New media technologies were used throughout the construction, research, planning, and evaluation stages of creating a music video. Video and stills cameras were used to film and photograph footage and locations. Adobe Photoshop and Final Cut Pro were used to edit the video and create ancillary materials. YouTube and blogs hosted the uploaded video and research materials. Microsoft Word and PowerPoint aided in audience research and evaluation. Google provided inspiration and ideas for the ancillary product.

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

2. ConstructionIn the production of our media product we used video cameras – in order to film the videoStills cameras – in order to take photos for the ancillary tasksProduction software – Adobe Photoshop (to create the ancillary tasks) Final cut pro (to edit our music video)YouTube – to upload our music video (final draft)Internet (Blogger) - in order to upload all my work ontoWe also used a tri-caster (Green screen) in order to make our video have an element of uniqueness to it Image of adobe Photoshop

3. Research and PlanningIn the research and planning of our music video we used:YouTube – in order to find videos which were like the one which we wanted to createMicrosoft word – in order to draw up a questionnaire in which we could get information on our target audience e.g. (what music they like)Final cut pro – in order to edit our vox pox which was part of our audience research.Internet - Blogger (Blog website) in order to upload our audience research and planning pictures which we had take using stills camerasStills cameras – in order to gain an idea of locations, props and the setting we were going to useGoogle – to get an idea of how to create an effective ancillary product for our genre of music

4. EvaluationIn the evaluation of our music product I used : Internet Blogger (blog website)- so I could upload all my work onto itMicrosoft power point – in order to complete the evaluation questions and to add variations to the media I used to evaluate my media productPaint – in order to upload the screen grabs of different Rap videos which I compared our media product withFinal cut pro – to upload the end product of our music video.Image of final cut pro