Question 4

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

For my research and planning I used Youtube which helped me find other artists both similar and different it also could look at their conventions which helped me get ideas for my own media products. BlogSpot also helped me during the planning and research stages because it made storing and accessing my work simpler it also meant I could see others work and get feedback from teachers and other students. Having a blog made it easier to use multimedia products such as posting videos and photographs.

During the production of my music video I used digital camera’s I found these were easy to use and easy to transfer the captured video onto a computer. The cameras were also very portable and easy to use they came with tripods which made capturing from different angles and heights easy. I also used Premiere Elements when editing my music video. I found premiere again easy to use. It was also helpful to be able to save at different points of my editing so that if I’d made a mistake I didn’t have to start completely from scratch. Editing the transitions and effects also turned out to be simple as well-meaning I could get more out of premiere and improve my music video. Another type of software I used was Photoshop. I used this mainly for my print productions however I struggled with Photoshop and found it difficult to understand making my print productions less complex.