as my work is always available.  To research music videos I use HTML5 websites such as YouTube and Vimeo as they have large amounts of music videos with millions of views, this helped me to decide what is popular and what I should avoid.

 

During Construction I used much more technology both hardware and software. To take all of my Footage and images for my products I used a IPhone 6+ which has a 8MP camera with a 2.2f aperture, this made sure that my images were sharp and always in focus. With this new smartphone it also had new features such as optical image stabilisation to make my video smooth and compensate for my shaky hand while recording footage. It also has a Time-lapse mode to take nice looking time lapaeses at 1080P quality and also 240FPS slow motion recording, I used all these features in my Music video as I had them readily available and I believe they improved my video. I also used this to record the voice over on my directors commentary where I used an app call 'Voice memos'.  

I also used apps such as Instagram to add filters to photos, this is what I did for my Album cover. To edit my footage I used a computer with an i5 processor with the latest adobe elements 10 installed to edit, this was powerful enough to make short work of editing and made my final product look professional. 

To build my products I used Fireworks and installed the Fonts I needed from DaFont. My thumbnails of social media I used on my poster are actually from the GooglePlay Store as they were high quality and the correct size meaning I did not need to resample them. To upload my video I have decided to use Vimeo as there could be copyright infringement on YouTube. To store my footage between my Phone and Computer I used Google Drive because then my recording is always backed up with Google Generous 50GB storage limit.

During the evaluation I have used Microsoft word mainly to produce the evaluation and copied this onto my blogger as it offers better grammar and spellcheck. In my evaluation I have used images from Google, Self taken images and screen grabs from my work to make my evaluation interesting to read.