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—*F<*—K¥— How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages? Iwill be answering how I used different media technologies throughout my coursework in order to create my promotional package. It was important that I used a variety of different media technologies in the process of my A2 media coursework not just because it was a specified necessity but also because by using the appropriate technology, it increased the likeliness of my promo- tional package replicating that of real life promotional packages. As a part of my planning I ensured that I documented the differ ent technologies that I was intending to use in the due course of re Ene etc Oe a er Dit this documentation in my production schedule. In consideration of the rest of my coursework I documented the different media Somer encs ence k tence mck rate each stage that was involved in the process of creating my ORCS cee UCR eR Renee Recency equipment and programmes that I used for each stage. Memory Stick Research, Planning, Construction & Evalua- tion d The table above shows all of the equipment that I used for each stage. SEES oe tee at ces grammes that I used for each stage of my course- work. The stages are research, planning, construc- POCO MC setae Research & Planning Pik Thinglink Outlook’ R Construction Slideshare (LinkedIn) | Ri i Research, Planning & Evaluation arch, Planning & earch, Planning & ISSUU Research, Planning Research, Planning & Construction Adobe Premier Pro Adobe InDesign’ Microsoft Word Research, Planning, Construction & Evalua- tion it PowerPoint ich, Planning Construction Research, Planning, Construction & Evalua- iruction Equipment Leese icsmc we ylcoy os Due to the fact that the majority of my coursework was technology ori- Breese eee nee ns encod ren curler ca emanate en aoe creating my coursework. Their main uses were to write up my work, edit pictures, edit my music video, and create my ancillary products and to upload my work once it was finished. I used them for other tasks too but eat eRe cota emer eee en Cety POSS eRe rata hte ero N cranny nec est Pee ota a eT eee oe Ronee ect) saving videos and pictures on the college system. ‘The use of the college computer and laptop provided me with the opportunity to use the pro- et SE ee aCe Se eee Ss Camera, Lens, Tripod, Bags & Phone: For both my filming and photoshoot I used a Canon 600D with an 18-55mm lens. The reason for I chose this camera over the other available camera, which was the newer Canon 70D was because I have had past experience with using the 600D and felt that [could achieve the same good quality filming and be able to include certain factors, Pee SS et Ret eect ee ena eset Ree ems lens that I used was perfect for shooting my footage and enabled me to film a range of different angles and shots. Although, it did prove to be a little difficult to get good Prac Meee ee ON nc ua reenact PRC ea ion perecce ne tenets at sce tanto ete nary movement and it also allowed me to decrease the likeliness of blurring when it came to taking pictures, When filming in and around the city I knew that it was important Cee atce eR Mees enact ate ee ene tat Pee ADM Ree ACCA me eee ease ed of the camera on my phone being poor in comparison to the camera I only used it to take pictures during my audience feedback sessions and to record the audio track for my music video. My audience feedback mentioned that the audio track was not the best quality and although this was purposeful, I would definitely incorporate a proper resets eee One erin) SD Card, Card Reader & Memory Stick: re ec eeu Rn een Cnet ee RRs recta eee as [ was aware of the fact that if I had just brought one then I would have been in difficulty ifit filled in the Pre aU UC ns Meee ee ea eae eee Rane Ser on a co This was because my laptop has an in-built card reader so I tended to put my SD card into my laptop and then send any photos or footage that I needed over to the college computer by different means. One of the ‘ways that I transferred data over was through a memory stick. I found that I had a lot of data that needed to be transferred from my laptop to the college system as I typed a lot of my coursework up at home in order to keep within the deadlines. Programmes Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Pages: When typing up the majority of my work I tended to opt for either Micro- soft word or PowerPoint, unless I was doing work at home where I used Pages. Pages is the Mac version of Word. I found that using Word and onee ana nega te EM Cece R eee Cort tee ot checked and very easy to upload. [also found that both Word and Power- OMe Et eae SR en eect ecard the documents I had to save them as a PDF as this meant that when using ee Serre Seen tears Ree rceee sce the same no matter how big they were or how much was on them in terms of text and images. I also used Microsoft Excel in order to create charts entre a Roe ena ts eee Roepe hd Peete eert ne Ce nec er eRe gT ee Outlook, Megashare, Dropbox & Social Media: Ore ee eee aR UCase rete CS) De Oe Sonu Re Ge eee att ny to use although I found that it look a long time to upload and download ome e eee eee Ce Roe a Teeny tec gashare and Dropbox came in handy. I ended up reaching the maximum ‘amount of data given to me on Dropbox so had to use Megashare too. Both programmes are storage based. ‘They work on a cloud like system and it took me a lot less time to upload and download on to and from REO RUG senna gat nee ens storage base, they were also useful in the sense that they allowed me to back up any and all of my documents and files. It was important that I backed up my work as I would have been in great difficulty if either the Pee eens ose Re settee Pees eco ent cere een ented Cr ae Oe ec e ng te cesar aes aS to using it asa basis so that I could sign into other programmes such as, Thinglink and Slideshare.

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