Evaluation Question 4 - How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Throughout this project, we was able to use many different programmes in more depth than we was used too and we was also able to use tools within these different programmes that we had never really come across before. This allowed up to build up our skills within these different programmes and also helped us to create and improve our products a little further than we thought was possible.

MUSIC VIDEO

To create our music video we used Final Cut express.
Within this particular programme, we was able to use many of the different tools and was therefore able to create many of the different effects in which we wanted to create such as the Sin City effect.
To create this specific effect, we used Youtube as we found many different tutorials on how to do so.
This slide show shows some of the different tools and functions we used whilst editing our music video.


WEBSITE

To create the Band Homepage, I used Adobe Dreamweaver as I felt this was the programme that would be most suitable for me to design what I wanted to design as I had previous experience in using the programme. I also used Photoshop to edit and create some of the images that I had included within the homepage as I felt some of these particular images needed the contrasts changed or the images all together needed cropping.
This slide show shows some of the different tools in which I used whilst creating my website homepage.


DIGIPAK

To create our digipak, we used Photoshop of which we have had previous experience in using.By using this particular product, we was able to use many of the different tools and functions which allowed us to create the digipak to how we wanted.


Other tools and facilities used throughout this task include:

YouTube - We used YouTube at the start of this task to analyse different music videos. We was also able to use YouTube when helping us to create effects on our music video such as the Sin City effect as this website contained helpful tutorials of how to do so.Apple Mac - The Apple Macs were the computers in which we used throughout this whole project for both editing our music video and creating our ancillary tasks. Although we had some experience in using these computers, we spent more and more time on them as time went on and eventually adjusted to being able to work them fully to achieve the maximum potential for our products.Sony Handy Cam - We used a Song Handy Cam for filming our music video. We was also able to use the playback function on this particular camera which helped us to see the shots in which we had already done and what shots we needed to improve.
Internet Explorer/Safari - We used the Internet and Safari to help us search when looking at research for existing products.
Vimeo - Vimeo was the video hosting website in which we used to host our music videos and animatics. Fahmina and I made separate accounts as we was unable to host all of the different videos on 1 individual account due to the file sizes of our videos.
Facebook - Facebook was the social networking website in which we used to help receive feedback about our products from our peers.Blogger - Blogger was the website in which we have produced our whole coursework and kept records of exactly what we have done and how we have done it.