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

In the age of new technology, it is important to use digital technology to help research, plan and evaluate my project. Throughout my entire researching, planning and evaluation, I have constantly used the aid of digital technologies to help look my project to make my project appealing, creative and so it connects with the audience visually.

Not only does the aid of digital technologies do that, but also makes researching and planning much more easier and faster to complete.


Most of my research was done looking through websites such as myspace.com, bandcamp.com. unsigned.com and youtube.com

(www.myspace.com/)

On Myspace, there are a range of songs available of an artist. There are videos, pictures. contact details, genre, blogs and tour dates all available.

(www.unsigned.com/amberrubarth)

Unsigned.com is specifically a site to find a very large database of unsigned artists. This made it easier for me to find an artist, and if I had found an artist elsewhere, I could check on here to see if they are unsigned.

When I found an artist I believed I would be suitable for my music video, I collated the artists I found together and justified why I should or shouldn't used them on www.blogger.com

For inspiration, I used a site called Polyvore.com. Here I was able to compose collages of outfits, atmospheres and fonts.

This is an outfit I had experimented around to see if it was suitable for the genre. I decided to use the soft colours and feminine prints.

Here is another collage more specific for the music video. I have decided to go for more casual clothing and a pretty vest top. This has been adapted from the first Polyvore collage. I believe that Polyvore is really useful to visually looking at a set and see if the combination of mise-en-scene goes together.

Again, I have adapted the clothing and props for the music video once last time. I have also included a picture of the setting in the background. I have the blue dress, the similar greenery setting, the tinsel and the fireworks included at the end of the music video.

Here, I have collated a range of different fonts to use for my digipak and magazine advert. I showed this collage to a range of people who had seen the music video and asked them which font was most suitable to the artist. This was an effective way of, again, showing my choices visually.

For the filming process, I used equipment such as a video camera to film the actual music video. I also used the Blogger app and my iPhone to take pictures whilst on set and track my progress and what I have done for filming.

After filming, I used Final Cut Express to edit my music video. I learn a lot of useful techniques that I didn't know before. For example, I used a number of layered videos, to separate the narrative with the performance parts. Then I used a marker to mark certain points of the clip, so the music matches up with Amber "singing".

I think that learning these techniques was very beneficial as it helped my music video look professional and very precise.