Tuesday, 24 April 2012

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




I used facebook; a social networking site in my planning stage in order to communicate with my actress about plans of when/where we were filming. I used it in my construction stage in order to post small clips and gather feedback/ constructive criticism on hwo i coulod improve my work and know whats good about it. I then used it in my evaluation stage in order to post my final video online and gain feedback on the end result.

I used the site called youtube in my planning stage to veiw other music videos and gain mroe knowledge and ideas on what makes a good music video. Also i used it to pick up techniques and skills that are used in professiojnal music videos to then try and replicate it in my own music video. I used the site during my construction stage in order to upload small clips of practise filming, to gain feedback from other youtube accounts and also to practise for when i was to upload my final music video. When evaluating my video i posted it on youtube so that everyone could see and give me more feedback.

I used twitter throughout all stages in order to communicate with my teacher and other class mates about deadlines and also events. It was really useful as you could post quickly and easily and everyone could see it clearer.
I used final cut pro in my construction of the music video. This technology allowed me all the tools needed to edit and put together the video. I was able to render files and fit then correctly in the right place; lip sync. Also the technology helped aid me when slowing down clips or changing lighting.

I used imovie in my construction to create my animatic and storyboard. It was useful because there was a lot of special effects and i could use cut, burn and render to zoom in on the pictures that would replicate the camera movement. I also then used it in my evaluation because i could input a voice over so i could explain why i did certain thigns clearly and also was a different way to evaluate, rather than a script.

Blogger was sued throughout all stages to present my work. It is easily accecable at home and during school time. It allowed em to edit my posts whenether, and taught me how to use technology at a faster pace and also gain mroe understanding.

I used google as my search engine. This allowed me in my construction as i looked for logos on my digi packs and poster. It allowed me to access any information required as well as an images.
This was used for an online survey. This was much more technological than a hand written survey as it was more accessable by the public. It also was really convienient when analyzing the results as i was able to put them into graphs which emant they were displayed clearly.
Photoshop was another programme used in order to assist indesign. This was used in construction when creating my digi pacjks and poster as i was able to get rid of backgrounds, change colours etc.
This was sued as time management which helped assist me to keep organised and make sure i got everything completed by the right time so that i did not fall behind. I could personalise the calender to suit me and also was a good programme to sue as it was quick and easy to access.

Overall i used a variety of different media technologies to aid me throught the whole stage of my coursework.






Evaluation3


What have you learned from your audience feedback?


As a part of my Planning stage i created a survey using www.surveymonkey.com. The programme allowed me to create specific questions that i could ask my target audience on what they would expect to see in my genre of music video. The questions ranged from props and costumes to locations and artists. The feedback helped me learn and understand the area i was working in and aim my music video at it's correct genre. 

As well as survey monkey, i received class feedback on my story boards. I showed my animatic to approximately eighteen classmates to receive there feedback on area's that they liked and area's of improvement. This allowed me to have a full understanding of what i needed to include when shooting my music video and gave me some clear guidelines that i could follow.




I also received feedback on my final film via Facebook. This was a really good site to use as i had more contacts and could publicly display my video to a wider audience. The feedback i received is displayed below:
Another place where i received feedback was on youtube. I uploaded my final music video to youtube and those with youtube accounts were free to comment and express their views. 
As seen here:



I found the process of gaining feedback from others extremely useful and allowed me to improve in many area's. It allowed me to learn more about the expectations of others and allowed to to suit my music video to it's correct genre.



Monday, 16 April 2012

Friday, 30 March 2012

Creating my cd booklet

i created my booklet for my CD on indesign. It was just an extra piece to the digipack that includes lyrics of songs that feature in the digipack. I took my actress on a photo shoot to create slightly different pictures than using the same location as where i filmed. This makes the album more interesting, however, i still managed to stick to the same theme. Here's a few screen shots of my stages through making the leaflet:


MY FINISHED BOOKLET:




i used the same font as seen on the CD in order to fit everything together well, i just changed the writing colour to white. 

Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Evaluation


1.  In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
take 10 screen grabs of music video and explain

2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
talk about digipacks
3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?
class feedback
4. How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages? 
youtube facebook blogger twitter

Final Music Video



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqKzs0XDYEM&feature=youtu.be