The student used various media technologies in the construction, research, and evaluation of their media project. They used a SLR camera to take photos for their digipak and magazine advert. They created their digipak using Photoshop and their magazine advert using the same software, though found Photoshop less useful for the advert. They gathered feedback on their digipak and advert from their target audience using Facebook. A Panasonic video camera was used to film clips for their music video, which were edited together in Premiere Pro. The completed video was uploaded to YouTube to be viewed by the public. PowerPoint and blogger were also utilized in the planning and research stages.

1. How did you use media technologies in the construction, research and planning
evaluation?
Within my media project I used many different
technologies in my construction of the music video and
within my research and planning of my digipak and music
advert.
Back within the planning stages of my project I used a SLR
camera which I was able to take some images which looked
professional. I was able to use the SLR camera well as I’m
used to using that kind of equipment. I believe that using
this equipment worked well as it gave a good focus and
some very different settings which could of been used. I
decided to leave the setting on an automatic setting for
most of the photos that I took for my digipak and for my
magazine advert, although one of the photos within my
digipak is a close up image, for this image I decided to use
a different setting which worked well, I was able to get up
close to the image without the focus blurring to much.
Overall I believe that this was a useful technology to use, I
had no problems at all using this piece of equipment and I
was happy with the results which I got at the end.

2. To then make my digipak I used a program
call photo shop. This again was a program
which I was familiar with. I didn’t have any
majors problems with the software, although
sometimes it was slightly confusing as some
of the icons didn’t do what I thought they
would do. This program on the other hand
was very useful while I was creating my
digipak, I was able to change images to
different effects such as black and white, as
well as add on unusual effects such as a
“pencilled” effect. I was able to explore lots I then decided to create my magazine
of different things to make my digipak look advert within the same software. As
unique and fit in with my music video. I was much as photo shop was helpful for my
able to add text and decided what font and digipak , I didn’t find it to useful for my
size I wanted it to be. I thought that using magazine advert. Reasons being, the
photo shop was a great software to use and font which I wanted to use didn’t look
you can make something look so different in right with my music advert. Looking
a short space of time. This has definitely back at the font which I picked for my
helped me hinder my creativity. As I was magazine advert, I don’t believe that it
working through photo shop I discovered lots looks right as the two objects don’t
of different Ideas. look as like they fit as a package.

3. After creating my magazine advert and digipak, I
felt like it would be a good idea to ask my
target audience what they thought of both of
the objects which I had created. To do this I
decided to use a well known social network,
face book. By using face book I was able to
look at what the audience I had asked thought
about the products which I had created. It
was a simple source to use to ask questions
and get answers.
I firstly set up a group on face book, which I then
added some of the audience which I was
targeting at. They were then bale to see the
products which I created. I then asked some I was able to take it to consideration
questions which the audience then replied what the audience thought of the
using the software, Face book. products so I was able to improve
them for the better.
Using the particular technology worked well as its a simple and easy way to get the
feed back which I needed. Also as my target audience was for ages of 16 – 25’s , this
is the best place to try and communicate as a lot of this age range use face book
either weekly or even maybe daily.

4. I have also used a Panosonic HD DV video
I also decided to pan the camera around
camera. This was a technology which I
some different areas of the mise en
found very useful. With this piece of
scene that we were using. This then
equipment I was able to capture clips
worked well, so I believe that this camera
which I then linked together to produce
is very useful for different things. As well
a music video. This video camera was
as creating many different shots.
simple and easy to use. It consisted of
an SD card which we were then able to
slot into the computer when we wanted
to add our clips onto the Premiere Pro
software.
We were able to use the camera in many
ways. We decided most of the time to
stand the camera onto the tripod this
then gave a steady shot of what we
wanted, this either being close up, mid
shot, etc.
Throughout using the camera we even The settings on the camera were pretty
decided to do some held hand simple to use. Everything is laid out and
shooting. I believe this looked effective explanatory on what button do what, so its
as we decided to be creative and use a useful and easy technology to use.
the camera within a different way.

5. Premiere pro was the software
that I used to piece all of my This was a helpful source which helped me along the
clips together. This software way to creating my music video. Not only can you
was very useful as it helped me import your clips on the software you can also add the
have a finished result as a music music you want and change the sound. This I found
video. Although I did find it helpful as you can do everything you want to do it one
hard using this software. There software you don’t have to use different software's to
was a lot to think about when do different things, this software covered it all.
using the technology as many
buttons did different things,
there was also something which The layout of premiere pro was very
always needed to be rendered. technical, I sometimes found it hard to
grasp everything together. Although, on
Although this was a very helpful source the other hand I am now confident with
to use I found it difficult when coming using the particular software. Sometimes
to terms with how to use it properly. it was easy to use premiere pro as it was
Although after a while I came to terms labelled for you.
with how to use it well. I used a specific
effect quite a few times within my
music video, this was the cross dissolve.
This worked well within my music
video. I was also able to cut certain
clips and add new bits on to other bits
of clip.

6. After creating my music video, I was then able
to show the public by embedding the video
on to a technology called you tube. You
tube is a great way to show off many
different videos. I thought that buy using
you tube it would give me the best chance
for my music video to be seen. You tube is
a great way to advertise many different
things. Its also a good way to show the
target audience what they want to see. To
embed my video on to you tube was
straight forward it wasn't difficult as the
Power point was another source that was
steps are there to show you what to do.
Now that my video is on face book the really useful to use. I really like using power
public can now see the video, its easy to point, as its easy to understand and looks good
get on to you tube as all you have to do is and effective. Its easy to import photos and
use the internet. Overall this is a very good screen grabs which then help explain what you
technology to use as you are sure that you are trying to portray.
work is then able to get seen.

7. This is definitely something
which I found useful within this
technology.
Blogger was the last technology
which I then used within my
project. I found blogger very
useful as not only does it let you
submit your work, but it also
dates it all for you. Using blogger
really helped within the planning
and researching stage as I was Google was another resource which was extremely
able to analyse and research into helpful throughout the research and planning
stages. I was able to explore and search for many
what I had already looked at but
different digipak, magazine adverts even other
in further detail. It also then music videos. This was probably the most useful
looks neat and tidy and is technology out of all the technologies which I used.
displayed nicely. As I benefited from this one the most.