HOW DID YOU USE MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES

IN THE RESEARCH, PLANNING,

CONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION

STAGES?

BLOGGER

This is a media technology I have used in all the stages, additionally I used it last year which means I am very

comfortable in using it. This is the main piece of technology we used, this is how we edit and display our work. In the

research stage, it mainly used for presenting my case studies, theories and audience feedback. When posting them I needed

to know how to embed a video/ image with the text. In the planning stage, I upped my technology use because I said to take photos on a camera and upload without problems. In the construction stage I uploaded the final products which meant I

needed to know how to upload one of my own videos via YouTube, which is another media technology I used for all the

stages.

To conclude, blogger is essential for all stages and all tasks. I am pleased with my technological skills in blogger, I now know

how to label things and embed things.

YOUTUBE

Another piece of media technology I used was YouTube, as I mentioned in my previous paragraph, YouTube was another essential media technology I used. I used it in all stages. I used for both supporting and challenging

the conventions. The main videos I looked at where from band like; The Script, Lawson, 5 seconds of Summer, Room 94. Each of these bands has music videos on

YouTube which was used during the research stage. As well using it to support or challenge my work, I also used

it to upload my work. I mainly used it for uploading purposes in the research and construction stage. I had

to upload my focus group and the final music video, which I embedded on my blog. Additionally, I now know how to see the views on a video which before I didn't

know how to. I believe my YouTube skills have improved a lot.

DAFONT

This is a text generator on the internet which we used

during the construction stage because we needed

to have text on the Digipak and the Magazine

advert.

I was very comfortable using this.

CAMERA

Although this wasn't used as often as other media

technologies, when we did use it we had to be

perfect and use it a lot in this short period. The only

times we use the video camera were when we were

filming the focus group and the music video. As part

of filming we need to know how to get the correct

camera shots when using this camera, since we

had used it the year before this wasn't something I

had to get used to.

To conclude I found the camera to be a skills I'm ok at

but there is always room for improvement.

PREZI

As part of media, we have to make sure our work is documented nicely and we use a broad range of media technologies, this is something I used once last year but

I wasn't very good at it but this year I chose to use it again in the planning stage, this year I think my skills for

it have massively improved. It helped me with the casting choices because I could separate different characters into different stems which is very helpful

when presenting it. Additionally, as well as needing to know how to make a prezi, another technology point I

had to over come was embedding the film, I had experience in embedding video files from YouTube but it

was new to be to embed a prezi.

In the end I found out how to do it and now this is a skill I am happy with and it helped my planning stage a lot.

SLIDE SHARE

Like prezi, this was another way to show my media

technologies I can use. Last year I mainly used

scribed so I needed to change it this year, so I used

slide share. This is a presenting page for

PowerPoint's you have creating and then they can

just go on your blog. I only used slide share in the

first 2 stages because, this is when I needed to

present the codes and conventions and ours were

pop rock. Additionally I also used slide share for my

theory presentation because it nicely lays it out.

GOOGLE

This was the only thing I used at least once every

lesson, every time I was writing something up and I

needed to support it with something I would type a

band in and find a case study with supported it.

To conclude this is a media technology I am very

happy in using, I use it in and out or school so this

doesn't bother me.

PHOTOSHOP

This was used in the construction stage, unlike last

year we had to create two ancillary texts; Magazine

advert, and Digipak. I had never used Photoshop

before, so this is defiantly a new media technology I

used. We had a period of time to edit our products

and when we finished we got feedback and then

improved on them so we used Photoshop a lot.

I found Photoshop to be very difficult but I was happy

to work it out and create good ancillary texts for me

and my group.

PREMIER PRO

This is a piece of editing software which we used to

create and edit our final music video. Premier pro

was not a new technology but it still was one I

needed help on, but as a group we managed to get

the final product. This year we used it planning and

construction because this year we had to make the

focus group so we had to add text to it.

This time I sat down with fellow members of our

group and we looked at all the transitions, which is

something I didn't do last year so this was new to

me. This year I certainly feel more confident.

MICROSOFT OFFICES

I used the Microsoft offices throughout the entire

course of media, the main time I used it was during

the evaluation stage because they were essay

based and they needed to be typed up before had.

This is not a new technology because, I used it for all

more work in all my subjects. Additionally I used it

outside of school.

To conclude, I found that Microsoft was a great help

when it came to laying out the text and editing it.

CONCLUSION

To conclude, there are some new technologies which

I don't understand and there are some old ones

which I’m still confused about. But the overall usage

of them on my blog I think is ok. Over the two year

course I am glad I have used all of these media

technologies.