1. Question:Howdidyouintegrate technologies-software ,hardware andonlineinthisproject?
Answer:Digital technologyhasplayedavital role increatingthisproject.Ithasallowedusto
produce a well convergedmediaproductthatincludesanonline website,amusicvideoand
productionof the digipack.
One of the most important Digital technology we used was our camera.Inour projectwe used Canon
EOS 600D cameraand CanonEF 28mm f/1.8 osm lense to make a highdefinitionvideoforourmusic
video. The computerIusedforeditingandresearchisDELL i5 7th generation.era.We alsousedan
extralightas the lightinginourlocationwe verydull.A tripodstandwasalsousedto take still shots
inthe musicvideo.We alsousedMacBookPro to update our blogsdailyandto create differentblog
postsand presentationsathome.One of the main technologythatwasusedinour productionisour
mobile phone.Allourteammembersusedtheirpersonal mobilephonesforcommunicationand
takingevidence of the production.
Premiere CS6wasusedto editourmusicvideo.The reasonwhywe chose thissoftware isbecause it
isextremelyeasytouse andwe hadusedit before toMake our exercise videowhichiswhyitwas
easierforus to use it. Anothersoftware thatwasusedby usis adobe photoshopCS6.Thissoftware
was usedin varioustasks.We usedphotoshoptocreate our digipackandalsoto designour
merchandise forourartistswebsite.The reasonwhyIpreferredadobe photoshopisbecauseIhada
lotof experience withitasIusedthissoftware tocreate my foundationportfolioaswell.We used
Weeblywebsite tocreate ourblogsandupdate themregularlybecause all of usfounditextremely
easyto use.The ideaof draggingthe toolsonthe page has made iteasierforus to create different
posts.It has an optionforembeddedcode whichiswhyuploadingmediaonourblogisand
extremelyeasyjob.IalsousedWeeblytocreate presentationsasitismore convenienttomake a
presentationonthe same software ratherthanlookingfordifferentsoftwaresandthenposting
themon our blogs.
2. We alsousedthe internettodownloadfontsforourdigipackandwebsite.The websitethatwe used
to downloadfontsis1001freefonts.com.We alsousedgoogle todoresearchregardingourmusic
videoandwe alsousedvectorson google todesignourrecordlabel.Todesignourwebsite we used
wix.comasit wasone of the mostcommonlyusedsoftware tocreate websitesandithad a wide
range of templatesavailable.The website hadvariousfeaturesfromcommunicatingwiththe
audience throughemail topurchase of ticketsthroughPayPal.YouTube waswidelyusedtodesign
our project.We usedYouTube to do researchon ourmusic videosandwe alsouseditto upload our
musicvideo.Variouspresentationdesigningsoftwareslike prezi,emaze andvisme were usedto
make differentblogposts. Googledrive wasanothertechnologyusedbyusto keepourdata secure
and safe.Itwas veryeasyfor usto viewourdata anywhere we wantedthroughgoogle drive.Social
mediaplatformwasalsousedinorderto promote ourproduct and to communicate withthe
audience.Pagesonsocial mediawebsitessuchasFacebook,InstagramandTwitterwere made.We
conductedmanysurveysusingsurveymonkey.
