EVALUATION Q4

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

Throughout my course I have used a large range of media technologies, which has been extremely helpful for, not only constructing my work, but for planning and research, to create my music video, and ancillaries, to the best of my ability.

example of me using premiere

My Imac

To start off with I used the computer set up I have at home - using the Imac, which I feel is better to use than a PC as once you learn how to use it, it is much simpler and efficient. For example, the quick and easy screenshots one can do. On this computer I used 2 main software to edit my work, which were premiere pro CS4 and the latest update of Imovie. For more complex editing such as the very fast past cuts and slight grading I used premiere pro CS4 as I movie was simply not advanced enough to do so. However for all the very simple editing I used iMovie as personally I found it much simpler and found it to be a much quicker process. I also used Imovie for making quick videos such as the bloopers, my one minute copy, my ancillary and an evaluation question.

example of me using imovie

When creating my ancillary task I used the software adobe Photoshop and adobe Illustrator. I found Illustrator much simpler to learn how to use however. It is also better for me to use personally as it is better to use for creating images that look like an illustration rather than editing the images that one has already taken.


When filming and taking photos (for my magazine advert) I used my own camera, which is the Fugifilm x10 which takes clear and good quality footage, which was great for making my product look more professional.

I used the website Blogger to upload all my products throughout the year, and added every step of the way through my planning and research, sort of like a diary, which was really useful to keep to date with all my work, and to figure out what was missing.

Example of me using notes on my phone
to plan

Weather app

Also throughout the year I used my phone, the Iphone 5S, a sufficient amount to help plan and research for my product. I would use the notes on my phone to make lists of thing I needed to do. I would also use the weather app so I could plan ahead to film. I would also have the Blogger app so I could update my blog posts quickly if I needed to. I also used the app Snapchat to gain some audience feedback, as shown. I also used my phone to film and take photos of behind the scenes. My phone is a very quick and easy way media technology that I use constantly, which is why it was so helpful when producing my work.

example of me using snapchat to
gain audience feedback

My Pinterest mood board

I used Slideshare and Prezi as different ways to present my work, and acted as a fun and different way to present my work instead of lots of writing on Blogger. I also used Pinterest as a presentational device and a mood board. Which was great as I could keep adding to it.

Example of me arranging to film with actors 

I gathered most of my audience feedback from the social media site, Facebook. It was a very quick and easy way to gain plenty of audience feedback for my work. It was also a very easy and quick way in getting in contact with the actors I needed and arranging days to film.






And finally I used YouTube, to not only upload my music video and behind the scenes footage, but also to to plenty amount of research on other music videos, to discover what codes and convention I needed for the genre of my music video. I also used YouTube to research tutorials on techniques to improve my editing skills on premiere pro, Illustrator, and Photoshop - software I wasn't so familiar with. I also used YouTube to create playlists on different parts of music videos I wanted to concentrate on. YouTube was great as it is so easily accessible and you can pretty much find any music video you want to do research from.

my youtube uploads and playlists