How did you use media technologies?
- 1. HOW DID YOU USE MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH, PLANNING AND EVALUATION? SAM WADSTED Total: 22 Technologies - Some technologies do overlap within sections.
- 2. Full List: 22 Sony HXR-MC2500E Libec TH-650HD (Tripod) Kodak PlayFull (Handheld Camera) Iphone (Microphone) Final Cut Pro X Garage Band Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Apple Mac Desktop Google Chrome Microsoft Word Microsoft PowerPoint YouTube Weebly Scribd Slideshare TimeToast (Timeline) Whatsapp Scribd Slideshare TimeToast (Timeline) Whatsapp Pixton
- 3. Construction Total: 9 Technologies Sony HXR-MC2500E Libec TH-650HD (Tripod) Kodak PlayFull (Handheld Camera) Iphone (Microphone) Final Cut Pro X Garage Band Photoshop Illustrator
- 4. Sony HXR-MC2500E High quality camera which can maintain a solid focus even from a distance, perfect for our main piece based on a sporting documentary. Built in microphone meant no problems for sound. Microphone would turn on automatically when camera is switched on. Instant playback on clips was very helpful when wanting to know if the correct clips were taken. Option to use manual focus came in handy when trying to get footage of the team photo. Built in light allows for good footage to be taken in low lighting. Good distance zoom allowed good quality footage to be taken at a distance.
- 5. Libec TH-650HD (Tripod) Tripod provided ease to numerous height levels, with the option to adapt the heights of each leg for varied surfaces. Especially important for our group as it allowed us to get a straight shot even on uneven ground, such as a grass pitch. Option below top of tripod allowed for a very easy change of level of the camera using the spirit level provided. On top of tripod were camera slides on there were locks that would click in which preventing the camera from falling, especially important for when we had to move the camera quickly to get a new shot or avoid the training.
- 6. Kodak PlayFull (Handheld Camera) Camera used for the practice task. We decided to shoot using a more handheld camera as it allowed us to gain the shots we wanted to. The practice task we completed followed an on screen documentarian which meant an easy handheld camera worked much better than the bigger Sony, we used for the real task. In addition the camera itself was of a good quality, shoots in 1080p and provides an option for instant playback which allowed for analysis of shots before we got to editing.
- 7. IPhone (Microphone) IPhone was very easy to use and picked up a good quality sound when inside. This made a good tool for recording the voice over for the radio advert and little bits of sound such as the whistle used at the end. The ancillary task concentrated less on the quality of sound as there was background noise and music which meant a drop in quality could be appreciated for the ease and accessibility of recording.
- 8. Final Cut Pro x Final Cut Pro X is a very well structures editing software which provided us with a good range of editing tools. We looked at the use of colour correction, sound and volume tweaking, clip shortening and editing and a variety of pre- built in sound clips.
- 9. Garage Band Garage Band is a tool created by Apple Inc. It offers a quick and easy access to hundreds on sound bites and allows a great ease when clipping sound bites together and over layering our different parts. The voice over was easy enough to add through the ability to upload sounds from a USB, via the apple iPhone charging cord.
- 10. Photoshop Photoshop was used to create our poster examples, such as the London Bus and the bus stop poster. It was easy enough to cross between illustrator and Photoshop as they are both created by Adobe. It allowed export options to then allow us to post onto our blog as a photo.
- 11. Illustrator Illustrator was used to create the ancillary task of the Poster. We used illustrator because it had good clipping tools and our group was familiar with it due to other subjects (graphics). This meant for a good quality finished product to a high professional standard.
- 12. Research Total: 6 Technologies Apple Mac Desktop Google Chrome Microsoft Word Microsoft PowerPoint Weebly YouTube
- 13. Apple Mac Desktop The use of the Apple Mac was decided as it held all the tools we needed to create our main text and ancillary tasks. It offers Final Cut Pro X, Garage Band and easy download to Google Chrome and both Adobe software's for the poster. It had numerous USB ports which was helpful when importing footage and saving to other external devices.
- 14. Google Chrome Google Chrome is a downloaded software and search engine. It allows for a much easier use as there is no need to continually update flash player (like internet explorer) to watch YouTube Videos to analysis or work on websites such as Prezi.
