Evaluation Question 4 Presentation.
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The document discusses various new technologies used at different stages of a project. It describes using Tumblr for blogging due to its ease of use and features. An Apple computer was used for its advanced operating system. Google was used for research and YouTube to upload and annotate videos. Adobe Premiere Pro was used to edit videos, which was a new software to learn. Photoshop was also used under the guidance of a group member familiar with the program.
Evaluation Question 4 Presentation.
- 1. Evaluation Question 4How did you use new technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages?
- 2. Our Blog• We decided to use Tumblr for our blog as this is a very popular blog for out target audience for our video and we have used it previously with our own private blogs. • Tumblr is easy to use and so we thought that we could do more with it than other alternatives that we may not have used before. • We used the technology on Tumblr to make our blog look attractive and professional with easy to read font. This meant that we could easily post and each post will follow a theme. • There were some options on Tumblr that I found out we could use on our blog that I didn’t know previously for example; linking text to an external website or uploading presentations such as my Prezis.
- 3. Our Computer• For our computer we used an Apple Mac as this computer has more advanced operating system than Windows. • The system is similar to Windows but easier to use once you know how. • As I was so used to using Windows this new system was hard to adapt to but I now know how to use it and the shortcuts I find a lot easier than on the Windows operating system. • It allowed us to complete tasks and research quickly as the computer was fast and efficient when doing our work.
- 4. Research Technologies• When researching we used the Google search engine as it is fast, consumer friendly and has very good results when searching. I have used it previously so was not a completely new technology. • Another technology we used to research and for uploading our own work (videos) is YouTube. • This website is very easy to use and as I didn’t previously have an account I didn’t know that you could add annotations to videos or effects after it was uploaded so this was new to me.
- 5. Camera• The camera that we used was really small to what I thought originally when starting my A Levels. • I had first used one last year so when doing this coursework it was not new. I already knew how to use the camera but this year we used it more effectively as we were already familiar with it. • For example, we used soft focus to unfocus and focus on the abstract type shots which I hadn’t used before.
- 6. Social Networks• I have of course used social networks before such as Facebook and Twitter. • However, on Facebook we contacted each other to arrange when to shoot and what work we need to do etc… When I usually use it for social reasons rather than coursework. • This is similar with Twitter which we used to contact the artist to ask their permission to use their track.
- 7. Video Editing Software• Adobe Premiere Pro is the software we used to edit our music video. • This was a completely new technology to me so I had to research how to use it as well as having a tutorial at the start of the year. • Once I knew how to use it, it was a lot easier than I expected. • The most useful tool would have been the Razor tool as this allowed me as the Editor to cut a clip midway and still have both sections so I could use all the clip but in different parts. • I also changed the lighting on some of the darker clips so that the artist could be seem more clearly. I had to research how to do this as again I hadn’t used this software previously.
- 8. Ancillary Editing Software• For editing the Digipak and Magazine Advert Photoshop was used. • Personally, I hadn’t used Photoshop before but Tatjana in our group had and uses it quite often. • This was an advantage to the group as she taught us how to use it and talked us through how to do something that we wanted for example putting a filter over an image. • It was really helpful and has taught me how to use this software so will continue to use it.