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

2.  Since, I decided to do music video project with another two
ancillary products, I have started planning throughout the
secondary research, in order to understand and gain basic
knowledge about the media products I will have to later
construct and analyse through the evaluation. As soon as the
blogger started to work at school ( as first month the blogger did
not worked at all, therefore we had theory lesson's) I have started
to post my first initial ideas, and the information's I found out on
internet about the media products. The blogger website,
allowed me to show my thoughts, and research and present
them in different media forms, in more effective way, as A level
media student, such as: Slideshare, Prezi, Wix etc. I can
confidently pronounce that my media knowledge, and skills by
using different type of technology, have greatly improved since
my AS coursework, as I have learnt new ways, and websites how
to produce and represent my work better and in a higher level of
quality by using accurate technologies from the school. All my
analysis are produced on PowerPoint, as this software program is
very easy to use and allowed me to create various of different,
and interesting slideshows, and expresses my ideas as media
student. To show these presentation on my blogger, I have to use
the website called: ''SlideShare'', which allowed me to upload
the power points easily, effective, and fast.

3. Another website I have used is called:''Prezi'', in order to create presentation in
more creative, unlike and different media form compared to SlideShare.
Advantages of this website are that it allowed me:
 Choose the design of presentation I wanted from a wide range of choice's
and example's.
 Being able to click on the specific information, which afterwords viewed on
the screen as a main image.
 Being able to add text, imagery, in order to portray my work look better,
instead of having a lot of writing texts.
 It very easy to use as there are clear information's and instructions of how to
create presentation, step by step, in order to make the quality looking
presentation.
 Personally, I haven't found any complications or difficulties of using this
website, as it is quite simple and basic to use.
In order to gain the best knowledge about technologies, I have conducted
research into a wide range of different technologies, especially the one's which
school have invested money into for the better filming and high quality
production. For example: I have used Adobe Photoshop technology software
program, in order to create and edit my ancillary products, as well as SLR
Camera, in order to take the images for my work.

4. I enjoyed working with this SLR Camera, as I have used it last year within
my AS coursework, therefore I was familiar, and experienced with this
piece of technology, in order to be able to take nice clear shots for my
work. I also enjoyed working on Adobe Photoshop as I was also familiar
with this technology.
Another program I have been adviced to use is called:''Quark'', however,
this technology is more for the Print task, e.g. to create newspapers,
magazine layout, context page, double spread page, just like Adobe
Photoshop. Also, because I am inexperience with this technology,
therefore I felt very unconfined and have I avoid of using it. The music
video, I have constructed and edited on the program called: ''Final Cut'',
which helped me to create a professionally looking music video,
however, it isn't easy to use as it might look at first. I had some
complication when editing, and it took me a long period of time, to
realised how this program works, what type of effects I can use and how,
how to create a text and then applied it into your music video and lots
more. If I would have another change to create a music video, I
would definitively go for another technology program, called: ''iMovie''
because of people's positive feedback on this technology. According to
them, this technology is better, have a variety of editing techniques, more
friendly to use, and it has automatic save option, unlike Final Cut.

5. Obviously, Internet is the main technology, I have used during this course, when
I needed to find out the media theories about the music videos, the
conventions, features to do with music video, especially for Pop/R&B genre, as
well as institutions. This technology allowed me to research the information from
a various websites, in order to construct my media product to certain standard,
as well as introduced me into music video production process and planning.
The disadvantages of using the Internet are that you don't always get
trustworthy information, therefore sometimes the research takes you longer than
you would expect as the Internet is also full of incorrect information, but this is
the price which we all have to pay, by being able to post anything what we
want on Internet. Therefore, when I am taking information from the Internet, I
always try to make sure that information are reliable, accurate, and trustful, so
the final product of my work is produced to the high quality standard. In order
to ensure that I have used correct grammar, I wrote my ideas into
MicrosoftWord program, before I have published it on my blogger side. The
reason why is because I don't only want to produce my media product to
a high standard but also the grammar plays the significant factor too.

6.  Also, the use of Internet within my planning process helped
my work, in the terms of using YouTube to see a different
techniques some people use when creating similar media
products like me. I have learnt how to construct and use
effect, to create a unlike image for my media products in
order to drag audience's attention. I found YouTube as great,
and very useful course of information, in terms of creativity-
the idea that there is not limit within the creativity, as well as
how media technologies progress every year. Also, when I
didn't know how to use Final Cut program, I wen on Youtube,
where I found a great video, which explained me, step by
step, in order to be more familiar with this technology
software program. I can honestly say that my skills has
improved drastically, especially because of using Youtube,
and create in like effects on my work, I have never thought
about or knew before. The disadvantages are that some of
the videos were not always right, so I had to looked at more
videos, which was very time consuming for me. Therefore, I
had less time for other factors, such as: planning and
research process.

7.  The technology program which I have never used before and
which I have been introduced to for the first time, is called: ''Wix''.
It is a free website builder, which I have used to represent my
evaluation of my media products. I found this website, very useful
and easy to use, as it allowed me to produce quality piece of
work for my A2 media project, as well as makes my blogger page
look different. Another positive functions of this website are:
 using features that will makes my website look more attractive to
my target audience, by being able to pick what type of design
background I want
 allowed me to represent my evaluation of media products in a
high quality, effective, unlike way
 allowed me to improve my skills as A level media student.
 Disadvantage can be in term of moving features around, as it is
quite hard to do.
 Overall, I can say that I am very satisfied with the quality of work
this website offered me, and wish I could knew about it before,
when I started my AS media coursework, as I would more
develop my skills of using this website, which would
have afterword a positive impact on my A2 coursework.

8. Research and Planning
 Prezi
 SlideShare
 Microsoft Word
 Microsoft PowerPoint
 Wix
 Blogger
 Apple Mac
 YouTube
Production
 Photoshop
 JVC Camera
 Tripod
 Nikon Camera
Editing
 FinalCut