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

Hardware

The DSLR camera was used in the planning, production and evaluation of our media product. It was used in the planning when we took pictures for our location scouting and took a few practice shots to see how effective it would be for the production. In relation to our production, the camera was used throughout as we knew from our AS productions and our A2 preliminary tasks that it is effective and record good quality. However it could be argued that we could have used a less quality camera to really capture the indie genre characteristics of it looking amateur but we felt that we could capture this in other ways and it still look good.

We also used a 360 degree camera in the research and planning to gain some audience feedback on our ideas and intentions. this worked okay as you was able to see everyone and gage everyone's opinions and reactions to what is being said, however it was a tedious process to film and then convert onto a device where it could be edited and used. Therefore I would not use this in future productions in order to save time and focus on other areas which are needed.

Phones were used to capture photos for our evaluation as the quality on the iPhone 7 is very good and captures our album cover very well.

Software

We used premiere pro throughout the planning, production and evaluation. It was used in the planning to first edit some test shots that we filmed to see how effective they were etc. It was then used in our production as it ensured we could sustain our strong editing style from the A tasks to the A2 tasks. Due to the fact we are developed on the software, we were able to capture the style and message that we intended to capture. It is visible that we were able to capture the intended message through the audience feedback we received. This software was then used in our evaluation to edit the answer to one of the questions.

We used messenger to communicate with each other as to when to meet up an film our product as we realised from our AS task that it is better to be planned and organised when it comes to filming so you are not rushing to complete filming and then rushed to complete editing.

I used prezi in my research and planning and used it throughout my AS so it has become quite a repetitive program which I have been reluctant to use. However it is easy to navigate and use and is quite effective in my research to see a whole perspective.