How did you use media technologies in the construction

and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Throughout the process of researching, planning, creating and evaluating

my media product I have used a large number of different programs

including the ones shown below.

ResearchWhen researching music videos, music labels, digipaks and advertisements

e.c.t I relied heavily on the internet to access all the information and media. I

used Google to gain information and Youtube to access both real and

previous students music videos, these websites were instant and very helpful,

the research process would have been much harder and time consuming

without them. I also watched the tv music channels when wanting to watch

videos from a certain genre seeing as they all focus on different genres of

music to satisfy their audience.

When watching videos on Youtube, similar videos were displayed down the

right of the page so that I was able to compare videos very quickly, the huge

number of different videos helped to inspire me and give me more ideas.

During the research process I was able to use my phone and Ipad, this made

the online media much accessible when on the move or when there wasn’t a

computer available.

Planning

I used Photoshop when planning my

media product so that I could experiment

with different images particularly with my

moodboard where I was able to present

all my ideas in a visual format.

I used excel to create a filming schedule

which was very easy to read to keep me

organised and on track throughout the

filming process.

Throughout both the Research and planning stages I used blogger to post

and update my work as I went along. This website presented my research

and planning very clearly , showing me what I was missing and had yet to

complete , keeping me organised. I was able to post photographs and

videos and I think that this website is very good for showing your progress

and how you developed into your final product.

ConstructionIn the production of my music video and digipack I used my digital camera to

film ad take photographs, this was very helpful because its small and portable,

but also captures quite high quality footage.

These videos and photographs were then imported onto my laptop and then

onto Adobe Premier Pro where I could start editing all the videos straight away.

Abode Premier Pro is a very

advanced editing software that

allowed me to adjust each clip in

hundreds of different ways, which

improved the continuity throughout

the video because I was able to

adjust the brightness, shadows,

contrast, saturation and temperature.

I was then able to choose from a

huge variety of video transitions and

layer videos on top of each other,

because it’s a timeline based editing

software.

To create my digipak I used Adobe Photoshop Elements 11, this is a very

good editing software for editing photographs and I enjoyed this stage of

construction because I feel very comfortable using Photoshop.