Question 4

1. Q4: How did you use media technologies in
the construction and research, planning and
evaluation stages?
By Trenay Jay Watkins

2. Research: Note Taking/Drafts
This section will include all the technologies I used in the note taking process which
included researching, posting and note taking.
This is PowerPoint and I used this software program to make
basic notes. This was effective because it allowed me to
organise the slides on my research page and also used as a
backup for my blog.
This is Microsoft Word. I used this software program to also
store backups for my blog and also used word as a spell check
and for experiments with fonts, font texts and colours.
I used the Ipad 2 issued by my Sixth Form also to take notes,
which was also another form of a backup for my blog, in case
my blog was to delete at a circumstance..

3. Research: Note Taking/Drafts
This section will include all the technologies I used in the note taking process which
included researching, posting and note taking.
This is Wix. I used this to create my blog on and
posted all my saved notes from PowerPoint and
word on to. This is what the examiner would be
seeing so it was important I used this.
This is Gmail. Me and my group used this to store
and send each other all of the work we needed.
Each of us took care of something specifically and
would post it on to the Gmail.

4. Research: Post
This is the post section. Here I will be listing all of the technologies I used to post my
work.
I used Wix to post all of my work onto. This was via the
use of text, pictures, videos and html embedded codes
helping me to create my blog. Wix especially has a lot of
features which keeps it in close comparison to a normal
website, helping my blog to look visual appealing.
This is YouTube. I used YouTube for the music video
research, uploading vodcasts and screenshots from
other music videos for evidence purposes. The efficiency
of this is that YouTube is a free online service which
supported the uploads of videos.
I used Google for its primary function which was as a
search engine. This was used for all my research which
included for music videos. This was effective as Google
is one of the leading search engines meaning that I
would have received trusted information.

5. Research: Post
This is the post section. Here I will be listing all of the technologies I used to post my
work.
This is Soundcloud. I used Soundcloud to find our track
that my group were using for our music video to post on
my blog. This was effective as it will be helpful for the
examiner to see the original song without any visuals and
then see how we applied it to our video.
This is the search provider Google Chrome. I chose to use
chrome as it is one of the easiest providers to use. The
effectiveness of this was that Chrome itself is quite a
reliable provider and is really fast, meaning there was
lack of delays included.
This is Slideshare. I used this online software application
to convert my Microsoft PowerPoint files into a file
which I could embed onto my blog. The effectiveness of
this was that I was able to show variation between
different technological platforms, allowing my blog to
look as versatile as possible.

6. Research: Research
This is the Research section. Here I will be listing all the technologies I used for all of my
research.
This is Chrome. I used Chrome is its purpose as a search engine
to simply search for all the information I needed. The
advantage of this, was that I received but trusted information,
at fast speeds, enhancing download and upload speeds.
Wikipedia is another research tool I used. Wikipedia being an
online search engine meant that I was able to gain in depth
information about a specific subject. The advantage of this was
that I received a lot of information but the disadvantage is that
any can alter the information, which could make the
information unreliable.
YouTube is another research tool I used to research
information. This was useful as it allowed me to research via
the use of videos which is a change from researching with text.

7. Planning: Notes/Story Boarding
In this planning section, I will be outlining all the technologies that I used during the
planning process.
Word was one of the main tools I used for the
planning process. Again, this was effective as I used
Word as more of a proof reading tool to check on
any errors on any of my paragraphs.
This is a Nikon DLSR camera. This is the camera
my group used to film our music video. This was
useful as we were able to film in HD 1080p quality
enhancing the visuals of our footage.
I used Gmail to send all the planning process to the
rest of the group members. Gmail having a storage
of 15GB meant that there were no restrictions in the
memory meaning me could post any file of any size
without any worries.

8. Planning: Post
In this planning section, I will be outlining all the technologies that I used during the
planning process.
I used YouTube to do my music video research and
also the source for uploading all of our planning
vodcasts which included Casting, Costume and the
pitch for our initial ideas.
Google Drive was used for me to retrieve all the files
needed for the planning process. This was effective
because this meant that all my resources were in one
place which helped with my organisation.
Wix was used in the planning process again to post all
of my notes and answers. The was useful as it meant
that everything is posted on to one place, making it
easier for me to post.
The icon is of Sony Vegas. This is the editing software
program our group used to edit our music video. The
advantage of using this editing software is that it
comes with many features, allowing our music video to
be as accurate to a House/Dance music video as
possible.

9. Planning: Equipment
In this planning section, I will be outlining all the technologies that I used during the
planning process.
This is a Go Pro Hero 4 and we used this piece of
equipment to film our time lapses used in our
video. This was effective as it meant that we were
able to record in HD quality which also 4K
capabilities allowing for the best quality.
This is an Apple Mac and I used this technology for
all the computer uses such as creating the blog,
website and so forth. The effectiveness was that it
gave a variation of hardware and software.
This is a DLSR camera and in the planning process
we used this to take pictures for evidence that we
were filming. The advantage of using this camera is
the pictures that came out were of high quality.

