The document discusses the use of various media technologies in the construction, research, and evaluation of a media project. Search engines and social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr were used to conduct research and audience surveys to inform decisions. SurveyMonkey was used to create an online survey. YouTube was used to upload the finished product. A Weebly blog was created to organize work, though some links and sources were not supported. SlideShare and Prezi were used to creatively present work. iMovie and Microsoft Office programs like PowerPoint and Word were used to edit videos, create title cards, and make small image alterations. An iPad camera was used for filming due to lack of access to a digital camera.

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

2. Websites
 I took advantage of search engines on the internet to
conduct my research. This proved effective as I was
creating a media product to be received on the internet,
and all of the research I conducted was based on media
products that were already on the internet.
 Social networking sites were essential for conducting the
audience research I got for making final decisions, the
use of facebook, twitter, and tumblr helped me gain a
better variety of responses and a higher number.

3. Websites
 Surveymonkey was useful as it was an easier way to put
together a survey and then to share amongst an
audience anywhere on the internet. The link is featured
on my blog and was the influence for my final poster
 Youtube was the video-sharing website I eventually used
to upload my finished product. I had experience using
the website before and earlier on in my project, so the
process was fast and helped to share my final trailer to
my blog.

4. Websites
 Weebly was the website I used throughout the
researching, planning, and creative process in order to
keep an active blog running. It was hard to navigate at
first as I had only used ‘tumblr’ as a blogging site, but
eventually I figured out how to upload consistently and
with a variety of different content. Although used
successfully throughout my project, I encountered
problems when many links and sources were not
supported on this website. This hindered my progress and
limited my creativity.

5. Websites
 I was able to organise my work and use it as a
blog, with archives and a tagging system to
ensure easy access.

6. Websites
 Slideshare and Prezi were useful tools to help present my
work in a creative and non-restrictive way.

7. Websites
 Due to the restrictions of the blogging website I used, I
had to upload each piece of work created on these sites
with an embedded code.

8. Construction
 For the construction part of my film trailer, I used iMovie to
edit together video and sound clips. We hadn’t used
anything like this over the two-year a-level course, and so
it took some getting used to. Many drafts were made
before the final product was produced

9. Construction
 Microsoft Office – In creation of my company name and
the title card for my film, powerpoint and word were
useful tools for cropping and making small alterations to
the images.

10. Hardware
 Without access to a digital camera, I had to use the
camera from my iPad. This hindered my work and the
rate at which I could get the filming done, however the
camera was of good quality and I already knew how to
use it. The files were then saved to a memory stick which
helped transfer my video clips into iMovie when I had
completed the filming.