3. Research
From a basic area of research, we used the internet to gather
and understand the conventions of music videos by watching
music videos on YouTube, in addition to the ones we had seen
before in on our own time. Having gathered this portion of
research, I uploaded it onto the blog, hosted on Blogger, in the
form of bullet points and other presentations. This was with music
videos embedded in order for the conventions to be easily
attributed to, and recognised, in the music videos.
4. Research
I did most of my research on the iMac's at
school. I found the official music channels on
YouTube especially helpful for conventions
and being able to link these on the blog.
In addition to the iMac, I also used my
phone to conduct research. This was via the
YouTube app.
Some of the conventions that I found, we
attempted to attribute them to our own music
video.
5. Research
I could also update my blog by using the Blogger app found on
the Google play store on Android. This was useful when I wasn't
at school or didn't have access to a laptop. It allowed to upload
smaller pieces of texts to the blog or just check over it
The Blogger app was especially useful for adding images, after I
had found them on Google search for example.
I downloaded the YouTube app via Google play too, on my
phone.
6. Planning
The main and most important media technology used in the
planning stage was the blog, hosted by Blogger.
All of our planning documents, treatment, shooting schedule etc
are uploaded onto our blog.
Planning has its own page on our blog, as you can see in the
screenshot below, where all of the relevant posts can be found.
7. Planning
Another important media technology I used
in planning was Pages, a word processing
app on the iMac.
This was used to create the planning
documents, such as the treatment and
shooting schedule.
Also, I could open Pages documents on my
Windows laptop. This was helpful as it
enabled me to edit the documents when I
was away from the iMacs.
8. Construction
The most important technology
used in this process was obvious the
Toshiba camera used to film the
music video.
I also used the camera to take still images,
which could be used as pictures in the other
processes such as planning and post-
production.
Using a tripod was also important in this
process, used to keep the camera still and
allow for stable maneuverability
9. Editing
The software used to edit what we had filmed
into our music video was iMovie.
iMovie imports video footage to the Mac using
either the FireWire interface on most MiniDV
format digital video cameras or the
computer's USB port. It can also import video
and photo files from a hard drive. From there,
the user can edit the photos and video clips
and add titles, music, and effects, including
basic color correction and video
enhancement tools and transitions such as
fades and slides.
10. Editing
The software used to edit what we had filmed
into our music video was iMovie.
iMovie imports video footage to the Mac using
either the FireWire interface on most MiniDV
format digital video cameras or the computer's
USB port. It can also import video and photo files
from a hard drive. From there, the user can edit
the photos and video clips and add titles, music,
and effects, including basic color correction and
video enhancement tools and transitions such as
fades and slides.
