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

2. Technologies I used.
 Whilst producing our product I used a range of
technologies throughout my research,
planning , construction and Evaluation. Using
these technologies made it easier to document
my work online and also enabled me to find
new ways of documenting and uploading my
work using multimedia technologies.

3. Research
 For the research section of this project I used a range of internet services. The internet
proved the best way to get research as it gave me many sources which is good for
research, compassion and documenting my findings.
 What I used : For the research section of our project I used websites such as
Google.com and Unsigned. Com. I used Google to research RnB Trios and Music
videos produced by RnB artists. Unsigned. Com is the website I found through Google
which gave me a list of RnB artists to chose from.
 Why I used it : 21st Century technology has allowed easier access to online websites
and information faster and also provides diversity of choice. Before technology
developed I would have had to find another way of researching videos and then have
too write up my results which would have been time consuming and inaccurate. This is
why I chose the website Google . It gave me information from anywhere in the world,
for example 114,000,000 search results related to RnB artists came from London UK ,
and within 16 seconds Google had shown me the list of the websites. Unsigned.com
was also a fast and reliable internet website because it came up as one of the top
results for RnB groups and then provided a list of artists which were hyperlinked to a
specific website for the artist with their music, contact information and biographies.
This free access website was easy to use and gave us accurate information which we
then used to contact the group whose music we wanted to use.
 What could have worked better?: Google and unsigned .com were very reliable
sources and I believe that these were the best websites to use because of their free
and easy access and their fast and reliable results which contrasts to pre 21st century
technology where everything would have to be handwritten and harder to document.

4. Research continued
 What I used : I used a social networking site called Twitter to
further my research and contact into the band Thicke which
we found on Unsigned.com. The group also turned to
YouTube for more research into music we would like to make
into a music video which is where we found our final choice
for a bands Ruff Diamondz.
 What I did: Twitter allowed us to search their names and took
us to their personal twitter page where we were able to direct
message themand ask them if we could use their
music.Unfortunately they were unable to provide their music
however this allowed us to turn to YouTube where we
searched for artists and came across the Band ‘Ruff
Diamondz’ .We then used the information posted on their
YouTube account to reach the Hotmail of their record label
where we asked for their music and was approved.

5. Research continued
 Once we had found our band we needed to research other
bands of the same genre and same format so we could
compare, so I used YouTube to search up bands for example,
I typed ‘Destiny’s child’ into the search bar and looked at the
range of videos I could use for my research videos.
 What I used: I used Blogger to share my research onto the
web.
 What I did: Once finding a video I used the blogging website
Blogger.com to upload my findings and share it with others. I
was able to do this by the service the internet provides which
is the ‘Embed code’ on every video on YouTube. Having the
option to grab an embed code from youtube meant I was able
to take any MP4 or MP3 file from youtube and upload it
anywhere it also allows anyone else I want to share the file
with, to take it using the embed code and share it anywhere
else.

6. Images from online Research

7. PLANNING

8. Planning
 For planning I used a mixture of internet and
presentation technologies to show the
planning of our product. For example I used
Facebook and Slideshare. As well as using all
of these I also used YouTube to post videos
onto facebook.

9. Slideshare
 Without Slideshare I would have been unable
to upload any of my PowerPoint or word
documents. This is because without an embed
code I am unable to post my presentations
onto Blogger. Slideshare provides the service
of converting my presentation into a format
which supplies me with an embed code which I
copy into Blogger.com. After creating my posts
I uploaded my work to Slideshare by using the
Upload selection and then took the embed
code from the presentation and copied that into
Blogger.com.

10. Facebook
 Facebook was used to grab images of the girls in our girl band to upload
onto PowerPoint so that we could create a presentation. Facebok is
another social network website which allows posting photographs and
videos/video links on a wall where it is accessible to the public. This is
where I copied photo’s from to create a PowerPoint about our girband. This
is also where information was retrieved for the band biography which we
used in our digipak.
 Advantages: Facebook allowed interactivitty with other friends of my choice
who could comment on the videos I upload and give me feedback as we
went along with the production of our music video. The feedback we
received was more accurate according to our target audience because they
were friends the same age as our group and they are also in our target
audience age range.
 Disadvantages: Facebook didn’t reach the whole public because my
account is a private account. Only people who knew me and my group
members could comment, this means that only a certain selection of
people could give feedback to us. It would have been better feedback if
people of younger age but still in our age range, commented because we
could compare our feedback to see if there were any changed we could
have made.

11. Additional computer services used
whilst creating my planning blog
 One additional feature I used was Paint. Paint
allowed me to create the design for the
digipak. Paint allows the creation of posters
and Layouts by using different shapes and
drawings. For example I created our Digipak
using the ‘Shapes’ service where I could draw
out the template for our digipak, after this I can
fill the box with any colour for the background
and then I took images from Facebook and
copied them onto paint to create the image of
the girl band on the front of the digipak. I also
used paint to experiment with the colours I
could used on the digipak.