10. Construction: Filming
This is the construction section and in this, I will be going through all the media
technologies used for example in the Digipak and Website creation
This is a tripod. We used this in the filming process to
ensure we captured stationary shots. The effectiveness
of this was that it gave us the best shots we needed.
This is the GO PRO Hero 4. We used this again capture
the time lapses of the different locations. This helped
with the filming process as it enhanced the quality of
the time lapses, with its HD capabilities.
This is a Sony Camcorder. We used this technology for
the filming footage. This was helpful as it gave us the
HD quality we were looking to use in our music video.

11. Construction: Video Editing
This is the construction section and in this, I will be going through all the media
technologies used for example in the Digipak and Website creation
We used YouTube to upload all of the vodcasts we did. The
was useful as YouTube has a very simple and easy system
which helps you upload and share HD videos.
This is the Mac I used to store all of our videos. The
effectiveness of this was that all of them are in one place and
it allowed me to use the Apple features especially for video
editing such as Final Cut Pro.
This is Sony Vegas and is the editing software application we
used to edit our music video. This was a good choice of
program to use as Sony Vegas offers a large variation of
features allowing us to create a good music video.

12. Construction: Digipak Creation
This is the construction section and in this, I will be going through all the media
technologies used for example in the Digipak and Website creation
This is Photoshop. We used Photoshop to create the
Digipak. This program was useful as it gave us a
professional standard of editing giving us the perfect
Digipak.
This is an iPhone 5s. I used this technology to take
pictures. The effectiveness of using this phone was that
we were able to take the pictures in high quality for
evidence of our Digipak ideas.
This is Google Drive. We used this to store all of the
Digipak photos. This was helpful as Drive give you 15GB
free of memory, which is more than enough storage.

13. Construction: Website CreationThis is the construction section and in this, I will be going through all the media
technologies used for example in the Digipak and Website creation
This is Wix and is the online software tool I used to create our
band website. The advantage of using this was that Wix offer
a number of website templates which means its just a case of
choosing which one is right for you.
This is an Apple Mac. I used this computer for the main part
for the creation of the website. This was effective as it has a
wide screen with high resolution, enhancing the way I could
edit the website and focus into detail.
This is Google Drive. I used this as the primary source for
retrieving all of the material needed for the website. This
included pictures and videos. The advantage of this again was
that Drive give you 15GB of storage for free, allowing me to
store as much as I wanted.

14. Evaluation: Question 1This is the evaluation section and shows all of the media technologies I used in the
creation of my evaluation questions 1-4.
This is the Apple Mac. I used this to answer my question 1.
The effectiveness of this was that I was able to answer the
first question with no problems in terms of speed of the
computer.
This is Prezi. This is an online presentation software where
you can create interface presentations. The effectiveness of
this was that I could use a different platform to answer the
question.
I used Google Drive to get all of my images for reference to
answer the question. This was effective to me as it meant
that everything was in one place making it easier for me to
answer the question.

15. Evaluation: Question 2This is the evaluation section and shows all of the media technologies I used in the
creation of my evaluation questions 1-4.
This is Wix. For my question 2, I answered the question as
video with the rest of my group. We posted the video on to
our wix blog to form our 2nd question.
We used YouTube as the source to post our question to on
to. From there, we linked the video onto our blog. This was
effective as YouTube have a very simple upload system
which made the upload of the video so much easier.
This is a Go Pro Camera. We used this camera to record the
video for our question. The effectiveness of this was that we
could record in 1080p quality allowing the quality of the
video to be very high.

16. Evaluation: Question 3This is the evaluation section and shows all of the media technologies I used in the
creation of my evaluation questions 1-4.
This is Wix. For my question 3, I answered the question as a
normal blog post. The effectiveness of this was that I was used to
doing blog posts in all the other sections, making me more
familiar with how the layout the question.
This is Microsoft Word. I used this to originally type up my
question. From this, I copied the text into my blog and this
formed my question 3 answer. The effectiveness of this was that I
had a back up of my answer say for example my question was to
delete from my blog.
This Window’s Snipping Tool. This is an accessory tool I used to
screenshot pictures to add in as part of my question 3 answer.
This was effective as the tool allowed me to ‘snip’ all the
necessary information and include other useful information
which could support my answer.

17. Evaluation: Question 4
This is the evaluation section and shows all of the media technologies I used in the
creation of my evaluation questions 1-4.
This is PowerPoint. I used this software tool to
initially create the presentation which included the
answer to question 4. This was effective as it again
formed a backup for my blog.
This is Slideshare. I used this online presentation
software to upload my PowerPoint on it so I could
embed the Slideshare onto my blog. The
effectiveness of this was that I could show another
technological platform on my blog, allowing each of
my questions to use different format.
I used Google Drive in this question to get all of my
evidence to support my answer. This included
photos, screenshots and word documents. This was
an advantage to me as because of me saving
everything to the Drive, it meant that everything
was in one place.