HOW DID YOU USE MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION, RESEARCH AND PLANNING, AND EVALUATION STAGES?Evaluation Question 4

MEDIA TECHOLOIGES I USED… Blogger Facebook Instagram Photo shop Microsoft word Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft excel Prezzi Canva Wix

DSLR cameras Pinterest Slide share Padlet Photo studio

BLOGGERThe first media technology I used was blogger, I used this application in order to show my progress of creating my products. It is easy to use and produces an understandable blog which organises my work in a neat manner.I use this technology throughout all of the stages of the creation of my products to show how my products develop and how my initial ideas are transformed.

Since last year, my blog for my A2 media has been much more organised as I have more labels which help to divide up my work in order to find specific blogs. I also have more blog posts this year as I am experienced into what I need to research and have posts on how specific research has helped me to progress and make decisions about my products.

FACEBOOK

Similar to AS media, I also created an A2 media Facebook page. However the target audience of my magazine was completely different. The Facebook page is to get feedback and ideas from my target audience and ask their opinions of certain elements of my products. This media technology specifically helped in the Research and Planning stages of my course work. This page helped me to research into the price, colour, image, content and layout of my magazine, therefore it was essential in helping me.

I felt that I used the facebook page more this year and actually considered my target audiences opinions, rather than just going with what I personally preferred.Facebook is the perfect technology as you can creates polls, add images and receive comments which all help to finalise ideas for my products.

INSTAGRAMInstagram is a media technology that I did not need throughout my AS year of media. However this year I used Instagram in the research and planning stage. This helped me research into the interests of my target audience and add images into my reader profiles.

I was able to find popular locations around the north east in which my target audience likes to visit. I was also able to research into popular interests, shops and colours my target audience liked, therefore I can include some of these elements within my magazine.

PHOTO SHOP

My photo shop skills have hugely improved this year as I have much more experience with different tools now. This media technology was mostly used throughout the construction and reaction stage, as I was able to edit photos and add other elements, such as the mast head and other important conventions.

I also used font from photo shop this year throughout my products. I felt that this was more sufficient and I also found the perfect font on this application. Therefore I would not be able to make my products as no other media technology enables me to edit and construct images and text so well.

MICROSOFT WORDI use Microsoft word throughout the research and planning stages in order for me to create surveys and questionnaires ,to find out specific elements from my target audience. Microsoft word is a simple application that is perfect when creating documents for my target audience. Since I have used this throughout many years, I am confident on this application meaning I an quickly and easily produce the documents I want to create.

POWERPOINT

PowerPoint is one of the applications that I have used constantly throughout my A2 course work. This is due to PowerPoint being perfect to compare different elements throughout slides, produce a presentation on a specific topic or show progress of work.I mostly used this media technology throughout the research and planning stage as I was able to show a wide selection of magazines and compare them on different slides.

This is another application I am very familiar with, meaning I am able to use this media technology professional and accurately.

MICROSOFT EXCELThis is a media technology that I did not use last year, showing I have progressed my skills throughout the Microsoft application, in order to create charts of my target audience results.As I carried out more target audience research this year, I thought it was important to show the results in many different ways. Therefore I used excel in order to create charts to compare results in the research and planning stage.

These charts helped me to identity the choice the majority agreed with, in order for me to follow through with their preferences. This media application really helped me into comparing which element to include throughout my magazine.

PREZZI

Prezzi is another application I am not confident and experience with due to becoming familiar with it in my AS year of media.This is another good way in able to present findings of some research, or to help explore a specific topic. This is a more interesting and unique way of presenting something instead of PowerPoint. Therefore I used Prezi a lot throughout the Research and Planning stage as it helped me to compare different magazines based on region and genre.

CANVA

Canva is a site that I recently discovered when exploring the internet for unique presentation technologies. This application is amazing in helping you produce a creative and interesting presentation which allows you to add objects, images and text.I used this during my evaluation stage the most as I felt it would help me justify the progress of my products in an interesting format.

WIXComing into A2 media, WIX was a media technology I have never used before. I used this throughout the construction stage as I created my webpage with this application. It helped me to find a layout which matched my magazine as there was tonnes to chose from. As well as allowing loads of different elements which allowed me to make my website personal, such as my own colour scheme, logo, navigation bar, blogs, articles and images.

DSLR CAMERASI have progressed a lot since last years media project, since last year I used an Iphone to capture my images. However this year I was able to capture better quality images due to using a professional camera.I also had better use of the flash, and was able to edit my images better as there was a clearer image when I zoomed in.Using a camera rather than a phone really helped me throughout the construction stage as I was able to therefore produce more professional products.

PINTEREST

I used Pintrest throughout the research and planning stage, as I was able to type in related words to my genre and region, in order to find other relatable interests.This is not something that I considered the previous year, therefore showing that I am becoming more open minded into looking for a range of different solutions to find topics that relate to my target audience.

SLIDE SHARE

Slide share was a media technology I used in order to produce an embedded copy of my PowerPoints. This then meant I was able to put my PowerPoints on my blog in order to show the progress of creating my products. I used this throughout the research and planning stages to help show my working and comparing of products.

PADLET

Padlet is an interesting media technology which differentiates from all other applications I have used. It is best for elements which include a mass amount of writing as it divides the writing up into different elements. This is why I used this media technology throughout the evaluation stage as it helped me to deliver my answer in an unusual way.

PHOTO STUDIOThroughout my construction stage I used the photo studio to help me capture professional photographs.In AS media, I used a smaller studio with no professional lighting, therefore my skills have improved due to using a range of different lighting throughout this years photo shoot. This helped me capture a range of different images which would give me a lot of options to chose from in order to find the perfect image for each product.This media technology helped me the most due to the image being one of the main conventions throughout my product, therefore the use of the professional studio and lighting, helped reflect the professionalism throughout my products.