Research and Planning

We did a lot of our research on YouTube. We did this because it allowed us to look at other media products that have been created that we could seek inspiration from. YouTube was also very useful to us because we could upload our version of ‘Baggy Trousers’ to it and get real feedback. It was a big source of information for us and without it our media product probably wouldn’t look the same.

Evaluation Question 4

How effective is the combination of your

main product and ancillary texts?

We used Wikipedia to research genre amongst other things. We found it to be a reliable source. We used Twitter to look at the bands official page. We used this to look at the sort of things they were Tweeting so that when we v=created ours we could do something similar.This is the official website for madness. When researching this I

tried to copy the layout when creating my own site. I noticed they had a main item in the centre and then little bits around the edges. Using this as inspiration allowed my version of a bands website look a bit more professional and realistic.

Research and Planning

Production and Construction – Equipment and Software 1Something that played a big part in the production of our video was the cameras we used. We used digital cameras to film all of the footage we used for our video. Using these cameras was really effective for us as we were able to get a clear, good quality image out of the ones we used. Thismade it look more professional and more appealing. The cameras were easy to use and getting the footage off of them and on to a computer was also a simple task. This was beneficial to us because it meant that we could spend more time editing the footage and it was easy to move around and change. We also had the aid of a camera phone (iPhone4s). We used this camera to take still shots for the location shoot and for taking other various photos of set-up, mise en-scene and also pictures that would go on our Twitter and Facebook page. The camera is 8mp which is more than enough, it provided us with a clear image that was also easy to place onto different sites. The images for our digipak and advert were taken on the Same camera phone as the location shoot. We were happy With the quality it provided.

NOTE: These are not the actual devices we used but are ones that are similar in looks.

Production and Construction – Equipment and Software 2We used Photoshop to create our digipak and magazine insert. We thought it worked really well because it allowed us to create something that ended up looking good and like a real thing. It was easy to use and we were able to use it to manipulate images and texts how we wanted to our desired effect. It was relatively easy to used and overall I’m happy with how the finished product looked. We used PowerPoint mainly for research purposes. It allowed us to put a lot of information into one space which we could refer back to whenever we wanted to. It has also shown to be a great way of presenting our findingsWith this came the use of SlideShare. Slide share is a website that allowed us to upload PowerPoint's onto our website.

Wix is the main software we used in the pre production stages. It is where everything is located, our video, our research and everything in-between. Using this was really useful as one of our tasks needed us to create a website for our band. We chose Wix because it was easy to use and it would look proffesional.

Production and Construction – Equipment and Software 2Use of Wix.com

This is the homepage for the website I created for the band. Personally I thik usikng wix was the best choice as it makes it look more professional. It also functions as areal website and allows you to navigate through to different pages using buttons. It can display various types of media including videos, pictures, slideshows, PowerPoint's and a Twitter feed amongst many more.

Post Production – Equipment and Software

We used Sony Vegas Pro to edit our video as it was the best thing available to us. It was available on another group members laptop so it was easy for us to edit the video whenever we wanted, It was reasonably easy to use and allowed us to put all the video clip we had taken and create a full length music video. With the additional use of things such as After Effects we were able to create effects such as the shaking clock during our video and some of the transactions are also done using this. We were also able to alter the lighting as that was one of the issues we came across, the colours were also made more vibrant by the use of Sony Vegas Pro.