Throughout the construction, research and planning, and evaluation stages of my coursework, I have had to use and develop my understanding of different media technologies, to enable me to produce products that I am proud of.
Some of these technologies include:
I am glad to have been privileged enough to use Apple Macs during my AS media studies as well as my A2 studies in media, as it enabled me to embark on this years coursework with more confidence in my ability of how to use them to the full. I produced a lot of my work on the macs and and did almost all of my blogging on them. Using programmes like Pages on the macs enabled me to produce mood boards when beginning the initial construction of my coursework, whilst also helping me to stay organised and keep all of the information in one place. I was also able to make use of safari on the mac during my research and planning stages. I used it to navigate my way through the web to collect sufficient data to begin my creative tasks.
Producing a video meant that I needed to film a lot of content. For this I used a Panasonic handheld camera with a tripod and took it to all of my locations with me. This was a very valuable resource to me as it produced good quality footage and I was able to gather more than enough content for the video. I did run in to a few problems though, as one of the cameras I used was not working correctly, but this was not discovered until I went to upload the footage onto a mac after returning from a day of filming, meaning that I had to return to my locations the next day and re-film using a different camera.
I was lucky enough to be given a new Canon digital camera in the summer of 2013, which proved to be extremely valuable to me when collecting images for my digipak and magazine advert. The image quality was brilliant and I felt that it produced a professional looking outcome for my ancillary tasks.
Prezi was a great aid to me when producing one of my evaluations and a moodboard back in the early stages of my planning. It was a great way to organize my evaluation, whilst also looking creative and interesting. It is easy to follow and enjoyable to watch. It enabled me to guide people through my audience feedback in an uncomplicated and easy to read fashion.
This was an editing tool I used when constructing my ancillary tasks. I used it to crop images, change hue and saturation, colour correct, highlight, add text etc. I had already used this technology in my AS studies, and so was confidant on how to edit and construct my images effectively.
This was a great method of secondary research during my planning stage. I used it to look for professionally produced music videos and also for music videos produced by previous A level students. I found lots of great examples, and this enabled me to start building an idea of how I wanted my video to look.
This was one of the most essential media technologies I used in my A2 studies, as without it I would not have constructed a music video. This took me a long while to understand, as there are a lot of different techniques that can be made use of on Final Cut. Once getting the hang of it though, I was able to cut and edit footage the way I wanted it, adding in effects when needed.
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