1. Evaluation Question Four.
How did you use media technologies in the construction,
research, planning and evaluation stages?

2. The production of my music video consisted of three main stages
of research and planning, construction and evaluation.
Throughout these stages of production, I used a wide variety of
media technologies.

3. How did you use media technology in
the research and planning stage?
During the research and planning stage I used many forms of
media technology to complete this stage.
To complete the research and planning as a class we used the
same computers, with a HANNS.G monitor (custom built, with
intel-i3 CPU’s and 16GB of RAM) meaning that these computers
were specifically designed for the programs we would use.

4. Continued.
While researching my target audience for my genre, I used two
websites to gain more information for the social group and social
class through the alternative rock genre. These websites used
where UK Tribe and BBC Social Class test. This allowed my to
determine the interests, hobbies and dislikes of my target
audience enabling me to create an audience member profile.

5. Continued.
To complete my research for my target audience, I filmed a short
interview with my target audience to find out what they would
like to see in an alternative rock music video. To do this I used a
Panasonic NV-GS500 SD camera. I found this quite simple to use
as we had used it last year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk2BagIz6_E
- Target Audience Interview

6. How did you use media technology in
the construction stage?
To film my video, I used a Panasonic NV-GS500 SD camera. When
capturing the footage, I had issues meaning I had lost half of my
footage so I had to refilm some parts of my narrative. I used
simple stage lighting for the performance, to create the
appearance of a real performance.
To edit my video I used Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 12. The
main tool I used was Magic Bullet Quicklook plug-in and the
effects I used were ‘Crush Blue Edge’ for the narrative and
sharpen for the performance.

7. Continued.
To create my image for my ancillary texts I had drawn a
picture, then scanned it using a normal pirnter/scanner.
To take photos of my artist for my ancillary texts, I used the
studio in photography, including lights to create the illusion of a
professional photo shoot.
To create my ancillary texts, I used Photoshop with premade
templates of a digipak and an A4 sized document for the
magazine advert.

8. Continued.
During filming, I used a Blackberry 9800 Torch as a prop and to
contact the actors for my piece.
After filming I got an Iphone 5c which was used for updates on
Facebook and Twitter to show my video and to update my blog,
using the blogger app. I also used both phones to take photos of
my work in progress for updating my blog.
I used Facebook and Twitter to show my friends and family my
video and to thank the people involved.

9. How did you use media technology in
the evaluation stage?
Throughout the evaluation stage I used websites and programs
which were used throughout the project. For evaluation
question one and four, I used Powerpoint Presentation and
Slideshare to upload it onto my blog. In addition for question
four, I used wordle. For question two, I used Prezi as a different,
more interesting way to present my answer and for question
three, I used blogger to show my wide usage of different media
technologies.

10. Throughout.
When creating ways to present my work, I have used several websites and
programs. To access the websites, I used Internet Explorer at school and
Google Chrome at home, which enabled me to show my work. I used the
website Blogger to show my work as a whole, which I found easy to use from
last years work. In ways of presenting different elements of my work, I used
Powerpoint, which was uploaded using Slideshare, Prezi, Wordle (which was
used for evaluation question 4) and Blogger. I found that Prezi and Slideshare
were difficult to use as the school had not upgraded so that the computers
could open the websites successfully. This however was over come and began
to get easier to use. Finally, I uploaded my final video and other recorded work
over Youtube. This website also allowed me to do more research into other
videos of my genre and student videos.