Evaluation - Question 4

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

During our filming we used the Canon 600D camera and Hama Omega premium III tripod in order to have steady filming and have flexibility in filming. Along with this we used a double-sided reflector to have a better dispersion of light in the shot we would be filming. This, in conjunction with some lights and light stands would provide adequate light for filming. The editing occured in Adobe Premier Pro with plans to add touches on Adobe After Effects.

What Went Well

• The camera quality was extremely good, providing a range of qualities from 360p to full HD 1080p.
• The tripod was extremely effective in keeping stability and helping us pan and get our steady shots of long walks ie; the railway shot and tunnel shot.
• The time spent on Adobe Premier Pro was quite easy, and no big problems occurred.

What Went Wrong

• We had major problems with the camera and light coming into the camera, many shots were wasted because not enough light was coming into the camera and the small screen on the camera did not let us see whether the shot would have a good outcome or not.
• The dark atmospheres that we wanted in our video provided a big challenge as we did not have lights in order to compensate for the dark afternoons that we filmed on.
• Exporting our video onto YouTube proved challenging as it took a whole day to upload because of internet speeds and a large HD file.

Canon 600D

Reflector

Omega Premium III

Adobe Premier Pro

Research and Planning Stages



In our research and planning stage, we used various technologies in order to complete our research and planning and record it, we used technologies such as:
-Internet:
-Google - Researching codes & conventions, etc.
-Blogger - To log our progress
-YouTube - To research similar products and conventions
-Prezi - To display our progress and other parts of our research and planning
-Pitchfork - Website to perform detailed research into similar products
-Magazines
-Magazines were used to look at pictures of band clothing, similar products and codes and conventions of Indie/Rock music; NME, Mojo and Q magazine.
-Television
-Watching music videos of a similar or certain genre to find codes and conventions, to compare what theorist has been used in certain music videos as well as clothing and the outline of the music videos, ie; narrative or performance clips.

- Camera - The camera was used to film location shots for planning, as well as mostly for location scouting shots to present in group meetings.
-Evaluation

Internet - Blogger - To record our evaluation responses.