Evaluation Question 4

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


The images below are the logos of sites and software i thought was important when constructing my project.

Moodboard of programs we used

We used Prezi to create interactive presentations during this project, including the evaluation question 2. These presentations were really creative and visually better than the normal slide presentations as in a touch of a button the transition willo move automatically on  the path u direct it to.

Photoshop was one of the two main programs we used. We edited all our ancillary tasks using this software with its advance software which enables us to edit our pictures, change fonts and create backgrounds with ease.

Google was a key website used mainly for the research stages of my project as it made easier to research artists record labels and webistes with ease due to it being the best search engine.Also I got band images from this website such as Linkin Park performances.

Youtube is a credential for out project as we upload and share our final cut of our music video on this. We uploaded our music video and then put it onto our blog after by embedding the code. Also it made it easier to post on social netwroking sites like facebook

Facebook helped us to gain feedback on our rough cut of our music video which was uploaded on youtube and then shared on facebook. It is easy to comment on and great for feedback.

Final cut is the most important software of our project as it allowed us to export our footage we recoreded and actually make and edit our music video. All effects like the crossfades and sepia were all done on final cut which helped us give the narrative a more of a memory feel to it..






As well as these websites and programs, we also used a variety of technological equipment during this project.

Apple Mac


We used an Apple Mac to edit our video and images as the macs have the software final cut express on it also we used it to edit our pictues through adobe photoshop on this. Mac's made screen grabs easy with their commands which helped save time on research and planning. Also it was easy to export footage and pictures on to. It does take a little getting use to as there is no right click on the mouse .

Tripod


This helped us because the first part of our footage was shaky so we used the tripod to keep our footage still. also because there was two of us, sometimes we had to record ourselves like the directors commentry.

Sony HD camera


This is the camera we used to film our whole video. It is good as it recorded really clearly and took great pictures. Also it was imple to export the pictures and footage to computer.

Dolly


We hardly used the dolly. We only used it on the second part of our performance in one scene as the carpet was rough so it made the camera look shaky.

Reflector

We used a light reflector for some of our shots to contrast and improve lighting. This helped us control lighting to suit our needs. An example of this is the close up of the lead singer, you can see the light being reflected on him as shown above.