By Chitra JeebodhunA2 Music video coursework

Part 2…

Evaluation Question 4:How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research,

planning and evaluation stages?

Final Cut Express.Final cut express is the only

technology that has been used by us throughout our 2 year’s course

to edit our products. This software allowed us to created our preliminary exercise, the

focus group and the MAIN PRODUCT! Final cut express is very advanced as we can use

many kind of video transitions to make the music video look like a

real music video.

Adobe PhotoshopThis is a technology that I’ve faced a lot of difficulties and struggled with simply because I have never used it. Yes, I have heard of this software and I am aware that many people use it however since this was the first time I even got to see what this whole Photoshop is about, it was very hard. I had use YOU-TUBE to watch tutorials for every parts I needed to use in order for me to get started. Honestly, I still haven’t fully gotten used to every feature but only those I’ve used in order to create my ancillary tasks which was the magazine advert and digipak. This software seems very complicated at first but since you continuously use it, you automatically get used to it. If I was to use Photoshop a lot, I believe it wouldn’t be hard for me to get used to it fully although while using this has allowed me to challenge myself in doing something new.

Picnik.ComThis is a site that I’ve used to edit many of my pictures so that it would be easy for me to insert it in Photoshop on my ancillary task. The good news with this site was that it’s offering their premium features free until the 19th April which is really helpful as it helps us edit to the best quality. Many of the digipak images have been edited using this site. Many teenagers use this site for personal use and since I have used it myself therefore it was simple to use as I am aware of all the tools.

iMac

Without the iMac, it would have been impossible to gain a media product that is of such good quality. As you know, the IMac is an advanced technology and some people also believe it’s like “having the world at your fingertips” for it’s so advanced. It provide good quality work which is why we have used it to get our work to the best possible standard.

Microsoft PowerPoint

This is not really a new technology but it has helped us get our evaluation into our blog therefore it is an important piece of technology for us. I’ve used the PowerPoint to write on slides and it is a good software as we can animate it in our own choice. E.g. colours, font. The hard part of using this technology is that it has upgraded within the years and since I was using the Imac to created my presentation, it was totally different to what you find on a normal PC.

Slideshare.comSlide share was also important as in order to put the presentation on our blog it had to be put on slide share so that we get an effective presentation. In this modern world, according to me, technology plays a big part it is being used everywhere every second. And different technologies allows us to present things in more creative and effective way.

Prezi.comPrezi.com is also like slide share but it is different. The similarity is that both provide an effective presentation. The difference is that prezi doesn’t need Microsoft PowerPoint, you can use texts boxes and add what your need to write and you can upload pictures and the fun part is that you can choose in what order you like things to be using the PATH tool.

Survey Monkey.

During research and after creating our music video and the ancillary tasks, Survey monkey has been our main feedback tool. It allowed me to create surveys based on my music choice, the finished product and the ancillary tasks. It helped me analyze the responses of the audiences. Without survey monkey, it would involve much more work interviewing people and since audience feedback is a vital part in many thing because this is how we know what the audiences expects from us and their cho

Sliderocket. Sliderocket is a new website that

I’ve been introduced to this year. It is similar to slideshare however in this one you can create your own

slide without having using powerpoint or you may create one on powerpoint and upload it to the site. The good news is that it allows you to edit your work. You can add images, sound, effects and you can

make it into a professional and effective presentation. It was a

really easy site to use and it makes my evaluation look very interesting!

Facebook.

Face-book is a social networking website, however it has helped me a lot in this coursework as I was able to post my surveys on facebook in order to get a wider group of audiences to take the survey. I was also able to communicate with my partner on facebook if ever I couldn’t get access to my phone. Facebook simply makes it simpler for me and others to be able to gain our intended audience as we can ask them what their opinions on the spot. It also helped us with our audience feedback on our music video and the ancillary tasks.

Wordle.Wordle is a fun website as this is where I was able to put the findings of my audience research in creative way. I have used this in my first year as well as my second as it allows me to show the examiner different ways that media technologies can be used to present something to a set of audience in a creative way.