EVALUATION QUESTION #4

HOW DID I USE NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH, PLANNING AND EVALUATION STAGES?

In this evaluation question, I will be talking about how I used new media technologies to aid me in the research, planning, construction, and evaluation stages of my work.

MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES USED IN RESEARCH:-

• Google Search

I mostly used Googleto research other music videos with a similar style to what I wanted for my video.  I also used Google to find example images of Digipaks and Music Posters.

MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES USED IN PLANNING:-

• Microsoft Word(for the Shotlist and planning for the video, etc.)

• My iPhone(Snapchat & Text messages) – for arranging the video shoot with Jake

• Adobe Photoshop(to plan the structure of the video)

I used the above media technologies to help me to plan my project, for example, I used Photoshop to plan the structure of the video as below:

Fig 1

Planning

MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES USED IN CONSTRUCTION:-

To make my video I used a lot of new media technologies.

Fig 2

Equipment used to shoot my video

I also used the lights that were available in the Drama Workshop.

Fig 3

The lights used to shoot my video

Once I had captured all my footage, I used a number of software packages to edit it all together, and to add the special effects:

Software:

• Adobe Premiere

• Adobe After Effects

Fig 4

Editing my video

I learnt a lot using Adobe After Effect to make the special effects needed for my video (for example, adding the TV screens and billboards, and making Jake appear in the same video three times).  Here is a timelapse video of me using After Effects:

Fig 5

Timelapse video using After Effects

I also used Adobe Photoshopto make my Digipak and Poster, and YouTubeto publish my video on the internet.

MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES USED IN EVALUATION:-

• Microsoft Office (for pie charts and bar graphs)

I use Mircrosoft Office (word and excel) to make the questionnaire and to show the feedback I received as bar graphs and pie charts.

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Evaluation

Finally, since the start of my media studies course I have been using Blogger to record my progress, which is the first media technology I had to get to grips with.  I choose to use Blogger over other blog creating apps or websites (such as WordPress, Weebly or Tumblr) because it offers a good range of options for including different types of media.  For example it is easy to make an essay-style blog post using mostly text, or you can go for a more visual approach by embedded videos, images, sound, or Prezi presentations. It was this variety of options that made Blogger my favourite program to record my progress towards my A level.