Script for video
- 1. 4) HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH, PLANNING AND EVALUATION STAGES? Script for my video
- 2. BLOGGER The main form of technology that I used was the website blogger. I used during my construction, research, planning and evaluation stages. I used it to document everything that I have done. I also used it to research past student work, evaluations, etc. This website has been so useful as I not only have one place to keep all my work electronically but also can easily look back through my work. Also, as it is all on the computer, I can easily edit things at a later date. It has made me very organised with every stage.
- 3. IMACS The next form of technology that I sued, that I would not have been able to do anything without is the macbooks. Although, I sometimes used my laptop, the macbooks were definitely much better for the tasks I had to complete. The access I had to these computers made extra research and work very easy and meant I had access to my work all of the school day. They had final cut and photoshop installed on them which made it very easy to edit my work. I used the macs throughout my entire coursework and have enjoyed using them as they’re extremely user-friendly.
- 4. GOOGLE Google has also been a huge influence on my work. I researched artists, songs, theories of music videos, album covers, artists, websites, etc. all without Google would have been a lot more difficult. It meant I had access to a wide variety of different medias and was all easily accessible.
- 5. THE MAIN TECHNOLOGIES The main technologies I used throughout the stages to present my work was: Prezi, Glogster, Bubbl and Slideshare. These websites are all easy to work and a more fun interactive way to present work.
- 6. PREZI AND SLIDESHARE Prezi and Slideshare are both the best ways to present a lot of work as they are potentially limitless with the amount of work and information you want to include. Prezi is more interesting as there are relevant backgrounds you can use, you follow a kind of trail and also there is more opportunity for importing media.
- 7. GLOGSTER Glogster is a lot more creative than the others. It’s more eye-catching and more free for you to do what you want with. You can upload images, videos, music, etc. and the textboxes and relevant cartoon pictures also make it look a lot more fun. The information can kind of get lost within this technology as it can look rather busy but for little bits of information here and there, it’s a lot better to use.
- 8. BUBBL Bubbl is a kind of mix of all of them. Like Glogster, it’s better to present little information on here, as although you can input as much as much as you like, it can get a little too overcrowded. This is because you cannot import anything so it’s simply the text in a spider-diagram form. When simply wanting to present written work it’s perfect, but not as much for discussing things when you want to relate to them and show off examples.
- 9. YOUTUBE YouTube has been amazing within this project. It’s given me access to endless music videos from so many decades, countless genres and allowed me to view similar projects to mine – for example, past student work from other schools, which without YouTube, I would not have access to. It’s allowed me to easily analyse music videos and given me plenty of ideas for my own. The research I have done on YouTube has been extremely helpful and helped shaped my video.
- 10. THE CAMERAS The cameras we used for filming are HD Sony Handycams. They are easy to work and understand and are accessible to us whenever, meaning whenever we needed to film anything, we were able to. The only downside to them is that, the quality of them in the dark in considerably reduced, and since most of our filming is in the dark, it means our video looks quite low quality, but this isn’t much our own fault.
- 11. IPAD On numerous occasions, I have used my iPad. Whether this is for research online, taking photos (most of my photos of Molly were taken on my iPad) but also when we were filming the lip-syncing sections, I had the song playing on YouTube – with the lyrics. This meant Molly would keep in perfect time and if unsure of a lyric could glance over. Since this is such a portable device, it has been extremely useful. Obviously, it’s connected to the school’s internet though and on a few occasions has been down meaning I was unable to use it but the majority of the time it has been perfect.
- 12. FINAL CUT PRO Final Cut Pro is where I edited all of my music video. Although challenging and complicated to start with, I have adapted and got more used to it now. The effects and transitions have been the best part of the software as I needed to use a lot of them and there is a wide range to choose from. As this is the updated version, since year 12, it meant re-learning how to use the program but I feel reasonably confident on it now, and know enough to edit our video.
- 13. PHOTOSHOP Photoshop has also been very important in my stages of coursework. I used it to complete part of my auxiliary tasks. I made my DigiPack on Photoshop. I imported a CD cover template and using layers added more and more to it. I also photoshopped many of my images. I wanted them all to be black and white but also I enhanced some of them, cropped them, edited the background, etc. This was easy to do once I knew how to use the tools.
- 14. WIX Wix was the website creator that I designed my website on. It was so easy to use and a lot of fun doing. I found a template that I liked and stuck to that theme. It wasn’t too challenging as everything was basically there you just imported in your own images and entered your own text. I also used Photoshop for my images, for example the merchandise section. The website creator was a very valuable resource.
- 15. SURVEYMONKEY SurveyMonkey was a major part of my audience feedback. It was easy to set up a questionnaire with any type of questions. Some would be multiple choice, closed questions, comment answers, etc. The data received was automatically collected in many forms; numerical, graphs, etc. This made it easy to judge the target audience as a whole and make quick decisions.
- 16. FACEBOOK Facebook was the next vital step in this as it meant that I could upload the survey to Facebook and get many of my Facebook friends to answer it. This worked quickly and efficiently. I also managed to find photos of Molly on Facebook that I put on her ‘website’, making it seem more personal and realistic.
- 17. EMAIL/GMAIL The final media I used was e-mail/g-mail. My g-mail account is what I have signed up with on every website. It meant all emails were collected in the same place and was therefore easily organised. It was also how I uploaded any YouTube footage, eg: draft videos, recorded evidence, etc.