EVALUATION QUESTION 3:‘HOW DID YOU USE MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION, PLANNING AND EVALUATION STAGES’?By Can Arslan

Photoshop• Photoshop was used for the construction of my ancillary

products, I used photoshop cs6 which is the latest version as it had many new features which were easy to use while creating my ancillary products.

In this screenshot, I am playing with the curves, which effect the colour balance of the picture. Doing this helped me get a vintage effect on my image, hand made instead of using a filter.

Audacity• I downloaded and installed audacity to put my interview mp3s into one clip so

that I could upload it easier, and that it would just flow from one feedback interview to another. I done this by adding the clips and positioning them after each other, then exporting it into an MP3 and uploading it to soundcloud.

iMovie• I used iMovie to create my day trip video, I used iMovie because of its

simplicity. I used iMovie by adding a string of clips in the order I liked onto the timeline, then trimming the video down. Added a few transitions and title screens with a soundtrack playing behind it: ‘Ben Howard – Keep Your Head Up’, to make the documentary seem more genuine I edited the sound with an effect on iMovie to make it seem like the music is being played in a small sized room.

Final Cut Pro• Final cut pro was the main video editing tool I used to edit

my music video. I used final cut pro to edit clips. For example I trimmed them down, added filters and played with its colour and sound balance.

Final Cut pro 2• The screenshot below demonstrates two clips being reversed and then put in normal

order and multiplied a few times in order to get a stop/start effect, but when this is used effectively with good content, which in our case was the smashing of glass. It ensured that the target audience was still engaged as it was repeated a few times at fast paced, as a result of the repetition instead of one single break, the audience could also see the glass pieces.

• The grey clips show the transition we used in order to get into these clips, transitions are effective because it makes the sequence look much smoother rather than skip from clip to clip with no real indication to indicate the next clip is something different.

Final cut pro 3• Colour correction after blacking out the rest of the clip and only allowing a certain

shade of red/purple• Doing this effect via video filters helps us sync the lyric 'never should of listened to the

serpent' with the clip of the serpent, and the video filter ensures the target audience concentrates on this.

Final cut pro 4•  The clips below and and above represent a transition which we was really proud of,

the clip below has a distorted filter to it, and as its towards the end of the base track and we wanted the kill the base track with a bang, we used the filter 'overdrive' on the clip below to give the clip a shake, as if the camera was being shoved away when being pushed away. The dark devilish red also helps portray a sense of ending

Blogger• I used blogger to help organise my research and planning

stages so that I could refer back to it to help me with my production. I used also used it in my production process to help stay on top of my work. I used blogger by creating new posts and adding many different types of content instead of just text, for example. Vimeo videos and soundcloud, or screenshots.

Blogger 2Use of vimeo, soundcloud and text

Using vimeo and soundcloud meant that I could upload high quality video and audio and embed it almost anywhere on the internet hassle-free!

Blogger 3

We ensured each of our blog posts had labels to help keep everything organized.

While using blogger, I made sure that all my blog posts began with what its about, for example all research blogs began with ‘RESEARCH: ------’ and production with‘PRODUCTION ------’ doing this helped me locate blog posts much easier, saving time.

Twitter• I used twitter to keep the teachers updated with our

filming days so that they as well as us had a record of where we were filming and when, incase we needed to refer back to it.

Gifs• I used gifs to showcase several pictures simultaneously if

I was trying to put a point across, or if I wanted people to see something I done in contrast/comparison with something else

The Internet!• YouTube was used to watch other music videos in the

research and planning stage as a source of inspiration (to get ideas from)

The Internet 2• I also used the internet to research dubstep related

articles and websites, to see typical conventions that I could utilize.

Vimeo• I decided to upload my videos to Vimeo because Vimeo

does not lose video quality when you upload a video to it, the video player itself too looks very professional.

Camera/SD Cards• The Camera was used throughout or production process

to capture as many shots as we could for our music video, all the shots were stored onto an SD Card, these cards were great as they could hold large files but also were very portable.

Photo Booth• I used photobooth to help record myself speaking, it was

the easiest way, as uploading was only a click away.

MPEG STREAMCLIP• Mpeg streamclip was used predominantly in the blogging

stages to compress vlogs that we uploaded onto our blog, Compression of the raw files was essential to bring the file size down and make uploading quicker and easier.