EVALUATION Q4 - HOW DID YOU USE MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION, RESEARCH, PLANNING AND EVALUATION STAGES?

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

ÒHARDWARE – SONY HXR-MC2000E – SOLID STATE CAMERA, INBUILT HARD DRIVE, USB DEVICE – DELL XPS MACHINES I7 PROCESSERS

ÒSOFTWARE - WINDOWS 7 – PREMIERE PRO CS5 – ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS5 – MOZILLA FIREFOX – BLOGGER – YOUTUBE – MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

Research and Planning

I searched google to find the codes and conventions of documentaries, then wrote a text document detailing the codes and conventions of documentaries giving me a better idea of how I would construct it. I used the colleges high end dell computers through this whole process. I used the Blogger website to display and share my work with the group. I also used  used the website ‘Top documentary films’ to watch more documentaries and build the codes and conventions, linking them with examples. YouTube helped me to display the finished audio and video work by embedding the links on blogger. 

Construction

We used Sony HXR – MC 2000 E solid state cameras with inbuilt hard drives to filn the interviews and A-roll footage (including still images). The camera features exellent sound recording so we used them to capture the radio trailer and the audience feedback too. USB cables were used to put the  clips we'd filmed onto the college computers and memory sticks used to transport any other work to college. I used a 8GB SD card to carry all my work, which was sufficient. We abtained archive footage of the celebrities we featured through youtube and google images.

To edit the clips we used a software program called adobe Premier Pro CS5, which was difficult to use at first but after a few basic tutorials from our teacher and the internet we managed to start using professional techniques and create the final media products. We also usedAdobe Photoshop CS5 to edit the stills images we were featuring (mainly the ones of Rihanna and Chris Brown which were used for visuals during the interveiws).

EvaluationTo complete my evaluation I used the websites google, Blogger, Youtube and Microsoft Powerpoint for question 2 which is posted on slideshare. Blogger was the most useful rescource as it allowed me to look over all my work from the project and remind myself of what to write about.