The document discusses how various media technologies were used at different stages of a project. During research, existing CD covers and music videos were analyzed using search engines and YouTube. Surveys were created and distributed through SurveyMonkey and social media to collect audience feedback. Paint and DaFont were used for planning color schemes and fonts. A camcorder and camera were used to film footage, and Sony Vegas edited the videos. Publisher created final products like magazine ads. PowerPoint and Prezi presented evaluations, while SurveyMonkey and social media gathered audience responses to the products. Blogger hosted all the work online.

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

2. Research
Existing Products Internet Surveys
I collected existing CD covers to I created a number of surveys to be shared through
analyse through a search engine, the internet in which I would collect information
google.co.uk. This allowed me to directly from my target group, helping me to gain the
analyse the existing products and information I needed to create an effective product. I
establish the conventions used. chose to use the website Survey Monkey as I had
This enabled me to put the previous experience with it. It’s easy to use with a
knowledge from the analysis into range of options for you to share your survey with a
my own work. I displayed the simple click. It also displays your information
album artwork and what I’d found through a range of graphs making the information
by embedding the images and easy to interpret.
writing a blog post.
Social Networking Sites YouTube
I found social networking sites to be I found YouTube to be the best website to view existing
the easiest way to collect information music video’s on as it’s the most popular video site there
from my target audience. Websites is. It allowed me to analyse and establish the
such as Facebook and Twitter create conventions often seen in music video’s. YouTube
an easy platform for information, video’s can also be embedded on sites such as my media
such as my surveys, to be shared with blog making it easy and more suitable for others to see
ease. They are also free to use and the video you’re analysing.
have millions of users reaching a vast
amount of people quickly and
effortlessly.

3. Planning
DaFont Publisher Paint
Although Word has a range of I chose to use publisher to
fonts already installed I create the plans of my
Paint was one of the main
decided to use the website magazine advert and CD
programs I used during the
DaFont.com as I felt it had a cover as I found it to be the
planning stage. This was due to it
better and more appropriate most appropriate and
being an easy program to use. It
selection for what I was easiest to use. It has a
enabled me to find colour schemes
looking for. I was able to test range of tools which allows
and crop things with ease yet was
what I wanted before you to layer, crop and
still effective. I also found it useful
downloading the ones I liked combine images. As well as
when needing to save work as
the most straight onto my a choice of basic auto
images such as .jpeg files.
computer with ease, shapes which allowed be to
show regions and where I
planned to place things,

4. Construction
Camera Sony Vegas
To film I used a HD camcorder that I I downloaded Sony Vegas after a
already had at home. I also used it to recommendation to edit my music video.
take my images as it had a photo setting The program was easy to pick up and
on it. This meant I only had to take one learn and the layout made viewing the
camera out with me instead of two. As video and what needed editing easy. I was
the camera did have HD options it able to join and cut clips with ease as well
enabled me to get a better picture than as add music and mute the sound on the
that of a standard camera whilst being original videos.
easy to use to create a range of shots.
Laptop Publisher
I used my own laptop to create my Publisher was my program of choice when
work as this meant I could download creating my final products. I had already
anything I needed to make the used it for my planning and had found it
product without any problems. It also easy to use. The tools installed allowed me
already had a range of basic programs to create a conventional product suitable for
already installed which made the my target audience.
making a lot easier than if I had been
without. As it was my personal laptop
it meant I already knew how to work
it making productions a lot easier.

5. Evaluation
PowerPoint Social Networking Sites
PowerPoint is an already installed program Social Networking Sites have been extremely
on my laptop which is easy to use and useful throughout my work. I have used them
presents information in a design of your to share my evaluation survey as websites
choice. I used it for my evaluation as I felt it such as Facebook and Twitter reach a wide
was appropriate and allowed to easily audience. They also allowed me to post my
organise my evaluation into sections. To work and ask those in my target audience to
embed it onto my blog I used a website comment on what they thought of it.
called slideshare.com which converts
PowerPoint's into files that can be shared
online.
Prezi Survey Monkey
My evaluations was my first time using the I have used Survey Monkey to create and share my
website Prezi. It allowed me to present my evaluation survey to receive audience feedback on my
work in a creative way whilst still being final products. This established their likes and dislikes
appropriate as I was able to add images and as well as the products strengths and weaknesses. This
other extra’s. By using Prezi I have learnt has allowed me to reflect on my work and decide what I
new skills and formats allowing me to would do differently next time as well as how it would
be improved.
improve my work in the future.

6. Blogger
Blogger was my first choice in displaying my work via
the internet. I felt that the program was professional
and it gave me the creative freedom to present it how I
wished.
Blogger is an easy site to use with a great range of
choice. It has a html code option making it easy to add
items such as my surveys. It makes embedding YouTube
video’s or uploading your own is easy as you can do it
straight through Blogger. Photo’s can also be added
separately. Blogger is a versatile site and as it’s online
work can be accessed at a range of locations at anytime.
It also has a draft option which saves your work without
publishing allowing you to go back to it later.
Blogger has many positives as well as a few negatives.
Sometimes I have found that aspects of my blog have
not worked or been available and embedding surveys
has been an issue. Images also are hard to place as
blogger can be temperamental when moving them.