The document discusses how various media technologies were used at different stages of the project. [1] During the research stage, Google, YouTube, and Wikipedia were used to research artists, genres, labels, and more. Blogger was used to plan and record progress, posting pictures, vlogs, and changes. [2] Construction involved using cameras, lights, and Final Cut Pro for editing video. Photoshop was used to construct ancillary materials like the digipak. [3] Evaluation presentations used Prezi, PowerPoint, and embedding in Blogger. Camtasia created a video clip for this question.

1. QUESTION 3.
How did you use media technologies
in the construction and research,
planning and evaluation stages?

2. RESEARCH STAGE – THE BEGINING
THE INTERNET.
The internet for me was the biggest source of help when it came to
research purposes. I used websites such as GOOGLE and often
YouTube and sometimes Wikipedia.
 GOOGLE – I would use Google to search up on certain artist to
find out more about them, which label they were from, how many
albums, when they had their first single, what genre they were
from etc. And for ancillary I would do the same, check on Google
images for Digipaks to see it visually. Also when it came to
writing my copyright on my DigiPak I had to search on Google
how and what to write.
 YOUTUBE – I used YouTube when I first started looking for a
song. When we decided our genre would be Dubstep, I could
narrow down my search. It helped me loads because it would
come up with loads of different artists and videos that id never
seen before. Also YouTube has a comments page and reviews
(thumbs up and thumbs down) which helped me decided on what
an audience prefers.
 WIKIPEDIA – I used when searching something specific, for
example when I was looking into the SONY MUISC
ENTERTAINMENT – wiki helped decided whether our artist
would fit in because I could see all their previous artist signed on.

4. PLANNING STAGE ~
 When it came to planning, Blogger.com was a big help
because I could record and write down everything I was
doing and how my research was going.
 I could put up pictures of locations we were planning to go
to.
 I posted up Vlogs about my progress.
 If something went wrong or plans changed I could blog
about it. It helped see where I went wrong.
 If I ever forgot anything, I’d check up on the blog to see if it
was there and most of the time it was because I do blog
most things.
 I would use Photobucket – an internet software that
allowed me to present my pictures to look more appealing
 Also because I have the smart phone App for Blogger, it
was easy for me to access
 When planning my ancillary, I would go on Google...to find
examples of album artwork and covers to get ideas.

6. CONSTRUCTION STAGE -
 When constructing our music video we used a JVC camera to
film everything. We had to make sure we used to right
memory cards, we did have a couple of issues in the beginning
because we were using the wrong memory card but we had
that fixed. Sometimes we would use the camera handheld and
other times on the tripod. The JVC camera was fairly simple
to use and captured everything as we wanted it.
 We would also use a still Camera to take pictures of us
shooting t post up on the blog. It was also used for taking
pictures of our artist for our ancillary work.
 A flip cam was also used when we wanted to make short
videos about our progress and when we filmed an interview
with our artist. The flip cam was very useful because its small
and portable and easy to use it came in very handy.
 Studio/Photography lights were also used when we were
filming in the studio, we would put them at the right level to
get the perfect lighting. Because we going to put some shots on
the green screen we had to make sure there was no shadow.

8. CONSTRUCTING STAGE – FINAL
CUT PRO.
 When it came to editing the video we used FINAL CUT
PRO a programme for editing.
 We used a lot of different tools from final cut pro, including
effects such as ‘BLOOM’ and ‘DAZZLE’ which made the
contrast of some frames different.
 We had to make sure we remembered each number for
each effect, so it would be the same on every frame.
 We used it to speed up clips, (The cigarette)
 And to also slow some down, also we put clips into reverse
(In the video when she is flipping her hair)
 We also had to put in images in place of the green screen, I
learnt how to use the chroma key, which was a bit difficult
because we would either have to much shadow or her hair
was not in place.
 We also used final cut pro when we made the Animatic for
the music video which fairly straight forward, we just
added in the clips and there was no cutting needed.

10. CONSTRUCTING ANCILLARY WORK
 When making my DigiPak and advertisement I used
PHOTOSHOP to construct the whole thing.
 One of the main tools I used was the ‘Stamp’ tool, this
helped me put in my white background and blurring the
edges so my artist hair didn't come out looking like weird.
 I also used the ‘Clone’ tool in order to make her skin look
clearer. You could call it airbrushing.
 I used the colour enhancer to brighten the colour of her
eyes from a dull green to a bright blue/orange.
 I also the colour enhancer to make the tips go her hair
brighter red and used it on he lips to make them a brighter
pink.
 PHOTOSHOP was fairly easy to use after I got the hang of
it, sometimes I would forget what tools I use and
sometimes I couldn't find the exact colour I wanted but in
the end I got the hand of it.

12. EVALUATION STAGE ~
 In my evaluation stages I used internet websites
such as Prezi.com to make my presentations for
some questions. It would save on the internet and
I would then embed it into Blogger.
 Prezi would allow me to add videos and pictures.
 I would also use Microsoft Power point and
upload it to websites such as Slideshare and
SlideRocket, again I’d have to embed it into
blogger.
 In this evaluation question three I used a
software called Camtasia 2 although a very short
clip, it was me showing how I would use the
internet for research.