The document discusses how new media technologies were used at every stage of a media project. Blogger was used to present the entire project online. Prezi and PowerPoint were used to create presentations, which were then embedded in the blog. YouTube and Google Images were used for research, allowing videos and images to be analyzed and included in the blog. SoundCloud was used to find an unsigned song for the music video and contact the artist. iMovie on a Mac was used to edit footage shot on an iPhone and add effects to create the music video. Corel Draw was used to design digipak and poster ancillary pieces. Facebook was used to share the media products and receive audience feedback.

1. Question 4
How did you use new media
technologies in the construction
and research, planning and
evaluation stages?

2. I used a huge range of new media technologies in every
stage of my media project. Firstly, 'Blogger' has been the
main new technology to bring my media project together
as I have presented my whole project on my blog. From my
experience using Blogger, I have found that it is very easy
to use and is a very successful way of presenting my work
clearly and neatly for others to understand.
Another new technology that I have used to present work
throughout all of my stages is 'Prezi', which is an
interactive and creative way of presenting ideas that I can
then embed on my blog for others to read. I have also used
'Microsoft PowerPoint' to create slideshows of my work,
which then led me to use 'SlideShare, which is extremely
helpful because instead of the reader having to download
the PowerPoint file to their computer to view my work,
they can simply see it on my blog because 'SlideShare'
enables you to upload a PowerPoint to the Internet and
embed it onto your blog. All of these methods of
presenting work helps to avoid presenting all of my work
in the same method and adds some variety to the way in
which people view my work.

3. Using technology in research
When researching into existing media, 'YouTube' was the main technology that I
used. This enabled me to search for any music video I wanted to analyse, and embed
it onto my blog so I could put the video and my analysis of the video together. This
allowed me to present my research into existing music videos clearly and effectively. I
also used 'Google Images' when researching existing digipaks and posters. I could
simply type in the artist's album name or poster that I wanted to research and it
would bring up a wide range of results for me to analyse. Again, I could then copy and
paste the images onto my blog next to my analysis, allowing me to present my
research into existing media clearly.

4. Using technology in planning
‘SoundCloud' was a technology that really helped when it came to planning as it is
where I found the unsigned song that I used in my music video. 'SoundCloud'
contains a huge database of all types of music and sounds that you can listen to,
download and embed onto your blog. Not only does it contain music, it also contains
artist profiles, so you can find out more about the artist. This helped me when
looking for a song to choose as I was looking for an unsigned artist, and their artist
profiles provided that information and therefore I was reassured that the song I was
using was unsigned. I also used Email to contact that artist of the song that I was
using to ask permission if I could create a video to their song.

5. Using technology in construction
The 'Macs' were the main technology I used when creating my
music video as they contained all the necessary software I needed
to create the video. The particular programme that I used to do this
was 'iMovie', which was used to edit all of the footage for my video.
It is a very fast and easy-to-use programme that allowed me to
select the footage that I wanted to use, cut the shots and place them
together with the audio track. 'iMovie' has many different effects
that I used in my music video, such as adding different
colour, contrast and saturation effects to create the desired look to
my video. 'iMovie' also allows you to speed up or slow down any
footage, which really helped when correcting the lip syncing. To
film my footage I used my iPhone due to the high quality camera
that it has. I chose to use my phone over a video camera because I
believed that from past experience last year on my AS project, the
iPhone camera provides footage with a higher resolution and
sharper colour. I was able to easily transfer to footage from my
phone onto the 'Mac' by transferring all of my footage from my
phone onto a memory stick, and then plugging the memory stick
into the Mac and importing it straight into 'iMovie'. I also used my
iPhone to take the photos for my ancillary pieces, again because of
the high camera resolution that it has.

6. Using technology in construction
To create my ancillary pieces, I used 'Corel Draw',
which is an advanced editing programme. I was able
to transform the images that I had taken on my
phone into a digipak and a poster by resizing the
images to the correct measurements, adding various
different colour and contrast effects, and adding text.
My experience with 'Corel Draw' was very good and I
was able to create high quality ancillary pieces with
this programme due to the wide range of effects that
it offers.
Using technology in evaluation
I also used a new technology in my evaluation when
receiving audience feedback, by using the social
networking platform ‘Facebook’. I uploaded my
media products onto ‘Facebook’ where my friends
and family were able to view them, and message me
with their opinions on them.