How did you use new media technologies in construction and research, planning and evaluation?

The InternetIn order for me to complete my media project I needed to utilise a range of

technologies. So that I could materialise the ideas I had in my head and to work out and apply conventions to my music video and magazine products.

Initially me and group carried out research and the main method was the internet. This was the main form of research simply because it is so comprehensive, all the information we needed was a click away. We mainly needed to find out what genre we was going to do, and once that was established learn about conventions that are used in videos and advertisement.

The main site that were used were rewind ( magazine website) and youtube for the music videos in the genre we decided to use which was grime/hiphop. Also google was the main search engine that was used to help use gage what we would need to dres our artists in.

WordpressWordpress was sued to showcase our work. Allowing it to be easily viewed by both lecturers and examiners with ease.

I used the search engine google to get a lot of the necessary research done. E.g finding examples of existing music covers adverts theory's of music videos.

Wordpress

FacbookFacebook was used to promote our music video to a mass market and the people that were interested commented.

Youtube has become and increasingly important website that is used

but people for a range of different reasons. We used the site to view music videos in the hip-hop genre in the search to pin point key conventions that's are used. This would include what us worn what kind of shots are and aren't used the length, the style(e.g narrative performance) and also common affects used.

This example of new media technology is highly important as it is an easy and comprehensive. If this project was set in the past it would not be as easy because it wouldn't be as accessible as there wouldn't be a place to watch multiple videos on demand

Youtube was also a tool we used to publicise our video. As you can see we gained 326 views in just over a month which is impressive for an unsigned artist. This creates a buzz around people who knew his and also new listeners people new to his music.

Digital Camera and Stills Camera

Camera- I used several cameras to construct my music video to provide several different angles for the performance scene. It wasn’t the best quality camera e.g. HD but it was good enough for the project.

SLR Camera- I used a SLR camera to take photos of my artist for my ancillary texts e.g. for the CD album cover, CD booklet and my magazine advert.

Photoshop Adobe I used adobe

Photoshop software to edit and manipulate my photos. This was to make my photos more interesting. It is highly important for the front cover to be aesthetically pleasing for viewers as it is the first thing that it seen.

InDesignAdobe InDesign CS4- I used InDesign software to create and produce my CD mixtape cover, CD inset and a magazine advert.

I used Final Cut Pro software to create my music video. I had to use and develop my editing skills in order to produce a final product which was in sync with the timing and the lyrics.

Final Cut Pro

Mobile Phones and iPod

The use of an iPod was important in the shooting of the music video. We plugged it into portable speakers and then played the track so that we got the timings right and so that Sarz could rap to it without making mistakes.

Mobile phones where used to contact Sarz and my other group members to arrange times to meet for example.