Technologies used question 4
- 1. My firstuse of technologieswasBlogger.Thiswasone of the most importanttechnologiesthatisusedbecause it allowedme todocumenteverythingthatIhad starting fromthe beginningof mylearninginyear13, throughoutthe yearand thenall of my finishedwork and evaluationquestionsansweredaboutmy coursework.Thiswasreallyeasyandsimple touse asI was familiarwithitfromthe yearbefore anditallowed me to include lotsof otherdifferenttechnologiesthatI usedfromlast yearand this year,inthe form of a blog post. My nextuse of technologieswasAfterEffects.In comparisontolast yearthiswas the formof technology that made me struggle the mostas I wasn’tfamiliarwith how to use it on mywork.HoweverthisyearI managed to getsome helpfromotherstudentsandgot reallyinto usingthisformof technologyasitisoftenusedwhen workingwithpremierepro. Ididn’tuse itmuch inmy musicvideobutwhenIdidit was to stabilisethe clipsto make themlooksteadier.This wasexceptional help especiallywhenIspedupandsloweddownsome of my shotsbecause itmade it looka lotmore professional asI wasn’tkeenonusingthe steadycam whenfilmingasI founditdifficulttooperate with. I usedGoogle as mysource of findingimageryandhelpfromotherpeople overthe worldandapart of the industry thatI waslookingat I usedgoogle asmymain providertosurf the net. Againthe same as Bloggeritwas easyto use as I exploititeverydaynotjustinmy mediaworkbutsocial life as well.
- 2. My nextuse of technologyisMicrosoftWord.Thisprogramme allows me to write up all of notesand addpicturesetc to mywork before transferringittoanotherprogramme readyfor myblogfor example, calemeo. AnothertechnologythatIusedwascalledPremiere Pro.Thiswasaprogramme that againI was very familiarwithasI hadusedit to create my filmopeninginthe previousyearof Mediastudies.Ifeel that I have progressed withthissoftware asIhave become more experimental withwhatthe programme hasto offer.Forexample Idecidedtohave all of my footage formy musicvideoinblackandwhite ratherthan colour, and got to use some techniquesinwhichyoucanspeedup clips/slow downclipsandalsoreverse the clipswhichare quite apparentto feature indrumand bassmusicvideos. Prezi isanotherprogramme thatI decided to use as a form of presentingmywork because itallowsme touse differentslides almostlike PowerPoint,butyoucan use YouTube links,picturesetcaswell tomake it more interestingandpleasingto read/lookat.Thisto me was a simple programme to use due to havingiton my bloglastyear and therefore allowedme to be quickin processingmyworkas I knew whatI was doing.
- 3. My brainsharkwasa new programme thatI decidedtouse to presentmyworkthisyear as I thoughtI wouldexpandonmyvarietyof the way I displaymyblogposts.This programme allowsyoutouse videosthat youhave recordedand thenputvoice overs and or textoverthem.I used thisto representmyquestionwhere Ispoke about my comparisonbetweenmydigipak,advert and video,withotherartistsof mygenre.At firstI struggledtouse it as itwas a different formof technologyhoweverIreallylikedit afterI got usedto itand it showedthatmy experimentationwithotherformsof software hadbroadened. I decidedtoinclude Twitterasa form of technologyasi had to use it to getintouch withmy artistfor the permissionof theirsong.Thiswas simple touse asI am part of the Social Networkingsite andtherefore didn’thave anytrouble with tryingto findmyartist andgettingpermissionasthe processhappenedveryfastandsufficiently. My lastformof technologywasYouTube.Thisprogramme,foundonthe internetallowedme toput all of myvideosmade ontothe internetforeveryonetosee onRingwoodSchool’schannel.This wasn’tdifficultforme asmy teacherswere incontrol of whatwenton to the channel etcbut it allowedtomaintainthe qualityof the videoratherthanusinganotherprogramme whichmayhave jeopardisedthis.