The document discusses the various media technologies used by the author throughout their advanced portfolio project. Their main platform was the blogging website Blogger, where they posted all of their work to allow easy tracking of progress. Other technologies used included YouTube for research, Google for additional research, Microsoft Office for documents, mobile phones and laptops for communication and research, a Canon camera for photos, Photoshop and InDesign for image editing, iMacs for software access, and a Canon camera and tripod for filming. Presentation software like Prezi, Emaze and Slides were utilized for the evaluation presentation.

2. In the process of my advanced portfolio I
have used a collection of different media
technologies through my planning,
research, construction and evaluation.
My main use of media technologies was
the website blogger where I posted all
my work throughout the year. I also used
use many other media platforms in order
to produce successful products.

3. BLOGGER
Blogger is a simple, easy and free website which I used
throughout the year to upload my coursework so it was easy to
track the progress of my products. It also allowed my peers and
teachers to keep up to date with what I was posting and how
effective my research, planning and feedback were. It’s a really
convenient software as it allows you to go back and edit your
posts. I made sure that I blogged every step of progress when it
came to my final product for all three which consisted of
research, planning, construction and evaluation. I enjoyed
using blogger as it enabled me to embed from a number of
different online websites such as prezie, emaze, glogster, slides
etc. These made my work more creative and interactive for
people on my blog.

4. YOUTUBE AND GOOGLE
YouTube was very helpful when It came to research and planning. It was
also key to helping us decide which song we wanted use for our final
music video. It also made us aware of the conventions of existing r&b
music videos. Most of my research was done on an IMac. Google was
also another successful search tool for photos, information's and
videos about my specific genre and overall media information. Google
also allowed me to research into songs that do not have a music video.
I also used my mobile phone for the internet to access the lyrics for our
song when we shooting offsite and had no computers around.

5. MICROSOFT OFFICE – RESEARCH AND
PLANNING
Microsoft office helped me a lot during my research and planning,
its useful and very easy to use. I used Microsoft office when
writing up my questionnaire results, risk assessments and then
other documents which I would post on my blog via Slideshare.
And for Powerpoint, this was not only used to make
presentations but when editing my images (getting rid of the
background) as well as using it to create my mock ups. It
allowed me to use different designs and layouts to make my
work look more appealing.

6. MOBILE PHONES, LAPTOP, IMAC AND USB’S
Our mobile phones were our top form of communication when it
came to deciding when and where we were going to meet. We
used our phones to research other music videos and lyrics.
Also, when documenting stages throughout my planning, I used
my phone’s usb cable to transfer all my photos and footage to
my laptop where I then posted it to blogger.
I also used my personal laptop to do lots of independent research
at home. I was able to access many sites and go onto youtube
to do further independent research. Watching other r&b music
videos at home also helped me understand what conventions
our music video had to conform to in order to be successful.

7. CAMERA
Before we started shooting, we had to decide on a location where
we could take photos of Deejay for our own music advert and
digipak. The camera we used was a Cannon 600DSLR. The
camera produced high quality images which allowed us to edit
any photos on Photoshop effectively. It was appropriate for all
weather conditions as the white balance of the camera is
adjustable. The images that were taken in the studio were
equipped by artificial lighting . We wanted the background to be
plain white so there would be a clear contrast with the
background and the artist, making her stand out more. It also
makes it look more professional as its used in many music
videos.

8. PHOTOSHOP, INDESIGN AND PICMONKEY
I used Photoshop to edit the images I had of Deejay , I
experimented with different colours, lighting and
texture. The program allowed me to remove skin
blemishes and generally improve the quality of our
pictures using a skin smoothing process. On the other
hand, the various tools and effects available made it
suitable for creating our album cover. InDesign also
allowed me to add text to both my digipak and music
advert. I used Pickmonkey for the selection of clip art it
had which was a big part of both my products.

9. IMAC
The schools Imac’s were mandatory when it came
to wanting to use the technological resources
such as Photoshop, InDesign and to create my
ancillary texts and Final Cut pro to create the
video. The editing process (which was Janna’s
role) was easy to access with use of the Macs
as using a personal pc made it a bit of
challenge. We faced no issues with using Final
Cut pro when exporting files and importing out
final video.

10. FILMING
The camera we used to film our music video was a
Canon500D saves all footage to an SD card which was
easy to transfer all footage to different devices. Alongside
the camera, we used a tripod which enabled us to capture
a steady, focused shot. After shooting we uploaded all
footage onto the mac as well as our own personal pc’s
and uploaded all our footage to Final cut pro. The camera
was of great quality and produced some lovely footage
for our music video. However, the camera and tripod were
a struggle to carry around when shooting off set.

11. EVALUATION
During the evaluation process, I used various media technology to present my
work. Using online software’s such as Prezi, emaze, slides, slideshare etc
helped me to create a presentable evaluation. It kept it well structured,
spaced out and easy to read.
Emaze was a brilliant software to use when creating a presentation on my
evaluation question. The use of bright designs and interactive features made
it fun to use as well as read.
Prezi has to be my favourite. It’s creative, easy and makes more work look
exciting and different. It allows me to add photos, videos , stickers etc and is
a really good software for presenting work.
Slides, like Emaze was also a really good presentation software. With over 50
fonts and a wheel of colour to choose from , my work looked colourful,
presentable and professional.
Lastly, Zoho. In essence, this was an online version of powerpoint. It didn’t offer
much variety on text and designs and was also a nightmare to upload on to
my blog.