HOW DID YOU USE MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION, RESEARCH, PLANNING AND EVALUATION STAGES?

EVALUATION QUESTION 4

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GO PRO HERO

We used both the Go pro hero 2 and 3. These enabled us to film shots that we would be unable to film with a normal camera. Most of our video was filmed with a go pro, however it was key for the lake scenes. Along with the Go Pro we had a case for it which was waterproof therefore we were able to get it wet (use one of our locations; lake). Also the chest and head strap came in very handy as it meant that we didn't have to hold the camera and could act normal and did not effect our movements. The Go Pro gave different dimension as it gave a 1st person experience and made you feel as if you were a part of the video. It also has great quality and battery life, which enabled us to use it over a long period of time without out changing anything.

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NIKON 5200

The Nikon 5200 is a very good quality camera. We used this camera for the City shots, as it gave very clear shot with great detail. Both easy to use and light, therefore it was easy to carry around London. The only problem with this camera is that we were using the default lens, which was 18-55mm and didn't enable us to zoom far in. However we adapted to this easily by using different shots.

PICTURES TAKEN WITH THE NIKON 5200

LONDON

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SAMSUNG GALAXY S5

▸ Only a small part of the music video was filmed by the Samasung Galaxy S5. For a phone the quality is outstanding and had a great depth of colours. However it looks very unprofessional filming with a phone. Also we were unable to connect it to a tripod therefore we were always filming handheld which meant at time it was very jolty.

“WORST FORMAT I HAVE EVER USED; VULGAR!”

Servais Coulber

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POWTOON

▸ I have a lot to say for Powtoon, It was both hard to use and was very slow. I was unable to get on the format through my laptop which is a key resource I use. Therefore this meant that I could only do this on the school macs. I found that it was hard to use as it would not upload pictures resulting on it in the disconnecting from the page and loosing all my work. Which made me furious! I took this on board the next time I tried to download a picture by saving my work before, however the page was disconnected once again; it went back to the past save, not the save that i had just did. So once again I lost even more work. It was at this point I realised I was wasting my time with this format. I was using it for this question however as you can see now I am using Keynote, which is 100% better.

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FINAL CUTEDITING SOFTWARE

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FINAL CUT PRO

▸ Final cut pro is a great editing software; which enables us to use a range of effects and transactions. It was easy for us to use as we had used it before in based projects. However i believe if we had never used it before we would have struggled at the main part of our music video was our editing and cutting it to the beat. The only problem with Final Cut Pro is that it costs £270 therefore I was only able to access on the school computers as I didn't want to purchase the product as I feel it is overpriced.

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PREZI

▸ Prezi was an easy to use format which included a lot of technologies. We used it throughout our planning and research for analysing music videos. It was very easy to use and fun to play around with. It varied a lot as there was loads of templates therefore every post was different. You could download various things, such as, music, photos, videos, recording. All of which where technologies we wanted to include in our work.

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▸ Throughout the year we used blogger to upload all our work on. We uploaded a range of things from music videos off of youtube to pieces of work from different formats, we even posted some of our editing process. This made it easier to look back at work as it was all on one format. However at times there were some malfunctions when downloading work of certain formats such as glogster.

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SLIDE SHARE

▸ Slide share was used to upload work completed on powerpoint and word. As you are unable to upload a powerpoint straight onto blogger. Therefore this was the only website we could use. It was both quick and easy to use. However we didn't use it very often as we tried to use other technologies and formats other than powerpoint.

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YOUTUBE

▸ I found that we used youtube throughout our project, and that it was a great tool to use. We used it in our research and planning; for example analysing music videos. Nearly every music video in the world is on youtube and is by far the most popular broadcasting website. We also used it to look at past student work, which enabled us to branch out and to see what other school had completed. Throughout our work and post we always tried to link a youtube clip into it as this helped us get our point across and enables the audience to experience what we are talking about first hand. Further more we used youtube to upload our music video as this website reaches out to millions of people, and is a great way to get your voice heard. It was both quick and easy to upload and we already had a youtube channel due to the past work we have done over the years.

FORMATS

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FORMATS

▸ As I was using my Macbook Pro for a considerable amount of my work and I hadn't purchased powerpoint and work; I was using both keynote and pages. Both of which were very similar to powerpoint and word however I felt they had they had the edge over powerpoint and word. This is because in keynote you can present your work in many different ways and there is a large variety of templates, whereas on powerpoint there is limited. I would say that pages it nearly the same however it is a bit easier to takes not on it and has more templates. All four of these formats are easy to use and are handy to take down notes and upload to our blog.

MACBOOK PRO

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MACBOOK PRO

▸ Without this laptop I purchased I would have struggle to keep up with the work as it would have limited me to the school macs. However I was able to do task as home which I would be unable to complete on my home desktop such as editing pictures for my ancillary task. It was both quick and easy to use and I took it everywhere. For example when we were filming in London I took my laptop with me therefore I was able to stop for a couple of minutes and upload my footage onto the laptop. This enabled me to get even more footage. Its my baby!

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SCHOOL MACS

▸ The useful thing about the school macs was that they had bought all the expensive software such as final cut and photoshop, which I was unable to use on my Mac. However the only problem with the mac is that we had to use it in school!