QUESTION THREEHow did you use media technologies

in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages.

By Farheen Begum, Group 2

What is media technologies?

Electronic and digital equipment for example computers, cameras and digital projectors.

BLOGGERWhere do i begin with blogger?? Bloggers where it all started and took place. Whenever i did any bit of research i had to upload it on to blogger to show my teachers and for myself. Its easy to upload pictures and videos on to blogger and doesn't take too long. I also embedded links from prezi and Photobucket and other forms of technology on to blogger as it was easy to view. Another great thing is that its all in order from date so its convenient to see my progress and any draft ideas i had. 

Final Cut Pro

Final cut pro was something i felt semi-confident using because we used it a lot last year to edit the thriller. Although this year we experimented loads with texts, special effects and video transitions in order to make our music video look more professional and realistic. We used colour picker because we couldn't find the right shade of the colour white to use behind our four split screens. Obviously we used Final Cut Pro to put the clips of our music video together to make a final product. We did this on the Apple macs rather than windows movie maker as not everyone in the group had heard of that. I also used Final Cut Pro to make a blooper reel from when we were our filming, so for post production, i experimented loads with the transitions and special effects to see what worked well and what didn't.

Photo BoothAlthough its called photo booth, its also possible to make videos on photo booth and that's what i did. I made videos for 'reflection of progress' blogs as its easier to do it straight on to the mac rather than with the flip camera. As a group we also took some group pictures to show costume and to discuss ideas for planning and production so we found it quick and convenient to use (we also played around with some of the silly effects).

Twitter and Instagram

• We made a twitter and instagram page to keep our teachers updated on our progress and to keep a timeline of our journey. I also used Twitter for feedback and planning as I asked our target audience what they like in a music video and after the video was completed, what they liked about the video and what they thought could be improved. Instagram was also a place where we could filter our photos that we could have potentially used for our ancillary pack.

Cameras and Memory Cards• Without the camera and memory cards we

wouldn’t have been able to make any of the media products, We had to use the camera to film EVERYTHING. And a memory card to save EVERYTHING .They were essential for production and feedback purposes as we filmed on the JVC cameras and took behind the scene pictures with your average still camera. With the professional camera from photography we used it to take pictures for our ancillary work where the outcome was strong and successful as we had hundreds of pictures that we were proud off.

Internet• I used the internet almost every hour of the

day except for when I’m sleeping and in media you’ll find me on the internet the whole lesson. This is because the internet is essential for research because it’s a place where we found YouTube videos which enabled us to look at music videos and video tutorials to new functions for final cut pro. We used the internet to research synergy for our ancillary ideas and made them come to life

iPhones and phones and flip camera

• Just in case we didn’t have access to any of the professional cameras we used our phones to take pictures or record feedback. I also used my phone for several things, to use instagram and twitter and for planning purposes as I had access to blogger to draft my ideas

Photoshop

• I didn’t use Photoshop to its full potential because I wasn’t sure how to use it as well as some others. However I did use Photoshop to produce or construct my ancillary work where we adjusted the brightness, added text as well as pictures, logos and barcodes. Which enabled us to make our work look professional and real.

• That’s all from me however there are several other technologies that I have used in terms of production and evaluation questions for example

• PhotoBucket• Kioza• Prezi• SlideShare• Gif• Go Animate