HOW DID YOU USE NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH, PLANNING AND EVALUATION STAGES?
A tripod
This helped
me keep the camera still when I was filming the master shots in the music
video. Furthermore, it helped me keep the camera still, but I could also adjust
it very easily if it needed to be done.
Sony Hadycam
I used
this for all my shots in the music video as well as the photo shoot for the
ancillary tasks. This was a really good product that I used as the shots came
out very clear and so did the pictures. It was very easy to use as it was my
own video camera. I also used this for
my time lapse which was used in the music video.
Lighting equipment
I
mainly used this for the photo shoot first. I tried to use 3 point lighting
however I just managed to use a key light and a flow light. I also used the
lighting equipment in the “getting ready” scene in the music video. Lighting
was key to use throughout my music video otherwise it would have been very
difficult to fix after I had recorded everything. I wanted to make sure most of
my shots were well lit and the same for the images in my ancillary task.
Blogger
This is what I used
to show the changes throughout the year. This was really easy and simple to use
as I used this for my AS media coursework and I became familiar with the
blogging site. I was able to embed YouTube videos, pictures power points, prezi’s
and more. This is used to blog all our coursework and updates on how our
filming/editing is coming along. This is for the examiner to be able to view
out A level media coursework which is organised and easily accessed. This is
because of the use of labels. It has helped me keep my work more organised so
teachers and examiners can look at my work easily and so everything is much clearer.
Final Cut Express
This year was the first time I used final cut, however it didn’t feel brand new
to me as I still had some experience of editing things through other software’s.
Final cut express allows me to cut, edit and produce all my work for the music
video. I had to make sure that every shot was matching to the beat and the
lyrics were matching the lip sync of the actress. This was harder than expected
however from practise from my preliminary tasks I was able to identify whether
they were matching or not. Also by using the wave forms on the time line in
final cut helped me look at the snares and kicks in order for me to cut to the
beat. Final cut also allowed me to colour correct my work which I loved as I
was really worried about my shots looking very dull and boring. In the “getting
ready” I over exposed the lighting in the scene to create a dreamy effect. I also used some fade in and fade out effects
in my music video to help it flow and be consistent. Additionally, I layered
some of my shots near the end of the music video by easily changing the opacity
on one of the clips. Lastly, it helped me use key frames to add some movement in
the static shots I had in the music video. Final cut is an important aspect in
my project as the features allowed me to produce my final music video
Photoshop
When using
photoshop I was unfamiliar with many things, but with the help of my friends
and teachers I learned how to use it. I learned how to create layer masks, how
to use the clone stamp tool and how to add filters effectively. I also had to
change the background and download some effects from safari to create the “sun”
effect on my Digipak. It also helped me cover some of the background that was
in the hair. This was very difficult to do. I also used rulers to align text accurately and neatly and this was very convenient.
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website which allows users to upload any sort of video and captioning it, advertised by Google which means YouTube has billions of active users viewing different videos and sharing it through their Social networking sites. This is one way of marketing your product. YouTube has helped me post all my videos which I had embedded onto blogger so people can easily view the video. YouTube also helped me research about other existing music videos and learn how to do certain things on photoshop. I also used Tube Chop which chops some of the music videos that I liked on YouTube to the specific clip that I wanted to show. YouTube has generally helped me a lot throughout this process.
This helped
me share all my videos, pictures and final drafts to my friends and family
which helped me get some feedback. I could easily contact anyone that I needed
to and send multiple messages when asking for feedback of my final drafts. This
was very convenient as I can ask people anything about my work and any time
during the day. This is an app which was installed on my phone and this made
communication easier for me.
After effects
This
was used for my time lapse in the video. This was very convenient as I could
not download my clips onto Final cut express and the clips all added up to an
hour and a half, which was way too long. I then downloaded it into after
effects which helped me speed up the clips and look at how the time lapse looked
before I used it in my music video. After effects is also used for effects that
cannot be done through final cut express or are difficult to do.