2.  During my research stage I used
various aspects of technologies to
help me with the creation of my
music video, digi-pak and advert. One
of the main media technologies I
used throughout the whole process
of the creation of my ancillary texts
was Blogger. Since our AS task was
set, we were told that all of our work
should be recorded on Blogger. This
enabled us to submit posts to keep
track of our progress. Another
advantage of using Blogger is that it
enabled us to express our creativity
which we would not be able to do if
presented on paper. For example, we
can post images and videos from
different media technologies;
Youtube, our own computer and
through the use of URL’s. Personally, I
believe that Blogger helped me keep
organised. Every piece of my work is
stored on Blogger, and it allows me to
access it from absolutely anywhere
which furthers the reason to why the
use of Blogger was such a positive
aspect of the whole task.

3.  Google was repeatedly during
all stages of my A2 task.
However, it was mainly used
in the research stage. I used
Google to search images to
help me gain a wide range of
information about the
conventions of the R&B
genre. It also helped me to
look for an artist. After
looking through a number of
websites for an artist, I
discovered the website
'www.reverbnation.net'
where I found the profile of
the artist Emerald Jones.

4.  Final Cut Express was the
program which I used to
create my music video. As
Final Cut Express was the
program I used to create my
AS Short film introduction last
year, I was particularly
confident about using it this
year. I was familiar with a
number of editing
techniques, cutting
clips, rearranging
clips, adding
sound, transitions etc. Final
Cut Express was definitely a
more advanced program for
editing which really gave us
an advantage when coming
to editing clips, in contrast to
programs such as iMovie.

5.  Similarly, I also used Adobe CS3
Photoshop to create my digi-
pak and advert. This was
definitely a more advanced
program but something that
was quite a challenge to work
with. Adobe Photoshop is not a
program which I have had a lot
of experience with. I was aware
of all the simple techniques
such as cutting an
image, applying a
background, adding text etc.
The use of the program meant
that we could create a very
professional looking outcome. I
learnt a huge amount whilst
using this program and I
believe it was an extremely
useful in the planning process
of my A2 project.

6.  I used various filming equipment
such as a digital video
camera, digital camera, dolly and
tripod to help me during the
process of my filming. In terms
of the stills camera, I used a
Canon Legria Video Camera. This
helped me during the planning
process of all of the texts. At
first, I used the digital camera to
capture locations and actors
which I wanted to use in my
music video. I also used a stills
camera for my digi-pak and
advert. I captured a number of
high quality images which I
would be able to use in my
texts, rather than taking
snapshots from my music
video, causing the images to be
lacking quality, and being quite
blurry. The digital filming camera
was used to take clips for my
music video, and the tripod and
dolly supported the camera to
ensure that I would gain the best
results.

7.  A website which I
discovered last year in my
AS project was
www.dafont.com. This
provides people with an
extremely large number of
fonts available to
download online for free
and had benefited me a
huge amount in my
planning process. It
enabled to download fonts
for my advert and digi-pak
which are completely
unique, and differ from
the simple texts available
on computers such as
Comic Sans, Times New
Roman etc.

8.  Another website which
I frequently used was
Slideshare. Slideshare
enabled me to transfer
powerpoints that I had
created on my laptop
by using Microsoft
Powerpoint into online
power pints which I
could post onto
Blogger. I believe this
was a really good way
of presenting
information on my blog
in a different way and
definitely was vital for
my evaluation stage.

9.  During my research
process, music channels
were something that I
tried my best to frequently
watch to help me get
inspiration and to further
my knowledge of the R&B
genre. Music channels
such as Flava, MTV
Base, and Chart Show
were ones that I would
often see R&B music
videos on.