Evaluation Question 4-How did you use new technologies in the construction, research, planning

and evaluation stages?

Our Blog-• We decided to use Tumblr for our blog as this is a very popular

blog for out target audience for our video and we have used it previously with our own private blogs.

• Tumblr is easy to use and so we thought that we could do more with it than other alternatives that we may not have used before.

• We used the technology on Tumblr to make our blog look attractive and professional with easy to read font. This meant that we could easily post and each post will follow a theme.

• There were some options on Tumblr that I found out we could use on our blog that I didn’t know previously for example; linking text to an external website or uploading presentations such as my Prezis.

Our Computer-

• For our computer we used an Apple Mac as this computer has more advanced operating system than Windows.

• The system is similar to Windows but easier to use once you know how.

• As I was so used to using Windows this new system was hard to adapt to but I now know how to use it and the shortcuts I find a lot easier than on the Windows operating system.

• It allowed us to complete tasks and research quickly as the computer was fast and efficient when doing our work.

Research Technologies-

• When researching we used the Google search engine as it is fast, consumer friendly and has very good results when searching. I have used it previously so was not a completely new technology.

• Another technology we used to research and for uploading our own work (videos) is YouTube.

• This website is very easy to use and as I didn’t previously have an account I didn’t know that you could add annotations to videos or effects after it was uploaded so this was new to me.

Camera-

• The camera that we used was really small to what I thought originally when starting my A Levels.

• I had first used one last year so when doing this coursework it was not new. I already knew how to use the camera but this year we used it more effectively as we were already familiar with it.

• For example, we used soft focus to unfocus and focus on the abstract type shots which I hadn’t used before.

Social Networks-

• I have of course used social networks before such as Facebook and Twitter.

• However, on Facebook we contacted each other to arrange when to shoot and what work we need to do etc… When I usually use it for social reasons rather than coursework.

• This is similar with Twitter which we used to contact the artist to ask their permission to use their track.

Video Editing Software-

• Adobe Premiere Pro is the software we used to edit our music video.

• This was a completely new technology to me so I had to research how to use it as well as having a tutorial at the start of the year.

• Once I knew how to use it, it was a lot easier than I expected. • The most useful tool would have been the Razor tool as this

allowed me as the Editor to cut a clip midway and still have both sections so I could use all the clip but in different parts.

• I also changed the lighting on some of the darker clips so that the artist could be seem more clearly. I had to research how to do this as again I hadn’t used this software previously.

Ancillary Editing Software-

• For editing the Digipak and Magazine Advert Photoshop was used.

• Personally, I hadn’t used Photoshop before but Tatjana in our group had and uses it quite often.

• This was an advantage to the group as she taught us how to use it and talked us through how to do something that we wanted for example putting a filter over an image.

• It was really helpful and has taught me how to use this software so will continue to use it.