Throughout the project, the student used various media technologies for research, planning, construction, and evaluation. For research, the student used Blogger to create a blog and YouTube to search for music video examples. Planning involved using Photoshop, Final Cut Express, and video cameras to create content, and websites like Slideshare, Scribd, and GoAnimate to share work. Evaluation saw further use of these sites plus Prezi and survey tools to gather feedback. A wide range of digital tools supported all stages of the multimedia project.

1. EVALUATION QUESTION 4: HOW DID YOU
USE MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE
CONSTRUCTION & RESEARCH, PLANNING &
EVALUATION STAGES?

2.  Throughout the whole process of creating my music
video, digipak and magazine advert, I have used a variety of
media technologies in the construction and research, planning
and evaluation stages.
The first form of media technology I used is ‘Blogger’. This is a
website where you can create a blog and group discussions
or discussion on a topic is made. Blogger is used for sharing
texts, photos and videos and so it can literally be used for
anything.
I have created a blog for my media project, blogger has been
used throughout the whole process, it has been used in the
construction and research, planning and evaluation stages. I
have used blogger to start of my whole project, it was first
used to research music videos, digipaks and magazine
adverts and then after I finished researching, I used blogger
to upload all my planning, for example, I uploaded my story
board, props and equipment list, details of the days I filmed
etc. I have also used blogger to upload my evaluation of my
whole project.

3.  For the construction and research of my project I
have used many different media
technologies’, these include, YouTube and
slideshare. I used YouTube for much of the
research, I used it to search for different music
videos and example of other A2 music videos. I
used slideshare to convert PowerPoint’s and so
that they can be embedded onto my blog.

4.  For the planning process of my project, I used a number of different
media technologies, these were, Slideshare, Scribd, YouTube,
Photoshop, Final cut express, DSLR camera and a Sony HD video
camera, Scrapblog, Prezi and Goanimate.
In the process of actually making my music video I used a high quality
Sony HD video camera, we used this camera for most of our filming, this
was a good camera to use as it was a high quality camera and the
outcome of the video was good, we did not have any scenes where it
was too dark or the footage was grainy. We also used a small red
camera to film the scenes in the park, this camera is not as good as the
DSLR but the outcome of the footage was fine and we had no problem.
When we had finished filming and started editing we used final cut
express to edit our music video. We used final cut express by editing
together different scenes using transitions such as dissolve and editing
techniques such as split screen and fast cutting. We also used it to add
effects such as black and white effects and to add in backgrounds, such
as the starry background show in the screenshots below.
When making my digipak and magazine advert I used the media
technology Photoshop. I used this to import photos and edit them. I then
created my magazine advert and magazine advert using the photo(s) I
had imported.

5.  I have used a range of different media websites to create my work
and upload to my blog. I have used goanimate which is a website
where you can create animated videos, I create an animated
video which discussed what digipak and magazine advert we had
picked to represent our group. I used goanimate because it was
an interesting and creative way of explaining what magazine
advert and digipak we chose and why.
I use the websites slideshare and scribd which are very much
similar to each other. These are where you can upload
PowerPoint’s and word documents into a format which can be
embedded into my blog. I use these websites so that my work is
more structured on my blog.

6.  I have used scrapblog and prezi which are again similar to each
other as they are a form of presentations but they are different in
their own way. I have used these to make creative presentations of
my work, for example, I made a prezi presentation on the final
digipak and magazine advert we chose and I made a scrapblog on
how I made my digipak. With both of these media websites I can
upload pictures to my presentations.
 I have again used ‘YouTube’ in the planning process, I have used
the website to upload videos which include our rough cut video and
our lip-syncing practice video. I then embedded these videos, with
the URL provided by YouTube onto my blog, where my YouTube
videos were then viewable on my blog.

7.  In the evaluation stages I have again used a range of media
technologies, most which I have already used in the planning and
research stages. I have used slideshare to upload a presentation
onto my blog, I have used scribd to upload my evaluation
question one word document onto my blog, I have also used
scribd to upload a word document of pictures which represent the
codes and conventions of a music video.
I have again used prezi to create a presentation where it zooms
into certain texts that I want it to and I can add images.
We used a flip cam to film our target audience reaction when
watching our music video and to interview some of our target
audience, we then uploaded these videos to Youtube and then
embedded our youtube videos onto our blogs.
We also used surveymonkey, a website to create
questionnaires, and created a questionnaire for our target
audience to fill out so that we could get feedback on our music
video. Our target audience had to click a link which led them to
the surveymonkey website where they complete our
questionnaire.