1. How did I use media technologies in
the construction and research,
planning and evaluation stages?
Researching:
When researching, I worked with Alex to come up with some ideas. We looked at short
films on youtube and on google. There are so many out there and so easy to watch. With
the 'new age' of technology and its ever evolving media platforms, it becomes easier and
easier to consume new media.
- Youtube: This allowed me to use and watch short films, also looking at potential music
for my short film. Thousands and millions of people each day watch youtube videos,
surfing the net for the next funny gimmick Youtube allowed me to explore new ideas of
what I was going to put in my film with a click of a button.
- As well as watching and absorbing everyone else's media, I have been able to upload
my own short film so people can view it like I've viewed theirs. HOWEVER!!!! Myself and
Alex have ran into a small issue with the short film. Although we are done with
recording...etc, when uploading it we have had to change the privacy settings. There are
three settings: PUBLIC, UNLISTED AND PRIVATE. Public means that everyone can view
it and it will pop up in suggested links on the website where as unlisted gives you total
control of who views it. Only you can view it and send the link to others so they can watch
it too. Then there's private. No one else can watch this bare from yourself as it is
restricted to the account holder and their use.
2. I have had to upload the video via the 'unlisted' option. This is because as I am a cadet
and have worked with other cadets and within the TA centre, safety is key. We agreed to
them writing slips so we knew they were able to appear in the film but it wasn't allowed to
be spread all over social networks sights. We kind of found a loop hole and discussed
this. Although blogger can be categorised into a 'social networking' site because you can
interact with people all over the world and post stuff it is for educational purposes and not
personal use.
- While in the production stages of our project, we used a lot of resources. We used
blogger for uploading and keeping track with what we're doing. This is almost like a diary;
however it's viral, and everyone can see what you're posting but it works in the same way.
Blogger is used worldwide and this works to my advantage. Many people can stumble on
blogs or sites and they can be spread around the internet hopefully creating positive
publicity. With the new technology age Media 2.0, everything and anything is at our finger
tips. Being able to find anything is so easy and simple and is becoming simpler by the
second.
- I have used programmes and sites like:
- Emaze
- Prezi
- Photoshop
- In design
- Garage band
- Blogger
- Imovie.
These are just a few of the programmes and websites I have used to help create my
project.
