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

To construct my coursework I had to create a blog page on www.blogger.com which I had to keep updating each time we carried out any research and planning. I also had to choose a template for the design of my blog. Blogger.com also allowed me to link my AS blog to my A2 blog this was all done through the section customize blog. In class we analysed three different types of media texts, documentary, music video and short film. Furthermore as a class we were also told to analyse our own media texts in our own time and upload them on to our blog. For each media text that I analysed I embedded a video from either youTube or dailymotion. To embed the videos on to my blog I had to copy the embed code from the site and paste it in to the edit HTML section. Finally I used jpeg images on my blog so the audience could relate and understand my posts better. To carry out the process of changing a image in to a jpeg was straight forward, I had to print screen the image and then copy it in to paint. Then I had to crop the image and saved it as a jpeg and finally uploaded it on to my blog.

Main production

For the construction of my main production I used a mini dv camera and a mini dv tape were I filmed all my footage on. I also learnt how to position a camera on to a tripod while filming my interviews. The mini dv camera allowed me to rewind and forward the tape if I didn’t like my shots I could always change them. During the filming I also learnt how to frame an interview making sure the interviewee is not directly looking in to the camera. Once I filmed all my footage I had to create a new production on Final cut pro and upload my footage. To upload the footage we inserted the mini dv tape in to the deck and then I used the log and capture button to capture all my footage. Once this process was complete I then gave each particular shot a name so when it comes to the final production I could easily locate the shots at the appropriate place on the timeline. When constructing my main product I used transitions in between the scenes which allowed fluency in my production. I used a fast paced music for my production I downloaded the song as mp3 from beemusic.com and copied it in to a memory stick and finally upload it on Final cut pro.


Print Artifacts

The poster which I created for my production was made on Photoshop. I used an image of Ricky Hatton from Google images. I had to save the image as a jpeg and then place it in Photoshop. I used a white bold font with a glow on the outside to make the image more appealing to the audience. Furthermore I also used the magic wand tool to edit the main image on the front of the poster and also to edit the five logo. Furthermore the magazine article I constructed on pages. I used a template from pages and created an article about Ricky Hatton’s career. I used images from news of the world and Google and placed in to the magazine article. I also learn how to add a fade of color in to my images as clearly shown on the poster.

Evaluation

During the writing of my evaluation I developed online skills as I started drafting my evaluation on pages and then I had to convert the file as a word doc. Finally I had to upload my evaluation on to my blog.