Digital technologies presentation.

1. Digital technologies used in our
media coursework.

2. Blogger
We used blogger to:
 Record all of our coursework, evidence and products in
one place.
Benefits:
 Kept all work in one place.
 Easy to view.
 Easy to access on any computer wherever you are.
 Keeps it safe and reduces the risk of loosing any work.

3. Unsigned.com
We used unsigned.com to:
 Find the artist and the song that we would make our video
for.
Benefits:
 We could search thousands of artists from all different
genres of music.
 Use search filters to refine our searches to help find the
right artist for us.
 Able to listen to songs by the artist.
 Receive contact information for the artist.

4. YouTube
We used YouTube to:
 Research all sorts of music videos to see different styles of
videos and identify conventions of music videos from our
specific genre of music.
 Upload videos to receive feedback.
Benefits:
 Able to search thousands of videos from many different
genres in a matter of seconds.
 Able to pause, skip and rewind videos to concentrate on
certain aspects.

5. Smart Phones
We used smart phones to:
 Take possible location shots on the move and share with
other members of the group through e-mail.
 Contact all other members of the group to discuss
coursework and plan filming, editing and ancillary days.
Benefits:
 Allowed us to keep to our tight schedule.
 Easy contact with all members at the same time.
 Send messages in seconds.
 Good quality camera and able to upload to the blog
straight away.

6. HD Video Camera
We used the HD Video Camera to:
 Video all shots for the rough cut and the final cut of
our music video.
Benefits:
 Easy to use.
 High quality picture.
 Allowed us to easily film the shots we wanted to film.
 Able to fit to a tripod to get rid of any unwanted
camera shake.

7. iMovie
We used iMovie to:
 Edit the clips and add the music to create our finished
music video.
Benefits:
 Easy to sync and cut clips.
 Able to use stabilisation on clips.
 Able to add transition effects between clips.
 Able to add effects to the clips such as black and white or
glow.
 Able to publish the movie in high resolution for better
quality.

8. Microsoft Publisher
 We used Microsoft Publisher to:
 Create each single digipak panel so that we could
construct it all together.
 Benefits:
 Could use a CD template on the software to get the
exact measurements and leave a professional looking
finish.
 Able to edit pictures on the product for a black and
white effect.

9. Microsoft Word
 We used Microsoft Word to:
 Create our poster for our ancillary task.
 Create our questionnaire to give our for our target
audience research
 Benefits:
 Easy software to use.
 Easy to construct the product and make it neat
looking.

10. Facebook
 We used facebook to:
 Upload videos which could be viewed by lots of people
so that we could receive our vital feedback.
 Benefits:
 Easy to upload videos.
 Popular social network so we can receive a wide range
of feedback.