Evaluation 4

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In the research and planning stages I made use of the internet, particularly YouTube, to research the conventions of music videos and the indie genre. I also looked at amazon.com for the research of other digipaks by indie artists, which I used for inspiration for my own digipak and magazine advert. I also used iMovie with my group to create a draft of the video using the storyboards we had created, which helped me with my planning as I was able to map out the cuts I would use in editing. Blogger was a useful platform on which I could document my planning, research and construction process and I was able to easily get feedback from my peers as they were able to access my work quickly and easily. Blogger also made the evaluation stage much easier as I was able to quickly look back at the process of creating my media products.

For the construction of my media product, I used a DSLR camera, which allowed me to use a shallow depth of field for my music video, which helped me to create meaning behind the shots I used. In addition, I used Adobe Premiere Pro to edit together my media product. This was a more powerful editing software than iMovie, which I used for my foundation portfolio and so I was able to have more control of the precise, small cuts needed in a music video. This led to a better quality final product that adhered to the conventions of a real media text.

For the construction of my digipak, I used Adobe Photoshop to create professional looking products, which I was able to do because of the amount of control that Photoshop gave me over the images I was creating. I also used YouTube to watch tutorials on how to use the software as I had not used it before.

Finally, I used Prezi for my evaluation stage as it is an effective and simple way to communicate many ideas. I also used a DSLR camera and Premiere Pro to edit videos for my evaluation in a way that got across my ideas quickly and clearly, especially through the use of inserting images on top of video.