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

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4. How did you use media technologies in the construction and

research, planning and evaluation stages?

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We began creating our music video by researching common codes and conventions of real media products.

We thought the internet would be our best source for research as there is just so much information out there and it is easy to access both at school and at home.

We began researching common codes and conventions by studying further into figures such as Andrew Goodwin.

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We used Wikipedia to do this. However, there wasn’t much information on Goodwin on Wikipedia, therefore we didn’t find this very helpful.

When researching Goodwin, we found that the slideshows that our teachers had supplied for us on our schools Frog website was probably the most helpful.

As it was easy to understand, and all the information we needed was there. It was also easy to pick out which of his Seven we wanted to include in our own music video, our teacher had included links to Youtube of real music videos examples, therefore we were able to see which of his Seven worked the best.

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Throughout the research stages, we also studied the history of music videos. We found that Wikipedia was definitely the best source for this as there is just SO much information, and it is all split up into time eras therefore it is organised well and easy to look through.

However, the fact that there is just so much information turned out to be quite unhelpful as it makes you unsure of which information is important and what parts are irrelevant. Again, we found that going on to our schools Frog website; we were able to find a slideshow made outlining the most important parts of music videos history.

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We also just used Google to try and search for any additional information on both Andrew Goodwin and the music videos history; but there seemed to be limited information on Goodwin and there seemed to be an excessive amount of information on the history of music videos.

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Limited amount of information on Goodwin!!!!

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Loads of info on music video history… Perhaps too much!

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We also began researching and analysing previous student examples of music videos and music videos already out there in the media.

We chose YouTube to find videos as it is the biggest and most popular video-sharing site, therefore our chances of finding the sort of videos we were after were very high.

And this proved to be true, as we both had no problems finding real music videos to analyse along with past student music videos.

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Finally, we used Blogger to post all the research we had done.

We both agree that this site is very organised and allows for creativity as we were able to embed videos and images, post screengrabs and upload our work on to the site using a variety of technologies. Such as Voki, Pixton, Prezi, Wordcloud, Goanimate etc.

This made our Blog more visually interesting and enjoyable to mark for our teacher. We were also able to use Blogger throughout all the stages (planning, research, construction and evaluation) and it proved to be just as useful for all the above reasons.

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Throughout the planning stages, we used the internet a lot for a number of reasons! It allowed for us to check the weather on BBC website in order for us to check if it would be appropriate for filming, and if not, to adapt our production schedule to a more suitable date.

Again, we used YouTube, to look at how to do a split screen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36j8IN_CoPE&feature=player_embedded. This was very helpful, as we found out that we had to film half of the opening on the right and the other half on the left. If we didn’t use YouTube to watch a split screen tutorial we could have ended up wasting a lot of time and this may have jeopardised us handing our project in on time.

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YouTube was also very helpful for the split screen as we were able to see the kind of emotions we wanted to portray when we searched for the expectations/reality scene from 500 Days of Summer; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR0UcXxsGis&feature=player_embedded

We saw how we wanted to create a contrast between the two screens like that from the film. This was very helpful as we were very unsure of whether we were going to do the split screen all together.

But it worked very well, and showed that we had quite a high technical ability on Final Cut Express.

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We also used YouTube for some inspiration for some shots. We felt that in order to create a feeling of love and happiness between our two characters.

We needed to watch some videos that are already out there in the media that portrayed these emotions.

We found that the Miss Dior Le Parfum advert portrayed the emotion we wanted to create in our music video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10MR48Bg4wk&feature=player_embedded

Therefore we studied and analysed the advert on YouTube and developed the idea into our own music video.

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We used Google images to find images online of some locations, props and costumes we were going to use. This was very helpful as it allowed for us to develop our ideas. We started off wanting Amy’s character to wear jeans and a red top; implying that she didn’t care about how she looked, because she was comfortable around her boyfriend.

But, after looking up images of her potential costume on Google images, we were able to see that this wasn’t exactly what we were looking for. We felt she needed to be more dressy, so we dressed her in a skirt.

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Finally, we uploaded the final costume ideas on to our laptops using our smart phones. This was very helpful as it meant we could do this at home.

Rather than having to waste time at school doing it when we could have been getting on with editing or something.

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We also used inspiration from Amy’s Marley & Me DVD for one of Amy’s costumes.

There is a scene where Jen is exhausted and tired of arguing, looking after the kids and ultimately, Marley.

She is dressed in a loose-fitting check shirt with messy hair. We then took this costume idea and put it into our own music video where the relationship is deteriorating and Amy is tired.

