Evaluation Question 4b

How did you use media technologies in the construction stages?

During the construction stages of our project we used many different kinds of media technologies, the main two being the camera and the tripod.

The camera we used meant that we could capture footage of a high quality and with good sound quality as well. This kind of camera was very useful for getting different kinds of shots, such as a zoom for closeups and we were able to re create our own panning shots when filming to get different angles and movement to make the footage we got more lively and interesting.

As well as the handheld camera, alongside this we also used a tripod, this was helpful for the shots we wanted to get more exact, or still rather than moving. The tripod could be raised, turned or tilted depending on the angle we thought best to use.

To get the footage from the camera onto the mac we used a fire wire which would import the footage directly from the camera onto the mac.

Once the footage was onto the mac, we then used imovie to put together and edit our project, we were able to cut and split clips we had filmed, change the lighting on the shots and put in the overall soundtrack as well as add any effects if we wanted to, this was very useful for building our project because there were many different ways of editing it and changing it to our advantage.

When constructing our print work, we used photoshop, on a mac to change and edit our photos in the best way that we could, to make our final ancillary texts. We then used a photo printer to print this work off and to place in into the CD cover.