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

I used new media technologies in all stages of my coursework. In the construction, I used video editing software ‘Final Cut Pro and iMovie’ to compile and edit my video. Using these software were not easy at first but by the time I’d finished editing the video, I was confident in using the basic features. I used ‘Photoshop’ to produce the CD package and background to the magazine advert. I am very familiar with what this software has to offer due to using it in AS Media Studies. PowerPoint I used to create the rest of the website and this evaluation. Though you might not expect this software to be able to create a website, I found it very good. When doing research and planning, I used the internet and it’s services like YouTube that offer me music videos that I can analyse using ‘Microsoft Word’. I also used ‘Blogger’ to present my work electronically as a blog. This shows that I am capable of using a variety of different new media technologies.During the production of the products, I have used multiple types of technologies. During the research of my chosen brief, I used the Internet and PowerPoint to make an interactive and appropriate way to view the final research. In AS media, I didn't use this form of presentation, so using this software was different from the essay form that we used last year.Another technology that we used was the blog that I set up to display my work in an easily accessible and creative way. By using the blog to let other people view my work, I used a variety of ways to display my work in a more creative way compared to last years AS coursework. For example, this year I used PowerPoint presentations (uploaded onto www.slideshare.com ) and images such as spider diagrams to show all my work in a clearer way. In the filming of our music video, I haven't  used the new digital camcorders available from the media department to film our video,instead I've been using my FlipCam, which made the whole process much faster and easier.The editing process was different for each of my products as I used different products to create different effects that I wanted. I used software such as Adobe Photoshop. By using software like this I was able to produce professional looking products that were eye catching and interesting. In the editing of the music video, I used Final Cut Pro on the Mac Book computers. We didn't use this software last year so it took me a few lessons including extra sessions on the weekends to get used to this software, which at the end was worth it! For the magazine advert, I primarily used Adobe Photoshop. I used this software because it made it easy to put pictures and text where we wanted it to but also gave me the option of putting effects on images and adjusting anything I wanted. I found it very easy to use Photoshop, also because I was lucky to have a tutorial in my class, therefore it made it easier and quicker.