It was very helpful to watch this scene from the DVD as it portrayed the emotion we were hoping to create.

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We also used our webcams to post images onto Blogger of notes we had made of our plans for Crash.

The use of the webcam was very helpful as it meant we could do work without needing a computer/laptop as we could just take a picture of the work we had done.

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Throughout the construction stages, we used numerous amounts of technologies! For example, we used a digital camera to record the footage of our music video.

They were simple to use, so fortunately we didn’t come across any problems whilst we were filming our footage. As the cameras were digital and HD; they were a lot clearer and so it enhanced our work; particularly as we were filming at a lake on a sunny day; our shots appeared really good quality!

The camera also has a really organised system and so deleting unwanted footage was so easy; which meant we didn’t waste time messing around, deleting lots of footage.

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We also used a tripod during the construction stages; whilst we were filming. The tripod is used to hold the camera; and it does so very safely so there was no need for us to worry about the camera falling off.

They were also really, really easy to use so we didn’t waste time figuring out how to set up the tripod. It really helped us to film a still shot and to film a steady panning shot.

However, it did hinder our work as it wasn’t high enough for certain shots and we ended up having to have longer shots than we had originally planned. For example, when the couple are sitting on the bench at the start of our music video.

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Once we had filmed our footage, we used Imovie to import the footage.

It was very quick and easy apart from the stabilisation stage, but we were able to blog during this time so it wasn’t a waste of time. However, it was quite time consuming.

Imovie was very organised as the clips were laid out by event so it was easy to select what clips we needed to import and what ones we didn’t.

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We then used Final Cut Express to edit the image.

It was a very good programme to edit our music video on as everything we planned to do was achievable. However, we had to watch a lot of youtube tutorials to teach ourselves how to do this (for the split screen) but it was all worthwhile in the end.

It really did enhance our work as it gave us more options and effects than any other available editing programme.

The only problem that occurred was that to the left hand side of the programme; all our footage was muddled up and it was difficult to find what shots we needed.

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For our ancillary tasks, we mainly used just two technologies. The first was Photoshop to create our digipack.

It was extremely helpful as it gave up so many options for editing all of the images. The only problem was that we had never used it before and so we were a bit unsure as what we were doing at times.

We used screengrabs to capture images from our music video to use in our ancillary texts; this was really helpful as we hadn’t taken any successful images whilst we were filming.

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We also used Photoshop to edit images for our website, which was really helpful as we were able to put a unique text that we had used throughout the entire making of our projects; creating a clear link between our three creations.

We made our website on a different website called Wix. It was good, but it was limiting as we couldn’t just type our font in.

We would have to make it as an image on Photoshop to upload it as an image on our website. This was quite time consuming but it was worth it to create a link between our work. The website was really easy to use though however it was quite limited creativity as you had to choose a design template. However, we are happy with the outcome of our website; so this wasn’t too much of a problem for us. And we worked very hard to make the template different and to make it our own.

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To create the font I have been talking about, we used a website called Da Font. This was really easy to use, as you just had to find a text you liked and download it. It was quite time consuming as there were so many options to choose from but it was worth it as it enabled us to tie all of our projects together.

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For the evaluation stages, we firstly used Microsoft Word to create a script for the four questions we had to answer. It was really simple to use as we have used it loads of times before. No problems arose as it was so simple and easy to access at home and at school.

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For question 1 we used a digital camera to record the sound of our voices; but we left the lens cover on to create a podcast.

We then imported it to Imovie and then uploaded it to Final Cut Express so we could begin creating our podcast.

We saved images we had found on google images to put under our voiceover in order to create our podcast! No problems arose as we had used all of these programmes before and were able to easily use each of the technologies. However, our answer was over six minutes therefore it was extremely time consuming!

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For question 2 we created a Prezi.

It was difficult at first as we had never used it before and we weren’t sure how it worked.

However once we got used to it, it was really simple. And all we had to do was type in text and add images.

We then uploaded our videos for the other questions to our Prezi to link all the answers together.

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For question 3 we filmed ourselves answering the question to a webcam.

This was no problem as we have both used webcams before and they are very straightforward. We then used Imove to import the footage and then uploaded it to Final Cut Express again to edit.

We added images and videos around us to make it more visually interesting. This wasn’t difficult as we just watched another Youtube tutorial, and as we were familiar with the programme now; it was really simple to work with.

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Finally, we created a powerpoint on Microsoft for question 4.

This was really simple, as we were already familiar with the programme.

We then uploaded this to Slideshare, which again was really simple as we had previously used it. This was really useful as it allowed for us to use a different technology for our evaluation, in a really simple and easy way.

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