Task six for evaluationBY TOM THOMSON

What did I use the pages for and what did I learn from them?

Survey monkey

What did I use it for?

I used survey monkey to set up a questionnaire that would help decide the genre of our piece.

I used survey monkey to help with the audience research.

What did I learn from it?

I learnt how to set up a successful questionnaire.

I learnt how to read and interpret the data shown for my questionnaire.

G321

What did I use it for?

I used it for the extra help on my evaluations.

I used it for a check list when completing my evaluation tasks.

What did I learn from it?

I learnt that you need to talk in detail over certain areas of the evaluation.

I learnt that you need to read the questions carefully before answering them.

Shiplake College media blog

What did I use it for?

I used it for comparison against my blog to see where I could improve my grade.

I used it to see how people could lay posts when I did not understand certain tasks.

What did I learn from it?

I learnt that each blog should be specific to the person who created it.

I learnt that the simpler the blog looks the easier it is to concentrate on the information within it.

Pearl and Dean

What did I use it for?

I used Pearl and Dean to research the figures behind films such as the level on 18-24 year olds that watched a film.

I used it to see how popular specific genres are when planning the piece.

What did I learn from it?

I learnt that crime thrillers are not in the top 5 film genres.

I learnt that most crime thrillers are watched by 18-24 year olds.

Blogger

What did I use it for?

I used it for holding all the posts for my coursework.

I used it to publish all my coursework in one place, including all the videos.

What did I learn from it?

I have learnt to embed material from other sites.

I have learnt organisational skills.

I have learnt how to plan uploads and timescales accurately.

YouTube

What did I use it for?

I used it to publish my audience research, rough cut and final piece.

I used it for researching film openings and watching other groups research from previous years.

I used it to annotate my film for task 5.

What did I learn from it?

I learnt that you can alter the people who can watch your videos.

I learnt that you can annotate the video on YouTube rather than just edit it before uploading.

Scribd

What did I use it for?

I used Scribd for uploading any word documents that I had coursework on.

I used it to put the documents onto my blog.

What did I learn from it?

I learnt that you can embed the code from your document to your blog.

I learnt that you can link your Scribd page to your blog page.

slideshare

What did I use it for?

I used slideshare for the PowerPoints that I created for the coursework.

I used it so that I could put the PowerPoints online and then put the embedding code onto my blog for the examiner to see.

What did I learn from it?

I learnt that you can embed code from slideshare onto your blog.

I learnt that you can upload multiple PowerPoints at once.

Prezi

What did I use it for?

I used Prezi to create interactive online presentations.

I used Prezi to contribute to the variety on my coursework blog.

What did I learn from it?

I learnt that you can use different templates in order to make your presentation more specific.

I learnt that you can post Prezi’s on your blog.

IMovie

What did I use it for?

I used it for the editing of all my pieces.

I used it for the editing of all of the extra films such as audience research.

What did I learn from it?

I learnt that there are many different techniques that you can use when editing.

I learnt that you can upload the videos straight from IMovie to YouTube.

Camera

What did I use it for?

I used the camera for filming the rough cut, final piece and preliminary task.

I used the camera to film all of the audience research tasks and we will also use it to film some of the evaluation.

What did I learn from it?

I learnt that the focus on the camera can achieve great effects.

I learnt that once you have found focus you do not change the focus whilst filming.