How did you
use media technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation
stages?
Construction
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Media technologies helped me when constructing my music video and
my ancillary tasks. One of these being Web 2.0 and especially YouTube, as it
helped me to understand the software that I used to make my music video. I
searched for different clips that would show me how to complete different tasks
and use different tools. One example of this was that I searched up how to use
the green screen and how to edit the green screen, this helped me as then I was
able to place clips behind the characters.
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I used Adobe PremierePro to edit my music video. I used this
software as it is easy to use and easy to learn as I had no previous knowledge
on how to edit and I did not edit any videos before editing my music video.
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I used Adobe Photoshop to edit my ancillary tasks. This is because
I had previous knowledge of using this software as I had used it to edit other
photos. This meant that I did not need to learn how to use a different software
and this meant that I could get the editing done at a consistent and good pace
and still make a quality product that I could not do if I did not know how to
use the software.
Research
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When researching my music video, I used Web 2.0 and YouTube, like
when I constructed my music video. As on YouTube there are many different music
videos that can be viewed, as this is where I got my inspiration for my music
video. This is from The Verve “Bittersweet Symphony”. However, there are also
student music videos on YouTube that students made in previous years. As I also
took some inspiration from those, as that is where I got the idea for the green
screen.
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I used Google and Bing images to collect research on different
adverts and different Digipacks, these really helped me as I found it hard for
ideas and completing some research really helped me to gain an idea of what to
do for my advert, but also my Digipack.
Planning
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In the planning stage of my music video I used BBC weather, as
this helped me to plan when I will film my music video, as I did not know what
days would be the correct forecast, so BBC weather meant that I was able to
find the best days to film so that I can then tell the actors what the best
days for filming would be. One benefit for using Google is that there is an advanced search tool, this is good because then I can narrow down my search to find the correct information that I want. One benefit for using Bing is that there is a lot more information on the home screen so you can find news and information quickly.
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YouTube, was also useful when I was planning my music video, as I
use the website to upload tests for lighting and sound, as this really helped
to decide what was the lighting that I would use and what the sound would be
like. I also used YouTube to upload my animatic. This helped me to see what was
good about my idea an d what parts of my idea will need improving before
filming.
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I also used Blogger, as I used it to document my planning of my
music video, however, I also used it to make my rick assessments and my filming
schedules, this really helped to gain a better understanding of the risks
involved when filming and what I will be
filming when I will go out to the locations and film the scenes for my music
video.
Evaluations
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When it came to my evaluation
questions I used digital technology to present my evaluations in different
ways, as it will then make the evaluations more unique and look more
aesthetically pleasing for people and my audience. I used SlideShare, Emaze,
PiktoChart and Blogger to make my evaluation questions and using all of these
different websites make the questions more unique from each other and makes my
blog more exiting to look at.
