Question 4 1st draft
- 1. Question 4 How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
- 3. • SlideShare • Firefox • Google • YouTube • Photoshop • Final-Cut Pro • Microsoft Word • PowerPoint • Cannon Camera • Apple Mac Computer • Blogger • Pinterest • Gmail • Hotmail • Kingston memory stick The previous slide displays all the technology we used in producing our advanced portfolio in media. Some technologies were more vital to our work than others, but all played an important role in the development of our work. An example of a piece of equipment that we felt was extremely important was Blogger, this technology enabled us to display all of our work clearly in one place, with easy navigation around the different pages, making it much easier for our work to be viewed. Furthermore Blogger tracked the date and time we uploaded work accurately, enabling the development on our blog to be easily viewed.
- 4. Research • Various different technologies and programs were used when developing the research page for our advanced portfolio in media blog. The research page involved mainly Microsoft programs as the work was mostly word based rather than editing programs. • We found that Microsoft Word was very simple to use and could be shared on our blog by Slide Share. Slide Share lets individuals share their Microsoft documents online publically, these can be embedded to different web pages. We chose to embed the documents we shared onto our advanced portfolio in media. • We found that Blogger was an easy to use technology, letting individuals create personal online spaces about different subjects. We particularly liked how the site was free of charge and easy to navigate around the site • For certain tasks such as we were forced to use more complicated programs such as Photoshop. This was due to the fact that Photoshop gives off a very professional look to work unlike other standard programs we used for alternative tasks. • When completing the analysis tasks in the development of my research page, I chose to embed the video I was analysing into the post. I was able to do this by copying the video embed code from YouTube.com, then pasting it into the HTTP section of the post. This was a great advantage for me as it meant viewers could view what I was analysing immediately, without needing to search for the video themselves
- 5. Planning • Par one task, we chose to stick with using Microsoft word when developing our planning page. This is because the tasks set for the planning page consisted of only writing and including different images, therefore not needing the assistance of advanced programs such as Final Cut. • To create our company logo, we chose to use Photoshop as this enables you to get a professional look to designs. Although this program is very effective, it can be very tricky if you have little knowledge of using the program. • To take the images we included in the planning stage of our porfolio we chose to use the Cannon 650d camera. The reason we chose to use this particular camera was because it produced a crisp and clear image as well as being very easy to use. Due to the camera being such high quality, we decided to use it for the filming of our music video. • To access these programs we used the College Macs, this was our choice as the machines have a large screen, meaning it is easier to see the work you are producing. Also the Macs are exceptionally fast when multiple programs are open at the same time in comparison to alternative machines we could have used.
- 6. Construction • For our construction page we used programs that were relatively challenging to use. These included Photoshop and Final Cut Pro. Although these programs were difficult to use at first, as we completed more tasks we seemed to grasp the concept of the programs, becoming familiar with the how they work. The programs meant we could get a professional look on our Digipak, advert and video, all free of charge. The programs were made better by the use of the Macs due to them being fast and being fast even with multiple programs open. • Final Cut was used when editing our music video, the program let us add various effects that improved the look of our video drastically. One of these effects we used was a time lapse. This transformed the clip we took for around 5 minutes of a motorway into a seven second video by speeding it up 100x. This gives the effect that the cars are travelling at around 500mph, looking surreal. As well as being able to include clips to final cut, we were able to include the track we were making a video for. This meant we could make the lip synching as smooth as possible. • When producing our animatic we also used Final Cut Pro, this was because we were able to include images to a backing track and add different effects. The fact that we had used Final Cut Pro a number of times in the development of our Advanced Portfolio In Media, meant that we were now familiar with the setting and options the program had to offer, getting the most out of it for out video. • The Camera we used for our video, digipak and advert was the Cannon 650d, a professional DSLR camera. This enabled us to get a a crisp image as we we could adjust the focus until we felt the photo was the clearest it could be.