12. CONSTRUCTION

13. Construction
 The construction section of this project
included capturing images which show the
creation of our product. I used both a camera
and mobile phone to do this so that I could
capture video’s as well as images from the
making of our video.

14. Camera
 What we used: We used a HD camera to first begin filming our
project . After experiencing some difficulties we used a 4G Phone to
complete the filming. We also used Imovie to upload our clips.
 What we did: we used the camera to first film screen test of our
chosen band members to see how well they worked on camera.
The camera came with a tri pod which make it easier to put on a
stand and hold steady this worked well until we had problems with
our camera and so we decided to use an iPhone to capture the
remainder of our video. We found that the quality on the iPhone was
just as good or even better than the cameras and allowed us to edit
right on the iPhone, because we were using apple mac computers,
the iphone linked easily to the mac and we were able to upload our
footage.
 We uploaded our footage to the movie making programme imovie
where you can cut and edit your video into a full project and then
upload it to youtube where you can receive an embed code and
share it across the world wide web.

15. Mobile phones
 I used my mobile phone to capture images of the filming whilst it
was happening. Theses still images could be uploaded Facebook
and Youtube as a slide show .They could also be used in
Slideshare. After using the Smartphone I could record/film and
snapshot the making of our video as well as uploading them via a
cable which we plugged into the computers using a USB wire and
then transferred the photo’s onto the Apple Mac computers and
then either onto a PowerPoint/Word document or Straight onto
Blogger. Having access to this technology allowed easier filming
and quicker uploading time, it also created a protection for our
movie because if I needed to upload again I would have the footage
on the phone and be able to upload it again. The iPhone made our
collection of our clips easier to sort and edit.
 Disadvantages: were that occasionally the images didn’t come out
well and they had to be adapted using PC programmes. Using a
phone also proved difficult at times because we wouldn't hold it on
a tri pod like the camera so the footage was shaky and some things
had to be re-filmed.
 Advantages: The phone allowed us to film anytime we wanted and
gave us great quality footage.

16. Website1
 Whist creating the digipak I used a website called
Kizoa. Kizoa allows you to create slides, collages
and frame your pictures. I used this website whilst
constructing the digipak by uploading the snapshots
I had taken whilst creating the digipak. This website
allowed me to make a slide show of all my pictures
by uploading my snapshots to the website and then
dragging them into a timeline whilst adding effects.
This made my collection of pictures easy to
organise. It was a quick and easy task and worked
better than PowerPoint and Prezi as the website
predicts your moves and asked you if you would like
to upload all your pictures at one time or is you want
to apply the same effect to all of the slides. It also
moves the images together unless you want to
move them individually. This website proved the

17. Website 2
 To construct our digipack I also used
special websites for the fonts we
wanted. A webiste called Graffiti
creator which allowed me to write
what I wanted to create in a box and
the alter the style, colour,
background and also allowed me to
add special effects. From here I
downloaded my design and then
copied it into paint where I added it to
our digipak.

18. Website 3
 Another website I used to do the writing on the digipak
was MyLiveSignature. This was a website that created
a signature for me online. We wanted to have
signatures on the digipak so that the girl band could
have their own individual part to the digpak, we also
thought it worked well with the digipak style. This
website asked me what I wanted to say in the signature
and then gave me options of fonts , sizes and colours
as well as the slope of the writing. I downloaded the
signature and then added it to the biography page of
our digipak.

19. EVALUATION

20. Evaluation
 For the evaluation of the Media product I
used Apple Mac computers and a
Presentation website.
 The Apple Mac computers Provided us with
a built in camera and we used this to film
our audience feedback for our evaluation
and planning section of our video. We were
able to sit big groups of people in a room
and film them whilst we asked them
questions. This was helpful as we didn’t
need to find anyone to hold a camera and
we could record straight onto YouTube
where we could upload it and then share it
to various other websites. This was one of
our most helpful media technologies.

21. Prezi
 Prezi is another Presentation creation website but it
allows you to do more than PowerPoint. This is
because I can upload and watch videos from it and I
used different paths on the presentation to control
what the screen shows. On example of my usage of
Prezi is when I used it to document my groups
usage/development and challenge of conventions of
similar music videos. I also signed up to the website
when I have my own account and I can upload all of
my videos to one place. Having Prezi online allows
me to have an embed code on every presentation I
create which makes it quicker and easier to upload.
This is different from PowerPoint as I would have to
upload it to Slideshare first. Online access also allows
me to create my presentations quicker and select
photo’s from other websites e.g. Google.

22. Summary
 By using all the different technologies to create and present
my work. I have been able to document, upload and share all
of my work as well as keep it online so I can create copies
and access it easily. The technologies I have used have also
taught me about how I can use different multimedia
technologies to create a piece of work which I can then share
with the public for feedback. Using the internet website
‘Google’ proved unreliable when I searched specific things as
it gave me multiple search results with only 60% of the
results relating to my search request, however, it was helpful
when I needed to search up bands and music as it gave me
results from different time periods and I was able to compare
different products. Many of my presentations and images
were uploaded and created using computer technology. This
made it , quick and easy to produce and share work and
allowed me to present my findings publically.