media evaluation

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

2. Programmes used in research and
planning
Here are some of the methods we used to get
research for our media products and what we used to
plan this. We used a lot of mind maps to plan our
ideas and discuss what ideas we had. As well we this
we used whatsapp to communicate with each other
outside of the lesson and used it to post new ideas to
check them with the rest of the group. We used the
channel 4 and radio times website for our research as
this was useful to find statistics on these products.
YouTube was useful when we wanted to learn how to
use new products as this was easy to find tutorials for,
for example we had not yet used Scribd. Furthermore,
internet explorer was another way in which we got
audience research and research on products as there
were many websites based on this. Finally, blogger
was used to post images and text posts of our
research and what we had planned each lesson from
the beginning until current lessons.

3. Evidence of planning
These are screenshot from our media whatsapp chat where we have posted new
information in when we were not in lesson. This helped in keeping on top of the work as if
there was something that needed to be done, we would inform the rest of the group and
we would divide the work through this chat. This was also useful if there was a change of
plan for example in the middle screenshot where the police man who we were
interviewing had changed and we needed to be aware of this as well letting the front desk
of college know.

4. Evidence of research
This is evidence of the
PowerPoints we made
based on the research we
did for channel 4 statistics
and capital FM stats which
is the station we were airing
our radio trailer on. The
statistics and information
we found was off the
official websites therefore
we knew it was reliable and
something that we could
use. This was useful to refer
back in the construction
process as it made it easier
to know what to include
and not include based on
our target audience.

5. Programmes used in the construction
process

6. Documentary construction
During the construction process of our documentary, we worked closely with
premiere pro as this was what we used to construct it on. Premiere pro was the
main program we used which was effective as we learned a lot of new techniques
and tools which made it easier to pick up on other technologies. As well as this we
used Instagram during the filming to show what apps teenagers use and this was
one that featured in the final edit of the film. Microsoft word was used when
making each of the programmes as this was something we could make quick
notes on and use as a diary to see what was left to do for the upcoming lesson.
We also used ‘apps’ on the apple mac which was where all our edits and clips
were kept from filming, and outlook to send the group new shots and anything
information about the documentary which we were not able to send over
WhatsApp. Using these technologies made the construction process of the
documentary easier and contributed to an overall success for the group and the
film.

7. Radio trailer construction
While creating the radio trailer, this was done mainly through premiere pro,
the same program as the documentary. This made the process a lot faster as
it was familiar to us and we did not need any lessons in using this. Previous to
this, we did face some difficulties as we tried to make it in garage band but
the program would not work which set us back in time. This was when we
moved to premiere pro and this made the process a lot easier as we finished
it in around 2 days. Through the construction of the radio trailer we also used
similar programs to store out products and pass on information for example
outlook, apps and Microsoft word. This was possibly the easiest media
product to create due to the fact that we had previously spent over a month
using it for the documentary so was skilled in this.

8. Magazine listing construction
The final media product we constructed was our
magazine listing, which we chose to produce on in
design. This technology was quite difficult to use to
begin with and it took a while to get used to which set
us back a while as we did not estimate that it would take
the time it did. In my opinion this was the most difficult
media product to create as we wanted to make sure the
layout looked as though it would fit into an issue of
Radio Times and this was harder to capture than
estimated. For this product we swapped who was
editing it each lesson as we hoped this would generate
more ideas and would help the creation process for
example what layout to follow. As well as using in
design, we used Microsoft word to write our article in
and used the radio times website to look at real issues
to analyse.

9. Programmes used in the evaluation
process

10. Evaluation process
During the evaluation process which I am currently in, I have used different
technologies to answer each question. I firstly started the evaluation on Microsoft
word to plan my questions and make it easier to write up the real thing. I began
my first question using slide share as this was something where I could post a
large amount of information and use screenshots and images to gives evidence of
what I was talking about. This was useful as it made it easier to talk about certain
topics through images rather than having to write an essay. The second question
was done on Prezi as I did not want to stick to using the same technologies for
each question. I also used PowerPoint and tried to use scribd but faced difficulties
as the work I created did not post so I was unable to do part of my evaluation
using this. The media blog was also a big part of the evaluation process as this was
somewhere which was accessible at home and outside of college so meant that
we could all upload relevant information which would access outside of the mac
suite. We used this to post screenshots of the creation of all 3 media products
which made it easier to break down and talk about in these questions. By using
different technologies it was more effective as we were able to demonstrate the
skills we had learned, and rather than writing an essay it meant that we were able
to show our work through images and necessary screenshots, making it easier to
visualise.