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

1. Construction
   1. Poster
      1. Photoshop
         1. I have used Photoshop to create our poster, being an A2 Photography student I am familiar with the software and this was helpful when generating a final idea for our poster as I knew the types of techniques which could be used. I have used the opacity, layering, magic wand, saturation, polygonal and many other tools in order to create the poster.
            1. Our poster
      2. Internet/google
         1. I have used the internet to research the way which alternative rock music bands portray their image within magazines and posters. I have done this to grasp the typical conventions within a rock poster. I found that the posters had serious photographs of the band and that image was conveyed throughout. The image which is mainly created was a kind of sinister image, the bands sex appeal came from the maturity within the poster.
            1. Coldplay Poster
               1. As you can see in the image, we have taken the idea of opacity, instruments and various text into consideration when creating our poster so that our band image became conventional fpr typical alternative rock bands.
   2. Digipack
      1. Photoshop
         1. I have used the technology in Photoshop in order to create the digipack, this is because it gives a wide variety of different tools which allowed me to construct a product which is complex and professional. I have made the paper square so that I could make 6 different tiles to fit within the digipack. From research I discovered that the inside was usually individual portraits and the back was writing or pattered. I have tried to use my skills to make these ideas as complex and artistic as possible by using the technologies provided on Photoshop
      2. Microsoft word
         1. I have used Microsoft word in order to create a template for my digipack. This was important as it gave me a guideline to work with to know where to place the image in order for the front and back covers to sit in the correct place.
   3. Main product
      1. Adobe Premiere Pro
         1. I have used Adobe Premiere Pro in order to edit together my footage, I have used this particular media because it allows us to smoothly cut, place, layer and duplicate footage. As I used this at AS I was already familiar with how to use it and therefore this made the editing process a lot easier and quicker. However, some of our footage was too saturated for the mood we wanted to create, therefore we used another type of media to manipulate the footage before editing the product together.
            1. Youtube
               1. However, there were some things which I wanted to use this year which I didn't use last year. Overlaying footage was one thing which I found would be a lot easier to do if done on Premire Pro. Therefore I used youtube to discover how to do this. Whilst watching tutorials on youtube I discovered the effects control section of the footage, within this I saw the 'opacity' button. From using Photoshop I knew what the button was used for and what it altered, theroefre I played around with this and discovered how to overlay an image so that I could control how much of each image I wanted to be seen.
      2. Adobe After Effects
         1. I have used Adobe After Affects quite a lot this year to create my final product. I barely used it at AS and therefore it was very new to me.
            1. Lynda.com
               1. Youtube
                  1. Therefore I used Lynda.com and Youtube to find tutorials on how to create particular effects. Some of the things I learnt were how to create a vignette effect, how to crop the image and also how to overlay footage, I found Youtube a better way to find tutorials as they tended to be shorter and more simple to follow.
2. Research and planning
   1. Blogger
      1. Prezi
      2. Slideshare
      3. Emaze
      4. PowToon
      5. Scribid
      6. Pinterest
      7. Youtube
      8. Microsoft word
      9. Gmail
      10. Kizoa
      11. Examtime
      12. Vimeo
3. Evaluation stages
   1. Question 1
      1. Prezi
         1. I have used Prezi for my first evaluation question so I can add images and youtube videos to explain my points. I also think it is a clear way to present my ideas and answers as it guides you through the presentation in an interesting way.
   2. Question 2
      1. Emaze
         1. I have used Emaze in this question as it is another way to present my answers, but uses a different format to those such as powerpoint and Powtoon etc.. Emaze allows more of a 3 dimensional experience similar to prezi, which I find a lot more interesting and engaging than some webtools like slideshare for example.
   3. Question 3
      1. Youtube
         1. I have used youtube to import my rendered video, this is because Youtube is a popular site, allows feedback, comments and is easy for anyone, especially people of our target audience (25-30 year olds) who may not be as up to date as the younger generation, to use
      2. Adobe Premiere pro
         1. We have used Premiere pro to edit together a short video for question 3, this was a different approach and we thought it would be more engaging to watch a video than to be reading a lot of text. Therefore we used a software we were familiar with such as premiere pro to be able to quickly construct an interesting but short video to answer question 3.
   4. Question 4
      1. Examtime
         1. I have used exam time for this question, this is because there were a lot of different subtitles I needed to add, therefore I thought this was a good option to choose as I can label by colour and split up my answers in a clear, organized manner, whilst also being able to add images.