Evaluation

QUESTION 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY2NWn_PrXA

QUESTION 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypTC5RIdPfE&feature=youtu.be

QUESTION 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF9b50DbrbY&feature=youtu.be

Questions 1-3 I completed 3 separate multimedia slideshows with my voice narrating in the background. By doing this it has shown my knowledge and skills within the computer and the software's on it. I provided images, evidence and clips of Grace to compliment what I was saying in the background and this created an evaluation using media platforms and I then could publish my slideshows which I created on windows moviemaker onto YouTube.
For the last question I wanted to show my writing skills and attention to detail, so I have simply decided to answer this question in essay form so I show a range of skills instead of presenting them all in the same way. I have been creative in the past 3 questions so I am now going back to basic with writing out my answer in the structure of an essay.


QUESTION 4
How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

For my main product I choose to create a music video, and straight away I already knew that I wanted to use my cousin Grace to feature in it, she's very unique, outgoing and independent and I wanted to create her into a feisty pop artist. I researched various music artists and watched tons of existing music videos, to give me inspiration and ideas of what song to choose and how to initially create my own music video. Eventually the song I had selected was Rihanna's 'Pour It Up' its a fast paced, loud and edgy song that would fit Graces identity and be a modern and suitable song to use. During the construction stage the first thing I needed to do was to film and take some photos to give me something to work with and begin putting it together. I used my Nikon D3100 which is a very high-tech camera and video recording device that shoots in HD (1080p) and holds 64GB of memory and the quality is very clear and professional. I am also very familiar with this camera as I use it for my own personal use so I could get straight to filming without any complications. It was very easy to use and that allowed me to shoot from various angles and capture different shots as I was capable of using the video camera and could play around and see what worked and what didn't. I also used a tripod which meant that I could balance the camera and secure it on to the tripod and move it around so it would be straight and wouldn't shake from myself holding it. I also used my Nikon camera for my ancillary tasks as well as it could take clear images that would not be pixelated and blurry and it was easy to transport them on to my computer. The Nikon camera also held a lot of memory so I wouldn't have to worry about it not having enough storage space for all the photos and clips of filming I had taken.
To edit my images I used photo shop, this software allowed me to put different effects on to my photos and change the color of them as well. I could change the photo into sepia, black and white or transparent and even crop out any unnecessary background objects and blur out imperfections. Photoshop allowed me to make my images look professional and allowed me to crop, color and add in text and this is how I made my magazine advertisement and digipak. For my magazine advertisement I added an image of the chained wire fence on to my original image and added an extra effect on top of it, to emphasis the wire and I placed it on top of Graces face so it faded in and made it look like the wire was on her face. I felt like this looked very effective and created an illusion when looking at the image.
To put my video clips together I used premiere pro, which is a software for video clips, it allowed me to put them together and to also crop them down. Although I found it very complicated to use and often would have to wait a long while for my clips to render and load. Once I had finally put them together I moved on to Windows movie maker.
 To edit my filming clips I used Microsoft moviemaker and this is what allowed me to add in my transition clips, and helped me to crop the clips if they were to long and I could also put effects on the clips as well, such as slowing them down or speeding them up to fit in with the lip syncing. For example I used this effect as in the song 'Bands make your girl go down' I had Grace standing away from the camera raising her hands in the air this connotes her 'rebel attitude' and that she does what she wants' in the original clip the shot happened quite fast but by editing it on moviemaker it allowed me to slow it down so the clip was emphasized and noticed and it fitted in with the lyrics in the song. This software was much easier to use compared to premiere pro and i had no trouble with it at all.
Everything that I did I would post on blogger, and this showed the process from beginning to end and my thoughts along the way, it also shows my media product being created and the changes I made along the way.
I used YouTube for the construction and research of my product, before and whilst making it I used it to view different music videos and compare others to my one. I also looked at Rihanna's music videos and used conventions from hers and added them into mine, for example Rihanna constantly has close up shots of her facial expressions which convey her emotions and make her videos more appealing to watch as its a story as well as a video and that is exactly what I wanted to do in my video. For the construction I uploaded my music video on to YouTube, every draft I created I would upload and gather research from my target audience. Without YouTube I wouldn't be able to upload it online for anyone to see and it enabled me to show it to family members and friends.
To gather some more information about my artist I used 'Wikipedia' so I could research and gain some knowledge about her background and her likes and dislikes. Although Wikipedia can be deemed as unreliable, I also looked at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1982597/bio which is a celebrity/music artist profile website with all necessary information available, this is a reliable website and I also looked at this to influence my artist Grace and helped me with how to dress and style her, and how she should act. I also looked at Google images, which sourced me with tons of images and showed me all of Rihanna's previous looks, and showed me the type of clothes she wears.
For my evaluation Questions 1-3 I wrote up what I was going to say on Microsoft Word so I had a plan and so when I was recording myself I wouldn't stutter and think about what I needed to say. I recorded my voice on my Iphone, it was a simple, easy and effective way to record my voice and I could easily import it on to my computer by my Iphone USB wire. I used moviemaker where I then imported the voice clips and then added, video clips on mute, images and text to have a visual effect along with my narration in the background.
For the last question of the evaluation I wrote out everything on to blogger, which was a more simple way compared to the other more complex way.