Ross Glover used several technologies to plan, produce, and evaluate his media project. He used Padlet to get audience feedback on concept ideas and products, allowing quick feedback to improve his work. Survey Monkey helped gather user feedback through embedded surveys on his blog. Emaze and Prezi allowed him to present content comparisons and evaluations in interactive presentation formats. iMovie was used to edit test footage and create a content comparison video. Photoshop enabled image editing and creation of draft and final ancillary pieces like posters. PowerPoint and Word were utilized for planning reports and evaluations, though more interactive software may have been better.

1. TECHNOLOGIES
BY ROSS GLOVER

2. PADLET
I used Padlet to get audience feedback on my
different parts of planning and production stages.
The application is easy to implement and users
will simply click and type in a text box on the
padlet about a specific section. This technology
allowed me to easily get feedback on both of my
ancillary products and I also used it on my
concept ideas for the trailer. Overall this program
was very easy to use and allowed me to get
some quick and easy user feedback to help
improve and structure my product,
SURVEY
MONKEY
Another technology I used was survey monkey which allowed
me to create surveys and connect them to my audience in order
to get some more user feedback. By embedding the surveys on
my blog other people could come onto the blog and complete
the surveys if I prompted them with an email. Plus survey
monkey allowed me to quickly analyze results in their data tab.
Which meant I could quickly go onto that section of their
website and look at my results.

3. EMAZE
I have used the presentation software emaze in my evaluation stage
because it allowed me to easily present my content comparison in a
different format. It is much like PowerPoint which is what made it
appeal to me and I wanted to do my content comparison to vary the
different technologies I was using throughout my evaluation.
PREZI
Another good technology that I have used in my evaluation stages is Prezi.
This is another presentation based application that simply allowed me to
showcase some of my evaluation in an effective way because of its easy
interface and tile based interaction. It is very interactive because upon
viewing the prezi you kind of skip from tile to tile. The technology didn't’t
really change the way I presented my work but it did give me a more
interactive and fun way to work and display my content.

4. IMOVIE
One of the biggest technologies I have used throughout my planning and evaluation stages was IMovie. This is
Apples video editing software that I used to create a content comparison video and also edit up some basic test
shots to get an idea of using editing software and what my trailer could potentially look like. In IMovie it is easy to
navigate and drag in different sections of your video by dragging in all your content from the bottom left or if you
have imported it using the import button your clips and images will be near the top. As you can see in my
screenshot here some of my content for Gibby is central, this is where my images are that I will use in my video. In
the bottom left are some basic options like titles and sound effects. The editing process is a simple drag and drop
method which is easy to use.

5. PHOTOSHOP
In this screenshot we can see my poster in Adobe
Photoshop. This is one of the biggest programs I
have used during my media production. I used
the program to both create my drafts and then
final ancillary work. Photoshop is extremely good
for editing images but more importantly piecing
them together. I used a range of tools for my
ancillary pieces such as the quick selection tool
which enabled me to edit out any background to
my main images. For example I used this after I
had taken the image of Gibby for both the poster
and magazine. The tool allowed me to remove
the background by simply highlighting the chosen
area and deleting it. Also actions like adding in
basic text and adding a drop shadow to text was
made easy by using Photoshop. For example at
the bottom of the poster there is some text that’s
reads in theaters may 2. There is a drop shadow
applied to this text which makes it look higher
quality.

6. POWERPOINT+WORD
I used PowerPoint and Word for many of the different reports and formats throughout
my planning and my evaluation. I have used PowerPoint in my evaluation to
showcase the different elements of work I have completed. It is easy to use and
provides a nice canvas in which to publish and show your work. It maybe isn’t
showing a good use of different technologies but it is easy to display a message in a
nice and presentable format. I would maybe use a different piece of software if I was
re doing some of my coursework by using a more effective program that has more
interaction and is easier for the user to read.