Here i have evaluated my products in terms of digital technologies used for research, planning, production and evaluation. This is evaluation question four.

1. EVALUTAION QUESTION: HOW DID YOU USE MEDIA
TECHNOLGOIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND
RESEARCH, PLANNING AND EVALUTION STAGES?
Throughout the whole year I used a range of different media
technologies in order to broaden my skills within the
internet technologies as well as present my work in visually
appealing and different ways.
The platforms I used varied in the range of presentation
techniques as well as the simplicity to use and embed onto
my blog to track my progress.

2. RESEARCH AND PLANNING SECTIONS :
 Blogger- Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows multi-user
blogs with time-stamped entries. It was bought and gained
ownership from google in 2003. This platform become my portfolio
for uploading any work I did during the whole process of my
project, it is not only free enabling me to use it as much as I like but
it is also easy to use and connected with a Gmail account of which I
already had. I liked the feature of blogger that enabled me to
upload tags and labels to certain entries, which allowed me to
organise my work chronologically and categorically making it easier
for me to keep track of the work I had uploaded as well as aided my
teacher in checking my work- labels I made included a spate label
for the research section of my blog, and Individual labels for
planning of each product type. Furthermore there is a feature that
enables you to go back and edit certain posts, so that I can alter
any faults within my uploaded work, ensuring my project is both up
to date and presented to a high standard. Blogger enabled me to
embed PowerPoints, from the platform slide share, as well as
Prezi’s, popplets and maze presentations, which enabled me not
only to demonstrate a wide range of blogging tools but also made
my blog look more ascetically [leasing and interesting. I
downloaded the blogger app to my android phone which was very
useful, as it gave me choice in deciding where to upload, as well as
transportability, so that I could upload work while on the move.

3. Microsoft office (inclusive of word, PowerPoint)- The
use of Microsoft office (1988) was very aiding in all
sections of project. This included research, planning,
production and evaluative processes. This was useful,
as because at my home computer has this
downloaded software which enabled me to work on
my blog at home, and also meant that I was familiar
with the software making it quick and easy to make
presentations. Throughout all sections of my
production, I used Microsoft power point to create
presentations of which enabled me to visually present
my work, and then uploaded these presentations onto
my slidshare account an easy platform in which I could
easy embed into my blog, at the right size. Microsoft
word also enabled me to write more formal written
feedbacks and proposals to put forward which when
uploaded to scribd could again be easily uploaded
onto my blog. This allowed a formal presentation of
my work, of which was easy to read and connote.

4. YouTube- YouTube is a fantastic platform
to use, especially during my research and
production stages, as for my research
section I was able to use it to watch lots of
music videos cofnromative of the indie
pop genre, of which aided me in the
identification of key codes and
conventions that can be included in my
own music video. For example, I watched
lots of Recent YouTube music videos from
little mix and Ellie Goulding, conformative
of the indie pop musical genre, and by
doing this it enabled me to emphasise and
further advance my products as I was able
to make influenced decisions based on
these successful existing music videos.

5. PRODUCTION PROCESS:
I Mac- This piece of hardware aided me
when it came to producing my products,
because of the need for specialised
software such as abode Photoshop and
final cut pro which are only present on
the I mac. This proved slightly difficult
however, because it meant that the only
time I could focus on my production
work was at school, where the macs
were located. Moreover, however these
software’s present on the mac enabled
me to produce professional, high quality
products conforamtive of the
conventions included in successful
existing products on the market today.

6. Professional camera- for my products, I had to both
use a camera to take shots to use on my album
cover and magazine advertimsent as well as a the
usage when filming my footage to include in my
music video. For this I used a professional SLR
camera which was of the brand cannon. This was
very useful as not only was it relatively easy to use,
but the results it gave were of the highest standard
possible and therefore meant by product was
representative of existing products on the market
today. The feature of autofocus was useful because,
especially with my lack of professional experience it
enabled me to capture high quality shots, to use for
all of my many products. The SD card in the camera
was useful as it was easy to transfer our footage
from the camera onto the computer and then
transfer into our chosen software, to edit. In
addition the battery life of the camera was around
four hours enabling us to spend lots of time
capturing shots, before we had to recharge the
camera, useful in our music video as we were out
and about a lot capturing nature shots, and
therefore did not have charging facilities.

7. Final Cut- This was a software we used
when editing our music video. It was very
easy to use, on the macs at school and
luckily has lots of publicity on the internet
enabling sui to use you tube and other
internet sites for guidance if we had any
difficulties. This software is one used by
many professionals enabling us to produce
a high quality video, furthermore it was
easy to transfer onto you tube enabling us
to upload drafts to get more audience
feedback. It also had an vast array of special
effects such as the slow motion effect and
the opacity of overlaying shots enabling us
to include some really good features in our
music video making it look more
professional and even more conformative of
the indie pop genre.

8.  Abode Photoshop- When producing my textual products I used
the software abode Photoshop to edit and carte them. This
enabled me to include many creative features in my products,
such as the overlaying text layers, with the text/typography
behind the main image, further enhancing the interest and
quality of my product and making it more representative of the
indie pop musical genre. I was able to use other tools on this site
to enhance the aesthetic appearance of my product, lading to
further success, for example I added a red, blue, green colour
split which enabled the product to look more interesting and of a
higher standard more conformative of the indie pop genre. This
tools was easy to use, and again the internet sites such as you
tube and Goole search engines, enabled us to get any guidance
needed when producing the products. The editing tools enabled
me to edit my images making them look more professional, for
example the brush tool enabled me to tidy up stray hairs on my
models, enhancing he quality of my product. Furthermore the
measurement adjustment enabled me to adjust the size of my
album cover (square) and magazine advertisement (rectangular)
enabling them to be further conformative of existing products
which have a specific size depending on the actual product. This
software also enabled me to copy layers, such as the album
cover onto the top half of the magazine advertisement which
strengthened my brand identity and also made my product more
conformative of the indie pop genre.

9. EVALUATION PROCESS:
 Evaluation- For my evaluation questions I used
an array of different technologies to present
each individual question, sites which included,
Slideshare, Emaze, Popplet and Scrid. These
programmes enabled me to make my
products aesthetically pleasing and separated
each question making it distinguishable for
the moderator. They also enabled my work to
look interesting and appealing, further
empathising the quality of my work. What I
enjoyed about each of these software’s, was
not only that they were free and easy to use,
but also each of them had special features
and enabled me to include images so I could
visually present the point I was making when
reflecting back on my entire project. This
enhanced the point I was making and also
made the work look more interesting. Each of
these products are also easily embedded into
my blog, making it easier for me to present
my work within the deadline. By using these
free sites I have also been able to broaden my
skills in different software programmes which
I can now use in future ventures and products
to improve my presentation skills I those too.

10. • Overall I can suggest media technologies have
been very useful in all sections of my media
project, not only because they have enabled my
work to look more aesthetically pleasing and of a
higher more interesting quality, but also because
they have enabled me to present my work in an
organised ways.