- 15. Microsoft Word Microsoft word was used in the research stage to create word based documents before uploading to Weebly. In addition to this it allowed a good format to create documents and set out texts, to then embed onto the Weebly site through a site called Scribd.
- 16. Microsoft PowerPoint Similar to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint was a good format to create documents and present them onto the blog via the website SlideShare.
- 17. Weebly Weebly is the website we used to display all our research, planning and final task. With the addition to ancillary tasks and evaluation questions. The software was simple, it allowed for a quick click and drag on a number of options, such as; embed codes, YouTube clips, text and titles. All these options and others provided allowed for a good quality finished product and a well structured website. In addition to this, Weebly offered an IOS app which allowed for a very fluent transfer of location shots onto the website, and a constant update even on the go. Very clinical in the creating of the weekly diary entries.
- 18. YouTube YouTube was used in the research process as a format to analyse videos. It provides a format to watch a vast number of videos which was especially prevalent to us as we analysed two rugby documentaries in depth which were both shared on different sporting channels on YouTube. Bt sport and the Red Bull channel.
- 19. Planning Total: 8 Technologies Microsoft Word Microsoft PowerPoint Weebly Scribd Slideshare TimeToast (Timeline) Whatsapp Pixton
- 20. Microsoft Word Microsoft Word was used in the planning stage to create scripts and other documents needed. In addition to this it was used to send documents across via email to other group members.
- 21. Microsoft PowerPoint Also similar to the research section, Microsoft PowerPoint was used in a similar manner to Microsoft Word. PowerPoint was a good format in the planning stage as it layered everything and all our ideas in a good place
- 22. Weebly Weebly in the planning stage was solely used as a sharing platform. It provided good tools which were easy to use and learn quickly. This in turn allowed for a good quality finished product with in depth planning.
- 23. Scribd Scribd allows for an upload of word documents onto the internet which can then be embed onto the website. Furthermore, due to the way it is shared online it meant that our whole group could benefit from this.
- 24. Slideshare Slide Share is very similar to Scribd, in the sense it allowed the uploading of PowerPoints to add a different element to the analysis and create the blog on a new manner, giving a professional feel. It also allowed for group sharing and easy transfer to blog.
- 25. TimeToast I found it very hard to find a timeline creator on the internet. After trying many different options I found TimeToast. It was very easy to pick up and use with added features which could have come in handy if I was to complete a big task like this again, such a loactions.
- 26. Whatsapp Whatsapp was our groups sole form of communication outside word of mouth. We had numbers set up from past chats so the creation process was very easy. It involved myself simply pressing one button then adding the number then clicking create. From here we used the chat to organise filming and we partook in a communication to organise media days to complete work outside the given lesson time and also to collaborate ideas for the blog, planning stages and evaluation.
- 27. Pixton Pixton was used in the planning stage to create an animated storyboard. This allowed for us to capture our ideas in a much more detailed manner. The contrast between and electronic storyboard and written was very helpful in deciding and finalising ideas for the final product.
- 28. Evaluation Total: 6 Technologies Weebly Google Chrome Youtube Pictaculous (Colour Pallette) Microsoft Word Microsoft PowerPoint
- 29. Weebly Weebly for the evaluation allowed for similar interactions as before. Easy to use drag options and showed the pieces and text in a very professional well. Furthermore, it had options for drop down menus which allowed me to separate each evaluation question and concentrate on provided the best range of presentation, using all the tools available.
- 30. Google Chrome Google Chrome allowed me to use a variety of different technologies when answering the four evalution questions. The browser was quick and simply to use and I had no problems with it.
- 31. YouTube YouTube in the evaluation was used to gain a further knowledge into each evaluation question. In addition to this it was used as a tool to look at more in depth the possible lines of evaluation we could use.
- 32. Pictaculous (Colour Palette) I used Pictaculous as a different form to analyse and evaluate my poster, used in the evaluation question 2. This allowed me to link my finished product with professionally done products. The website was very easy to use and allowed for a great contrast of images and colours.
- 33. Microsoft Word Both Microsoft Word and PowerPoint worked in the same way as they have before for the evaluation. To display and format texts and present arguments and analysis. In addition it allowed for an easy sharing within the group.
- 34. Microsoft PowerPoint Both Microsoft Word and PowerPoint worked in the same way as they have before for the evaluation. To display and format texts and present arguments and analysis. In addition it allowed for an easy sharing within the group.