"How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?"
Throughout the process of this project, I have used a large range of media technologies in all stages efficiently and successfully. As there are a large range of different ways to use technology now more than ever, it has become easier to make producing work a lot more innovative and more creative. Firstly, one of the first technologies I used was Blogger. Blogger is an interactive blogging website where users can sign up to have a blog and post a number of different things. They can upload pictures, videos, embed youtube videos and add text like I am now. I have used blogger in a number of ways like, for example, embedding youtube videos for some of my blog posts. When I analysed a music video on youtube I was able to embed it onto my blog so that I could emphasise my argument more clearly.
YouTube has also played a large part into the completion of my advanced portfolio as I have been able to use Youtube in a number of ways. Youtube allows users to upload videos in which other users can watch, rate, add a comment or embed it onto their own website. I have used youtube to watch videos in the research stage of our project to research different music videos, for example, I have researched a large range of indie music videos including videos from Mumford and Sons and James Blunt.
Youtube also allowed me to annotate on videos I have already uploaded, here is an example of this:
The equipment I used to film the music video was also another technology I embraced during this project. In order to film the footage, I used a video camera with a memory card which I then plugged into the computer to upload the footage. As well as a video camera, I also used a tripod, figrig and still camera. A tripod is used to stabalise the camera and can be moved to change the angle of the shot. A figrig works in a similar way but it is more often used when filming something moving.
Here is a demonstration of how I used the video camera on a tripod whilst filming my music video:
In order to edit the footage I have filmed I used a software programme called 'Final Cut' - another technology which is simple to use and creates a professional product. Final cut has a range of features, it allows text to be put on top of a clip and can be moved about according to the individual. Final cut also allows a user to edit footage, like for example slowing it down or shortening a clip too. Photoshop was used for the ancillary task in this project - it is also a technology fairly simple to use and understand and it too has a large range of features. You can create a number of layers on photoshop and therefore adding more edits to an image if that is what the user wants, one of the edits I used was called 'fade away' in which I selected a bit of the image to be slightly faded whilst the other part of the image was not faded therefore making it more prominent to those viewing it.
In order to present my work I used a range of technologies for this, including prezi, sliderocket, slideshare and mapmyself. Below is a video of how I have used a few of the technologies mentioned above in my own work and how it has contributed to the completion of my project.
YouTube has also played a large part into the completion of my advanced portfolio as I have been able to use Youtube in a number of ways. Youtube allows users to upload videos in which other users can watch, rate, add a comment or embed it onto their own website. I have used youtube to watch videos in the research stage of our project to research different music videos, for example, I have researched a large range of indie music videos including videos from Mumford and Sons and James Blunt.
Youtube also allowed me to annotate on videos I have already uploaded, here is an example of this:
The equipment I used to film the music video was also another technology I embraced during this project. In order to film the footage, I used a video camera with a memory card which I then plugged into the computer to upload the footage. As well as a video camera, I also used a tripod, figrig and still camera. A tripod is used to stabalise the camera and can be moved to change the angle of the shot. A figrig works in a similar way but it is more often used when filming something moving.
Here is a demonstration of how I used the video camera on a tripod whilst filming my music video:
In order to edit the footage I have filmed I used a software programme called 'Final Cut' - another technology which is simple to use and creates a professional product. Final cut has a range of features, it allows text to be put on top of a clip and can be moved about according to the individual. Final cut also allows a user to edit footage, like for example slowing it down or shortening a clip too. Photoshop was used for the ancillary task in this project - it is also a technology fairly simple to use and understand and it too has a large range of features. You can create a number of layers on photoshop and therefore adding more edits to an image if that is what the user wants, one of the edits I used was called 'fade away' in which I selected a bit of the image to be slightly faded whilst the other part of the image was not faded therefore making it more prominent to those viewing it.
In order to present my work I used a range of technologies for this, including prezi, sliderocket, slideshare and mapmyself. Below is a video of how I have used a few of the technologies mentioned above in my own work and how it has contributed to the completion of my project.
