How did you use media technologies in the research and planning,

construction and evaluation stages of your coursework?

Media Technologies

• Modern media texts are almost all made through the use of digital technologies. These technologies can be broken down into three categories, being hardware, software and online technologies. All three of these were used extensively in my media coursework and it would have been impossible to make my piece without this technology available.

Hardware

• Digital hardware is physical technology which is used to create a media text. Examples of this type of technology include:

• Video Cameras

• iMacs

• Laptops

• iPods

• Mobile phones

Software

• Software is programs on a computer that we used to create our media texts. Some of these are:

• iMovie

• Photoshop

• Word

• PowerPoint

• Phone software

Online Technology

• This refers to technology which is hosted online. This type of technology was mainly used for research, and includes sites such as:

• Blogger

• YouTube

• Picmonkey

• Social Networking sites (e.g. Facebook)

Research and Planning

• For the Research and Planning of my coursework piece I mainly used online technology, using sites like YouTube and Facebook to find music videos and get public opinion on my plans and storyboards. Blogger also played a part as I showed all of my planning on here.

• I mainly used my laptop for this, as it was normally the easiest thing to find, rather than limit how often I can post by only using the school iMacs.

• I also used my mobile phone to plan how and when to make my music video with people, as this was the best way to communicate with them.

Construction

• For the Construction of my music video I used a lot more hardware and software than I had in the Research and Planning stage. I used a Panasonic HCV500 camera to film my work, and I used the iMacs to upload onto and edit my filming using iMovie on them. I also used a digital camera to take photographs for my ancillary tasks, and used Photoshop CS3 to edit them.

• I also used my friends car for certain parts, as my video required me to have travelling involved

Evaluation

• This stage of my coursework requires much more software and online technology than hardware.

• First off I posted my video on YouTube so that I could put it on my Blogger site. I can also use YouTube for any evaluation posts that I want to film.

• I can also use Prezzi and Slideshare to create PowerPoint's that I can share online, or just make a simple text post using Word or Notepad