Evaluation - Q4. How did you use media technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages?

Finally, in the Evaluation stage, I again used the internet to construct my evaluation but I done it in a form of a blog. By doing this, I was able to write but also upload images of my tasks as well as my music video. This worked well because it split my writing up but also the pictures made it more interesting to look at. As well as picture, I can also upload a copy of my music video making my whole blog more interesting. As well as using the blog for my evaluation, I was able to use it to keep a record of what I have done in these tasks.

Evaluation - Q4. How did you use media technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages?

In the research and planning stages, I used the internet to get the information I needed to understand the codes and conventions of my genre. By using the internet I was able to research the web for other artists in my genre. I was also able to then watch videos from my genre and find out what the codes and conventions were. This was the easiest way of me finding out this information and having other artists inspire me.

Evaluation - Q4. How did you use media technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages?

One of the main media technologies I used in the construction stage was the video camera. This was one of the most important media technologies that I have used. I needed to create a moving image piece of work and this is why the video camera best suited the role. Using this, I was able to capture different angles to portray my music video; however, the main angle that worked very well in my music video was the mid shot where I walked backwards with Lorna so that the camera was moving with the singer. I achieved this by putting the camera on the fig rig. Another useful piece of equipment that allowed me to achieve the best out of my camera was a tripod.

Evaluation - Q4. How did you use media technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages?

There were many different media technologies that I used in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages of my work. In the construction stages, I used a number of different media technologies to complete my pieces of work. Out of the technologies that I used, the only one that was new to me was Photoshop. At first this was difficult to use as there was a lot of different tools and I didn’t know what each one done. However, when I started to experiment, I easily got to grips with how it worked.

Evaluation - Q3. What have you learned from your Audience Feedback?

Finally, I got people to look at my music video and the main thing that was mentioned was to put effects on it. This was one thing I knew needed to be done but being told it proved that a successful music video from my genre has a lot of effects. Straight away, I acted on this and the effects I liked best were the bloom/dazzle and my favourite was the find edges that we decided to put over a clip of the Lego. As well as this, it was also mentioned to film in a different location which is when we decided to have her walking down a street and also have her in the black room to experiment with the lighting. These two locations are also common locations of the synth pop genre. These comments helped improve my work because it made my music video fit my genre more than without the effects and other locations. Feedback is an important part of information as it allows other people to view your work and suggest things that you might have not thought of. Also, it allows a person who has not been working on it to suggest ideas and say if anything isn't quite right. This is useful because as i have been working on it non stop, i could have missed tiny details that others don't.

Evaluation - Q3. What have you learned from your Audience Feedback?

Next, I asked people to look at my magazine advert and the only comment made was to have the writing of the band name and album inside the sunglasses lens instead of across. I tried this out to see what it looked like and liked it better than across the page. Also it fitted with having Lorna inside the sunglasses lens.

Evaluation - Q3. What have you learned from your Audience Feedback?

Secondly, I got people to look at the inside cover and two comments were made. Again, I acted on both. First, it was mentioned that I should have one of the sunglasses arms a different colour so that it stood out and it was clear what it was. So I looked through my colours and decided to have red as it stood out well against the green. The second comment which was made was to have an effect on Lorna as it was just a normal digital picture which I had cut her out from using the magic wand tool. I looked through all the effects and chose my favourite one. I did think it looked a lot better and actually the difference of it fitted my genre well.