1. 4.) How did you use media technologies in the construction and research,
planning and evaluation stages?
Throughout my course I have attempted to create
and display my tasks in a variety of ways in order
to demonstrate my knowledge with a range of
software types. As in the modern age we are using
web 2.0 I am able to show my work using a range
of media types including: images, videos, audio, text
and more. When in the research & planning sides of
the A2 course I attempted to use programs that were
both integrated into the computer that I was using and
via websites such as: Prezi, SlideShare, Microsoft
Word, Adobe Photoshop, YouTube, Final Cut Pro and
Google Maps. I also became confident using the
Macintosh operating system and Google Chrome, both
of which were I was initially unsure on how to use
however over time they became vital to the point where I
would use them every lesson. When taking recce shots I
used a Canon EOS 550D HDR digital camera along with
an iPhone 5. These two pieces of hardware were used
because: the canon was able to provide high quality stills
of the potential shooting locations, and the iPhone was
able to give wide angle panoramic shots that allowed me
to see larger areas when reviewing the sites.
In the construction stage I used a Panasonic HC-V100
camcorder, provided by my college, in order to capture the
shots that after editing would become the final product.
This hardware was easy to use and allowed me to get high
quality video shots and stills that I could be happy with. I
then used Final Cut Pro to edit the shots into a sequence
that fit the narrative and the audio track that I selected.
This was a step up from iMovie which was used to a
greater extent in my AS course, the reason for this is that Final Cut allows
the user to have much more freedom and control over the production. I also
used my college's dedicated film studio for a portion of the filming. While
this studio is commonly used to provide an alternate background using a
green screen in this case it was used to show an artist
performing in front of cameras.
In the evaluation section I used: Wix, Glogster,
Slideshare and YouTube to display the answers that I
provided to the questions. Wix was used as the web address that the full evaluationwould be
hosted at, Glogster was used to give questions 1 and 3 more vibrant appearance, SlideShare
was used to display question 4 in a text format and YouTubewas used to show the interview
that took place for question 2.