How did you
use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and
evaluation stages?
For the planning stages of the video, I used some different
methods in order to get the best ideas possible for the music video. For
example to get ideas for the timings of the video I used YouTube on the
internet in order to find the video we are doing, Undercover Martyn by two door
cinema club, in order to get the right timing of the shots and the right kind
of shots we need to do in order to make a certain successful and accurate
video. We also did a storyboard in so we could order the shots and make a
different kind of video to the original one. The story board was important for
us because we needed to set out a basic plan of shot ideas and camera angles. To
get the story across in a more animated style we have done an animatic which
shows the story but into a digital format which will show a better
interpretation of the video without having to actually see the way that the
video is going to be shot and the way that it is ordered. Also I used the
twitter and Facebook app in order to gain different inspiration from different
sources.
I used blogger in order to keep up to date with progress
that I had made in the research and planning stage of the video. Blogger
allowed me to post different ideas, and to keep up with the information that I
am getting from different media products. I found that blogger was an excellent
way in order for me to keep organised in the process of going through the
research and planning of my music video and digipak. I found that blogger was
also a great way of me getting feedback, not just from the teacher but from my
peers and classmates that wanted to comment on any work or any research that I
have done.
For the construction stage of the music video, while we were
filming we used the camera from an iPhone 6s Plus which shoots at 4k resolution
also we used an app called FiLMiC Pro which gave us manual control for exposure
and focus and other aspects of effects. This made the process of filming and
editing more simplistic for us because it was easier to get the footage from
the Phone onto the laptop, which is where we were doing the editing. Also for the filming stage of the music video,
we used a LED light which helped us because we did our filming in the dark; the
light helped us to light up the area that we were using. The light also helped
to show better facial expressions and change the atmosphere of the video and
how the performers were reacting to the music. For the editing stage of
constructing the music video, we used Final Cut Pro X which helped us to edit
the video and get the best finish for the video.
For the planning stages of my digipak I used Google and Google
images in order to get pictures and ideas of the different digipaks that are
out there. The ideas I got are from the internet with research from Google and
from different ideas I got from displays in the media classroom.
For the construction of my digipak and my advert I used a
windows PC which featured the Photoshop software. This software allowed me to
create a good and authentic digipak and magazine advert. There are professional
tools and effects that can be used on the pictures. For my digipak I used the
cut tools in order to cut out a photo of the three band members which then was
my front cover and the main image on the magazine advert. I also used the
rectangle tools In order to create white backgrounds which I then made completely
white so that the digipak all looked professional. I also used the text tools
which allowed my too write on the digipak.
Overall I believe that technology was vital for creating the
music video and the digipak and magazine advert. Without these key pieces of
technology then I wouldn’t have been able to create the kind of work that I
did.
