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

QUESTION 4.

This year I used a lot of dif ferent technologies on my blog

E.G: Camera, Tripod, Sound Systems, Scribd, Slide

share, Wordle, Paint.NET, Prezi, Word press upload, Serif

Movie PLUS.

I decided using these would make the blog seem more user

friendly and more presentable

I chose to do straight PDF uploads a lot of the time as there

has been a lot of issues with plug -ins to show scribd items

TECHNOLOGIES USED

This year I tended to use the format PDF more than ever as it

gives a more professional look when compared to plain Word

Documents.

It is a lot easier to read and understand with lots of tools to

navigate and zoom

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Wordle was a new technology for me as I have had never

come across it before

It takes the words you add in and changes their font size/

style and arranges it showing the most used words in an

entertaining way

I used it multiple times to highlight the use of wording in

songs

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Slideshare for PowerPoint presentations

I really enjoyed using slideshare, for instance I am using right

now to present this on my blog.

It gives you ability to upload PPT. files and allows a more

professional presentable outlook on the blog

When you compare it to a PDF. File, it is better as it shows the

presentation instantly rather than to be loaded separately.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

OTHERS include

Publisher to annotate any chosen work

Uploading Videos/Pictures/Music directly to the blog

Scribd

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

HD video camera – This was used to film the production

I used it because it was completely necessary, I chose HD over

standard as I had access to post production software that

could handle it

During the filming I realized the camera was adjusting the

colours wrong, so I had to use white balance and a white

piece of blank paper to fix it

PLANNING AND PRODUCTION

Tripod

Unlike last year, I used a tripod, I only ever used it for some

long shots

All the shots of the band in costume with Hayley sat down was

filmed with a tripod

I understand that whilst filming you need one image that you

can go back and forth from, which really made the editing a

lot easier

PLANNING AND PRODUCTION

Sound system

Where we were filming had a huge sound system for parties

and such

The hall was surrounded in speakers, so I brought in a male to

male universal cable and plugged in my phone to play the

music over the speakers

This allowed the whole band to hear there part of the song

clearly as they were trying to match it rather than play it

PLANNING AND PRODUCTION

Like last year I used Serif Movie Plus x6, this year is had been

upgraded so I had more choices

I used to it to add after effects which allowed a sharpen of

quality and boost In contrast

I found that with all the after effects, the film took one hour

to render and export successfully

POST PRODUCTION