The document discusses the various media technologies used during the research, planning, production, and editing stages of a project. Microsoft PowerPoint was used to present ideas to the class, while Word was used for drafting work. YouTube provided inspiration from music videos, and a blog allowed sharing work online. A tripod stabilized camera footage, while conversion software changed file formats. Picnik and Photoshop edited images, and Premiere Pro was used for video editing.

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

2. Research & Planning One form of technology which was integrated within this project was Wikipedia helping me to learn more about the chosen artist Travie McCoy and his musical style which represents him. From researching him I learned that he used to be the lead vocalist in the band (Gym Class Heroes) and he has only released one album. I also found out which record label he was signed to which was Fueled by Ramen and Mercury Records.

3. Research & Planning YouTube has many advantages such as it being widely accessible and containing many R’n’B music videos, witch is the Genre which me and my group have decided to represent in out music video. As well, I could also view amateur videos from previous media studies students and analyse their approach, I then discussed and described these videos for tips in preparation for making my own video. By focusing on how other students have improvised showed me that high standard professional music videos can be generated when planned well which led me to create plans and storyboards breaking the song down into sections in which I would then film to.

4. Research & Planning Microsoft Power Point I used this software in order to present my ideas to the class in order to receive a feedback. Microsoft Office Word I usually do all my work in office word before posting it in my blog, this helps me to check my grammar and spelling.

9. Editing Picnik To edit my ancillary task I used a combination of Adobe Photoshop and Fireworks but the main editing was done in Picnik which is an online photo editing service. It is headquartered in Washington, United States . You can upload images from a computer and edit them out, the way I like. As you can see I choose to edit my pictures in black and white as my music video is in that colour Picnik allows me to experiments when I am editing, in this pictures I made the guitar stand out by as I believe the guitar is one the key elements used in our video

10. Picnik offers a number of different templates these templates also include fonts, frames, collage designs and stickers. As you can see below these are the fonts I used for my ancillary task.

13. Editing Paint I used Windows Vista Paint, which I have access of it in my personal computer. The window vista paint has an increased number of undo levels to 10 times, a zoom slider, and a crop function have been added. This version saves as .jpg by default, which can dramatically impact the overall quality of an image, especially after multiple saves of the file due to its method of compression.