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

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

Throughout the production of my A2 work i've used a wide range of different media technologies. In the beginning, i had a rough idea of what i wanted to do but i used a questionairre to consult people about what their own views were on music videos. I created the questionairre using Microsoft Word and i also used a video camera to record their different views. When i had all the footage i needed i uploaded it up to the editing software iMovie in order to produce a short video for my audience research and i then uploaded it to blogger which is the internet blogging website which i use for all my work.

When i looked at the audience research i had gathered i used the broadcasting website YouTube to watch a range of videos which were similar to the one i was hoping to produce and by doing this it helped me to come up with some ideas for my own production. Once i had some ideas for my production i created a storyboard which had the structure and plan for the music video i was going to produce. When it came to shooting the video i had the option of using an HD camera but due to the unavailability i had to use a basic video camera. If i had used an HD camera the quality of the picture would have been a lot better. As well as using the video camera i also used a tripod in order to shoot each shot steadily.

Once i had shot all the footage i uploaded it to iMovie and then edited it. The editing took a bit of time to do as i had to fit all the different camera shots in together in order for the video to flow, as well as trimming down clips if unnecessary footage was there. I also changed the colour of the video to black and white as i believed it would make the video a lot more effective. When i'd finished editing i exported it and uploaded the video to blogger. However i may have to upload the video to either YouTube or Vimeo as well due to it not being able to play on blogger.

When i needed audience feedback for my work to highlight areas of possible improvement i played my video on the projecter screen. This enabled the whole of the class to see it and with surround sound they were clearly able to hear the music as well which made it a lot better than the class watching it on a tiny computer screen with practically no volume. A questionairre was handed out for the class to fill in to rate my video and leave comments of the good/bad points.

When it came to producing my ancillary tasks there were a number of different pieces of software which i used. To start off with i used a Samsung compact digital camera to take the pictures for my ancillary and then once i had taken all the pictures i uploaded them onto my laptop. To edit the pictures for my ancillary tasks i used the Adobe Indesign software which enables you to edit the size of the picture, change the contrast, apply text etc. and then when i had produced the ancillary tasks i wanted i exported them into JPEG files and uploaded them to blogger.