The document discusses how various media technologies were used at different stages of a construction project, including: - A Canon camera and tripod to film scenes for a music video. YouTube and Google to research other music videos and designs. Movie Serif and Photoshop to edit videos and images. - Blogger to document the process. Popplet for online mind mapping. Word and Paint for diagrams. - Social media like YouTube and Twitter to receive feedback on finished products. Slideshare, Voki and Prezi to create and present evaluations. A phone to record feedback and YouTube to share it.

1. How did you use media
technologies in the construction
research planning and evaluation
stages?
Throughout the process of construction, research,
planning and evaluation I have used various media
technologies to help me present each of these areas.

2. Making the movie and ancillary task
• In preparation towards making our music video and ancillary tasks, we used a
Canon Lumix SLR Camera FZ48. We did have the option to use the school camera
which was a Canon Fs406, however we decided not to use it as our
filming/photography timetable may clash with other girls who may want to film at
the same time as us, and so it was more appropriate to us a Lumix, and also
because a member of our group owned the camera therefore it was convenient.
Using this camera allowed us to capture a better quality of picture and we were
able to use the zoom control to capture certain shots, as well as adjust certain
things like the exposure of the camera, for example, in one of our scenes we
wanted the shot to appear as if it was later in the day, and so we reduced the
exposure. We also used a tripod to help us keep the camera on a steady balance to
ensure that the videos were not shaky.

3. Research
• A website that was constantly used throughout my time of
research was YouTube, and this was because it enabled me
to look at various music videos, allowing me to have a
broader range of research to find which may be suitable for
my video in particular. I not only used YouTube for research,
but also for uploading videos onto my account to upload
onto my blog to use as evidence, however the only problem
that was very time consuming was that our school computers
don’t allow us to access YouTube, and so I was only able to
access it from home
Another website I used a lot for my research is Google, as this allowed
me to research into various types of digi-packs and music posters to
help me narrow down what kind of research I wanted to use as a
guideline to make my own products. Not only did I use Google for
research on digi-packs and music posters, but also for different types of
camera angles to improve our music video to make it more unique, and
also for research on things like what costumes we wanted the actress
to wear within our music video, and so I was able to do this by
researching this on Google images

4. • Another source of research
was visiting the stores like
HMV, Asda and Sainsburys to
look at various digi-packs that
they were selling, and what
the design and layout of them
were, so we could consider it
and translate it into our own
media products

5. Editing the film
• To edit our film we were able to use the
programme MOVIE SERIF where we would
add effects to clips, cut them, de-links
sounds from clips, import files and so on,
which gave our music video a more
professional look. Fortunately, I had used
this software before as I have previously
edited videos on the programme, and so
this is an advantage as I was able to start
editing straight away without being held
back by having no knowledge of how to
operate the programme. A disadvantage
that we discovered whilst using the
programme was that when exporting the
video, it look a lot of space up which we
did not have on our user, however our
technicians increased the space on our
users and therefore we were able to excel

6. Coursework
• Throughout the process of making my music video, as well as
creating ancillary tasks, I blogged the whole process from start
to finish using a website called ‘Blogger’. As I had already used
blogger before for my AS media coursework, I was already
familiar with how to operate the website, and so this gave me
an advantage. However, I did encounter a few problems whilst
using blogger, for example when I wanted to embed some
videos or animations onto the blog, sometimes it wouldn’t
appear which was quite frustrating, but nevertheless, overall
using blogger was successful and easy to manage.
I also used a programme called ‘picasion’ where I then
uploaded it onto my blog. I thought that this programme was
handy to use as it prevented you from uploading several
pictures, and instead allowed you to make one picture where
the pictures would flick through continuously . As well it
shows that you can use various types of media and upload it
to your blog with ease

7. • I also used word documents and paint to create small
posters where I could add text boxes and arrows to
point out what I was trying to explain or show the
relation between my research and production. This was
useful as it enabled me to make quick posters instead
of uploading lots of text and pictures

8. • I used another programme called Popplet, which
allowed me and my team to be connected onto one
page that was visible to us all, and allowed us to each
contribute a making a mind map of ideas that we could
all see. At first I found this programme confusing to use
as I had never used it before, however once I figured
out how to operate the programme I found it quite
easy

9. Ancillary
• To edit our ancillary tasks we used a programme
called ‘Photoshop’ which was very useful to use
as it allowed us to edit our pictures, for
example, taking away any blemishes within the
picture, dark circles etc. Not only did this
programme allow us to edit the picture itself,
but also place other photos onto it such as
barcodes, it also allowed us to creates texts and
place it onto the picture. This programme was
easy to operate as we had also used this for our
coursework at AS, but of course we encountered
problems with it as photoshop is a long and
stressful process, which can cause people to
make mistakes when editing, so that the picture
does not meet your standards. However, as a
team we overcame the problems by helping
each other

10. Feedback
• To receive feedback for our media
products, we published our product
onto two social networks so that a
large audience were able to watch it
and give us their feedback. One being
YouTube, where we received positive
comments from an audience
And the other being twitter where was also
received several positive comments. We
decided that publishing it onto social networks
was an easy way to receive feedback as people
tend to use social networks a lot, and so this
way they can preview our product and be able
to commentate it in their free time and in the
comfort of their own home or on the go

11. Evauluation
• To answer my evaluation questions I
used many media technologies. One of
them being slideshare, which allowed
you to upload PowerPoint's onto the
programme and transform it into a
slideshare, and then upload it to your
blog which was appropriate as it was
quick and easy to use on blogger. I
encountered no problems using this
programme, however I was only able to
access it from home and the site was
blocked from our school computers
To answer evaluation question
number 2, I used a programme
called ‘Voki’. This programme is
useful as it is straight forward to
use, broadens your use of
technology and allows a
animation to say your evaluation
answers aloud

12. To answer an evaluation question I
used the website ‘Prezi’ which
allowed you to make an interactive
presentation which you could add
other files to such as YouTube clips or
pictures. I think this programme was
very creative. I had used this website
before for AS and so I found it quite
easy to operate
To answer evaluation question number 3, I
used my phone to video my target
audiences giving me feedback on my
products, telling me what they thought was
good and what needs to be improved. I
then uploaded it onto YouTube, where I
could then easily upload it onto my blog . I
found this easy to do as I use YouTube
regularly, and so I know how to operate the
programme