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

2. Planning and Research Stage
As
Preliminary Task/2 min opening A2 Music Video
sequence
 When planning our preliminary tasks  When planning our music video we
and our 2 min film we used apple Mac used blogger, Microsoft word,
to write up our scripts and the software PowerPoint, Prezzi and Mac
we use to write it up on was Microsoft
computers
Word.
 We also used a Sony camera to shot our
 When taking picture of our
Animatic/storyboard. location that we planned to film in
 I used blogger which is a website on the we used a Sony digital camera to
the internet to create a blog and a take pictures .
website called Slide share to upload  We also used a website called
PowerPoint's on to the blog. “Sound cloud” to find a song that
we could use to make a music
video to

3. Construction Stage
As
Preliminary Task/2 min opening
sequence
A2 Music Video
When constructing our preliminary task
and opening 2 min opening sequence When constructing our music video we
used many different technologies such
we used many different technologies
as
such as
 Panasonic HDC-SD60 camera which we used
 A Sony camcorder to shoot the preliminary to film our music video which was an
task and the 2min opening sequence it upgrade from the previous Sony cameras that
wasn’t very good quality and there where we where using, as this camera could shoot in
often problem playing back the footage that HD which made our music video look much
we had recorded. The camera also had a shot better that our as production
battery life so we had to record for short  We also used lights in our production which
amounts of time. When recording we used helped use create the atmosphere we desired
tapes this was very agitating as previous  We also used a tripod to create more steady
footage had to be taped over shoot and when we wanted shots with motion
such as panning we used a monopod. This
 We also used a tripod which we hadn't used allowed use to move the camera in any
for our preliminary task direction without the shakiness of holding it
 When recording the voice over we also used it also allowed us to reach heights we
a Mic that connected to the Mac computer normally couldn’t to create the look of CCTV

4.  When editing our music video we used a
software called imovie HD which was easy to get
to grips with as we used it in As to edit. The
main problems that we found with imovie was
that we were not able to cut the shots as quick
and close as we would have liked to. There were
also a limited amount of effects to choose from
and the ones that were there weren't every
appealing as we would have liked.
Construction  We used Macs to store our work however they
took very long to sync and often lost our work
A2 music video due to not saving in the same place. There was
also not a lot of space to store all of the clips that
we had accumulated over the weeks.
 We used Photoshop to edit the digipak and the
poster. Photoshop was very hard to come to
grips with as the layout was very complex so it
took about a week to fully understand how to
use it. However, Photoshop made our poster and
the digipak look extremely professional.

5. Evaluation stage
As
Preliminary Task/2 min A2 Music Video
opening sequence
 When make our audience response  When make our audience response videos
videos we used a videos we used we used a videos we used the camera on
the Mac it was very useful as it was
the camera on the Mac it was very straight on the computer and there was
useful as it was straight on the no need for any wires.
computer and there was no need  I used a phone to record some audience
for any wires. responses and uploaded them on the blog
 We also used YouTube to upload  I also used PowerPoint to answer the
our video so that we could put it on evaluation questions
our blogs.

6. Skills Learnt
As
Preliminary Task/2 min A2 Music Video
opening sequence
 I learnt how to use imovie HD however
 In a2 I learnt how to use imovie to a
it was at very basic level.
very high standard which was shown by
 I learnt how to use a camera with tape the quality of editing in video
and how to replace the tape.
 I also learnt how to set up and use the
 I learnt the skill of using a tripod lighting equipment
 I learnt how to upload vides on to  I transferred the skills that I leant when
YouTube. used a tripod in AS so I was also able to
know when I shouldn’t use the tripod
for certain shots
 I also learnt how to use a monopod
which was very essential in getting the
shots that we wanted