Evaluation Question 4: How Did You Use Media Technologies in the Planning and Research, Construction and Evaluation Stages?

Presented in GIF is some of the software that we have used; throughout research and planning, construction and evaluation we have used a variety of software from programs from Microsoft Paint to Adobe Premiere Pro, online tools such as PicMonkey and SumoPaint, and Social Networks from Facebook and Twitter to website template creator Wix.

RESEARCH AND PLANNING

In this presentation I discuss some of the technology that we used in the research and planning stages of the project.

                              

In addition to these software and online tools, we repeatedly used more elementary programs such as NotePad, Word and Paint from Microsoft. For example, we used NotePad and Word to create basic lists, and Paint to put images together.

Using Microsoft Word to create a moodboard; we benefited from using this

software by quickly and easily bringing images of inspiration together.

Creating a timetable in Microsoft Word; we benefited from this software by

quickly and easily creating lists of props, costumes and ideas, and creating

schedules and timetables - this made it easy for us to get organised.

Similarly, I used the 'Notes' tool in my Apple iPhone 6. Whenever I had last minute thoughts or ideas

the day before shooting for example, I took note of these to then discuss with the group either when

next speaking in the Facebook chat group or when I next saw them; this was useful to record

ideas to not be forgotten, for instance I needed to improve the lip sync edit and in general

edit when next working in Premiere

CONSTRUCTION

Throughout the construction stage, consisting of the production and post-production, the SONY Handycam we used was key for capturing footage, as was Adobe Premiere Pro for editing; these were used repeatedly to produce test footage ad a number of drafts of the music video, before heavy final editing for the final construction.



SONY AVCHD HD Handycam


Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 video editing software

In the above video I illustrate some of the technology we used in Construction, how we used it, and
how we benefited from using it.




In addition to the SONY Handycam, we also used a Fujifilm Finepix SLR for some of the construction. As Kaitlyn happens to own an SLR camera which is more powerful and professionally targeted than the Handycam, it was effective for shooting, for example, the performance element of the music video; however, when shooting more spontaneous and last-minute material, we used the Handycam for its availability within the Media Studies department and its ease of use.


Shot with Fujifilm Finepix SLR



Shot with SONY AVCHD Handycam

In the construction of our artist's online profile, we created a website using Wix; we benefited from using this software as it was very straight-forward to use with simple drag and drop tools and options.

EVALUATION

Throughout the Evaluation stage of this assignment we have used a range of software and online tools to present our own thoughts and the feedback from our peers, and feedback from the audience of our music video.