How did you use media technologies in the construction and research
- 1. How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?<br />3429000845820Using my blog was essential for my planning and research. This was helpful in way I could keep a record of all my data that I have collected. I used the blog as well to get feedback on my three productions from people in our target audience, then I re drafted it and I show the differences between the two. I embedded images and videos from slideshare and YouTube so I could word process my information and organise it with images. <br />For researching into my digipak, I used the Youtube as it has such great access to so many videos. This enabled me to compare different shots especially when I print screened. <br />0464820Originally, I was going to do it all by hand and then scan it in. However, I felt that I should challenge myself and use Photoshop. At first, I found it difficult to layer and transform things, but by using tutorials and guidance from others, I was able to layer and add effects.<br />Some of the images I used were stills from the actual video. By cropping and transforming them, I placed them into the digipak. I also put a transparent effect on the images so they appeared more sutble. I also used a small digital camera to take the images in the cornfield, as the light in the barn was not particular good. I felt the outdoors gave a more energetic and youthful feel,<br />I thoroughly enjoyed using the Mac this year because I have learnt how to use the it efficiently, as before it was new to me and now I have many more advantages such as final cut express and I Movie. <br />4114800122555We filmed the music video using a Song DV camcorder and a tripod. By using this camera, it gave us steady shot and was easy to handle. Throughout the shot, we used natural light, as the weather was nice. However, if the weather was dull, we would of used an artificial light.<br />When using Final Cut Express, I found it difficult but as I kept on using it, I have learnt how to cut clips up so they in sync with the music. Also to make our video have different effects we reversed a clip of the band running into the fields. We had to change the speed and direction, so by going into modify and selecting speed then clicking reverse, we were able to do that. I found that by rendering a lot of the clip was important as you could see what you were playing. Organising the clips was a key aspect in which we did. We did this by renaming them and putting them into different folders at the top left hand side of the screen so they were easy to acess. <br />In my magazine advertisement, I again used Photoshop as it allowed my to used special effects. I used a grain effect as I thought when being published it would look effective with a matt finish. I downloaded different fonts to give some variety to the advert as I found the ones in Photoshop were not what I was looking for. I found it hard at times to get the lettering to sit in the 3886200685800right on the advert, but with resizing and transforming it, it finally sat right. When uploading this to blogger, I had to use the program called flickr as I could not upload it straight from the file. This was because it was a big file and if I was decreases the size it would also decrease the quality. <br />In conclusion, I felt that this coursework has challenged me in the way that I have had to use various softwares, which I have not used before. I really enjoyed working in a group as everyone brings different strengths then you learn from each other. As for example, my weakness is using final cut express but with help I have be able to use it and use different effects.<br />