1. How did you use media technologies in the
construction and research, planning and
evaluation stages?
Planning
Prezi PowerPoint Word
The first piece of technology used PowerPoint was again used to display Microsoft Word was another technol-
during the planning stages was Prezi. planning completed and was used in ogy used during the planning stages.
This was used mainly to display the tasks such as organization of loca- Word was used to design the digi-
tion, models and props. This was packs, store audience feedback and
genre conventions and analysis of
used for these tasks because of the the storyboard tasks.
the songs tasks. One benefit this
feature has is that it allows for a benefits PowerPoint has to offer. I decided to use Word because of its
more creative, interactive and hope- PowerPoint allows for lots of detail in many benefits. The use of shapes and
a easy to use and comprehensive tables allowed me to easily design
fully fun piece of technology to be
manner. With it’s setback being that the digipack, advert and storyboard
used to display planning completed. for the video in a clear manner. A con
However it’s big flaw is that it isn’t it isn’t the most creative software on
here would be that it wasn’t the best
easy to add detail. Prezi slide shows the planet, this comes second to the looking of designs and the objects
only have a limited number of slides detail as more detailed planning described didn’t exactly look like
and therefore full detail isn’t prob- allows for less to go wrong during what they were representing but still
lematic. This problem was overcome the production phases. The addition it allowed for an in-depth plan and
of this detail made a huge impact on still gave basic ideas as to what the
in this task though. It was only used
the production. It meant everything final results looked like.
for the shorter tasks that required
less detail and therefore slide limit had already been organized in-depth Despite these positive points, the
did not become a problem. This didn’t and comprehensively meaning that software didn’t make much of an
there was little that could go wrong. impact to the rest of the coursework.
really make an impact on the produc-
It would have been more interesting This was not due to the technology,
tion as it wasn’t a technology that
this was more due to the fact that
was needed or required to be used if this was displayed in a creative
the tasks set weren’t appropriately
whilst making the product. It was method but as I already said, detail is answered with this technology and
used again during the evaluation but more important because detail therefore the software wasn’t given
not as much and most of it’s built in means more is planned. opportunity to make an impact on the
features were hardly used. These coursework. If the tasks set would
Because this wasn’t the most crea- have been more appropriate for the
limitations meant it wasn’t presented tive software, I didn’t become more software then it is likely that the
with an opportunity to make an im- creative. I wasn’t provided nor at- software would have been used again
pact on my coursework and was tempted any opportunities to become because of its positive features and
therefore not appropriate to be used. more creative and therefore did not plus points.
Similar to it’s use during research, become more creative. This wasn’t a Word is not a creative software and
this hasn’t made me more creative. bad thing though as I had the detail therefore there was no opportunities
As I said before, Prezi just adds required for an effective, compre- to become more creative, but like
animations to a normal PowerPoint hensive and in-depth plan. PowerPoint this was not as important
as getting the planning done effec-
and I already knew how to do that so
tively because if it wasn’t effective it
because of this I have not become wouldn’t have been as efficient, so I
more creative. did not become more creative.

2. How did you use media technologies in the
construction and research, planning and
evaluation stages?
Planning
Photoshop Paint Online Tools
Photoshop was used to create the Paint was used to draw the images in Certain online tools were used during
mood board task in the planning. One the storyboard before being copied the planning phase. Gantto was used
of the benefits of this technology was and pasted over into Word to merge to produce the Gannt chart, whilst
that it allowed me to be more crea- and become the storyboard. One Slideshare was used to upload work
tive with the methods that I was advantage this technology has was and Blogger continually acted as the
displaying my planning and thought the simple to use during tools the portfolio for the coursework.
process when constructing what the software had, allowing me to create These online features had certain
music video should look like, what basic and simple sketches of what benefits. They were less likely to be
atmosphere it should have and po- the final music video could potentially lost or deleted because of them being
tential locations for the music video. look like. One setback of this soft- available online but this presents a
It’s biggest setback was the fact that ware was that the tools given weren’t con in itself. If there was no internet
once a document was created, I was very advanced and only allowed for access the files nor the portfolio
stuck to that file size. This created a basic sketches to be drawn resulting could be accessed and would there-
limit in the amount of detail I could in a storyboard that didn’t represent fore not be usable, readable or even
enter on the mood board and how the actual ideas I had in mind whilst accessible. Thankfully this did not
much I could write. This however was drawing it. present a problem.
not a problem. I selected it for just
Because of it being too basic and not Online tools have made a huge impact
one task as that one task did not
advanced enough the software did on this coursework. Without Blogger
require the most detail, the mood
not make an impact. It was a soft- the work would not be displayed in an
board was another way of displaying
ware that was not used again or even online way meaning it would be less
a spider diagram making PowerPoint
thought of being used again. If it was creative. Without Gantto I wouldn’t
perfect for that.
more advanced or allowed for better have been able to have produced a
This technology made a huge impact drawings then there is a chance that Gantt chart and without Slideshare
on the coursework. It was used in all it may have been used again and my PowerPoint's and PDF word files
four sections and was used to pro- repeated in the coursework stages would not have uploaded meaning my
duce two out of the three production but it didn’t. work would not be available, meaning
tasks required. This was a positive planning and other phases would be
For the same reasons of it being too
impact as without this technology less effective and would therefore
basic, I did not become any more
certain tasks would not have been drastically impact my marks in this
creative as a result of this technolo-
completed or completed as well as coursework. These features being
gy. It was far too basic and simple to
they were. available has prevented this from
use to be effective and was therefore
Whilst the technology made me more not giving me any opportunities to happening.
creative in the research I don’t be- become more creative. So I didn’t Because online tools were used in
lieve it made more creative in the become more creative. the research I don’t think I became
planning task. This was because I had more creative because of them. I
absorbed it’s creative influences didn’t have any other creative influ-
during the research and therefore ences to take from the use of online
was not presented with any new or tools and was therefore not more
innovative opportunities to become creative as a result.
any more creative because of it.