The Use Of New Technology
- 1. How did you use new technology in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
- 2. BLOGGER One of the main advantages This is my second year using the of using the internet is using program blogger, as I also used As this program is quick and programs such as blogger this in my AS level. This program simple to use I used this which has helped us keep on has been used for all 4 program to embed files and track and look at our posts as categories. Research, planning, images to make my blog more we work through the project. construction and evaluation. varied than just uploading one big blog post. Using the program this year, I This program has have developed a better allowed me to put all understanding of how to use my research, planning, the program to its full construction and potential. Using programs evaluation all in one such as power points to help place. This program has create a clean tidy also allowed me to presentation and using hyper update how my work is links to support blog posts. going. Used to display work for This links into using slideshare research, planning, and scribd, programs used to This program allows me to upload construction and evaluation. upload power points and to all my different blog posts making embed onto the blogger. it visual and interactive.
- 3. DIFFERENT CAMERA’S We used this camera in the We made use of the This new technology Once we knew the studio as we were able to use technology our school allowed my group to film basic functions to the the lighting and create good provided and were our clips, to import them camera it became quality photo graphs, which able to use SLR onto adobe and then quick and simple to wouldn’t be available to us if cameras to capture all view our footage. use. we were using a standard our images for the camera. front, middle, back cover and poster. We used the camera to its full potential, using the zoom, and different flash settings in order to create the right photo. We used this camera within our construction stage while working on our A camera similar to this Using this camera through ancillary tasks. was used throughout all filming allowed my group to of our filming, including gain good quality clips which we Used for research (focus research and then uploaded to Adobe groups) and construction. construction. Premier.
- 4. ADOBE PREMIERE This program also allowed us to add text to our clips, for example while creating Before this media project I had never We used this program to also our focus groups we put the question used Adobe Premiere before and found match all our clips up so they before they answered. it very challenging to use. We used this flowed fluently, and where we in the construction stage of our could sync our clips with the product. backing track to start of our video. There were a few members in the group who understood the function of the program and therefore I was able to This program also allowed learn from them. us to add effects to certain clips of our music video whether this was to fade We used this program certain clips out, speed a to upload our footage clip up or to slow a clip from the video down, we were able to edit cameras, and import this on here and create a This program was used extensively onto this program, polished varied music video ,creating a focus group video and our where we view and with different effects. main music video. The program allowed edit our footage. our group to create a music video which Used for research and construction looked at a professional level, and stage of project. editing the music video so the clips flowed fluently.
- 5. POWER-POINT Power point provides a I have used PowerPoint to help variation of different fonts, create a clean, organized and tidy shapes and colours which blog which is easy to follow and has helped my presentations interactive. look more aesthetically pleasing. Using PowerPoint has allowed me to use both imagery and From using this program text to help support my ideas this time round I have across planning and saved PowerPoint researching as well as the presentations as JPEGS, evaluation to display my work. so my blog doesn’t look like its filled with power points. I used this program to help produce mind maps which Used to create organized plans were clear for the audience to and documents for research, read and understand our This program was used throughout planning, construction and potential plans which we had the research stage, the planning and evaluation for both the music video and evaluation stages where I could ancillary tasks. present my work clearly.
- 6. ADOBE PHOTO SHOP We used this program Using this technology meant we extensively throughout could import photos and edit them, part 2 of the construction this could include changing the stage; ancillary tasks. brightness, cropping a photo, duplicating layers, making the As I had used the picture black and white with a program before I was coloured image, changing the aware of the function, contrast and different styles of however it did take fonts. me a bit of time to work out how the program functions. Photo shop allowed my group to create our cd cover, This program also helped inserts, back cover and the our ancillary task become poster. Allowing us to create aesthetically pleasing and the same effects throughout visual. We used different the poster. fonts, backgrounds, shapes , free transforms tools to gain Using photoshop also helped the best out of our images while creating drafts of our we had chosen. By using this software we created 6 ancillary task and was polished pieces of work, which looked therefore used to its full Used for our construction (ancillary to a good quality, and helped us potential in our final covers. task). achieve a professional outlook on our covers.