A2 Advanced Portfolio
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Evaluation
Evaluation continued
How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
Construction: For the construction stage I used different types of technology including software and hardware. The hardware included the Camcorder, Microphone+ Amplifier, Electric guitars. For my music video I used the camcorder to film the events within the video. This was simple to use and the clips were visible whilst we were filming on the screen. We used other equipment such as the dolly, tripod and steady cam to accompany the cam corder. The tripod allowed us to use the camcorder in a steady manner, where we were able to adjust the heights of the shot including angles. The dolly allowed us to circulate round, or take shots from behinds something as it was easy to move. The steady cam allowed us to take steady shots while having the camera hand held preferably for closeup shots going around someone. We also used other devices such as the microphone and Electric guitar so the band could play the instruments whilst performing to make timing easier. (Besides the drummer). The amplifier was used to amplify the sound of both the Mic and guitars & adjust volume. For our music video we also used software such as Imovie to edit the clips and add effects. Lastly we used sites such as YouTube; to upload the video, blogger to present our video and Facebook to receive feedback for our video.
During the design process of my work (ancillary texts) I mainly used a digital camera to take images of the band and protagonist. I didn't need to use a mode on the camera as I was able to aid the hardware i used with software such as Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop enabled me to edit pictures giving them a professional look. I used tools such as cropping tools, slicing tools, cloning tools, shadowing, darkening and also used the filter tab in order to change the hues, colours or saturation of an object. This was helpful because I wouldn't have to put makeup on the model before taking the image as i could simply do it via Photoshop.
Research: During the research stage I mainly used software although I did use one hardware device. I found a scanner to be more accurate and convenient, when it came to capturing Digipak research images over a digital camera. I used software such as search engines (Google) and other websites to gain information on the artist. I also used you tube videos to watch videos that i could analyse as well as paint to print screen clips from my video. Again I used blogger to upload my research.
Planning: I used a digital camera to plan my work when it came to taking images of locations. For my story board i used a camcorder to film the clips, i movie to edit them and YouTube to post my story board. This was a brief task which enabled me to visualize my story board as if it was a video due to YouTube. It also helped me familiarize myself with the tools within I movie making it easy when it came to editing my actual video. Otherwise, i mainly used software. I used MS word to annotate and highlight the lyrics of my music video. I also used electronic mail to get permission to use the music for my video as well as for booking the dance studio. When it came to artist research I used the internet to access the artists biography from their website and screen dumps of YouTube videos for my star image analysis.
Evaluation: For my evaluation I used the internet to confirm the names of key terms for my coursework. I also wrote it out on MS word before uploading it on blogger. Overall, I feel that the internet including YouTube & Blogger have played a huge roll and have contributed greatly towards my coursework. If I could do my evaluation again, I would film so, each time id reference my coursework and certain aspects of it id be able to put the images up for show directly whilst speaking.
Monday, 9 May 2011
Final Magazine Advert
Final Digipak
Magazine Advert Draft
Saturday, 12 March 2011
Digipak Draft
- The photo quality should be better as it looks rough
- The band name should use a unique font that may be their trademark font so the target audience recognise them easily
- The title is directly underneath and is too dark against the background
- Both fonts look unprofessional as they are just plain white or red consisting of simple formal text. This is unaesthetic as the band and genre should be associated with a more exciting font style and format.
- The parental advisory logo is disproportionate against the size of the cover