Evaluation: Question 4

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During the entire coursework, various technology was used in order to help the whole project come together. Some of the technology I used was extremely helpful, however, there were some bits of it that were not.

During the research and planning stage of my coursework, I relied quite heavily on both the video sharing website Youtube, and also music channels on the television, such as MTV. Both of these were relatively useful in finding music videos to study for conventions, however the TV was not useful in finding music videos specific to my genre of K-Pop. I did find Youtube to be extremely useful, particularly due to the fact that I could pause a video for shots to see which were more conventional. Youtube also had a much larger variety for me to look at so I could find exactly what was useful for me and how I wanted my video to look. (Example)
I also used Facebook quite frequently during the research and planning stage in order to find popular K-Pop bands and find the bands' videos and ones similar to them. Facebook's "Pages You May Also Like" feature came in to play a lot here and allowed me to find a lot of useful examples and videos that I wanted to borrow styles from. (Example)
Microsoft Powerpoint helped me to plan and order my pitch successfully and allowed me to construct my ideas and thoughts how I wanted them to be through the use of the built in HTML linker. (Example) This then allowed me to display all of my Media 2.0 technologies on a more simple format and allowed me to present them neatly during my pitch.

During the construction of my advert and digipack, I used Adobe Photoshop in order to both create and manipulate images. I specifically found the Magnetic Lasso tool to be extremely helpful when cropping images and cutting them away from their backgrounds. From doing that, I was able to create a totally different backdrop for both of my print production pieces that displayed my genre of K-Pop much more effectively, shown here.
The camera I used for my photoshoot was a Nikon D60 DSLR camera. (Show) Primarily, I manually altered the zoom and focus, in order to achieve the shot that I wanted, which I later used in my print production work. When filming, I uses a Panasonic HD camera. (Show) I altered the depth of field to make sure that my actors were the main focal point of my video, and I also used a focus pull in some of my shots.

To evaluate my work, I have again used the social media site Facebook to gain audience feedback and response. I created a specific group on there in order to gather a large amount of feedback in a small amount of time. I also used the video-calling program Skype (Show Skype) to conduct an interview that worked in the same way that a face-to-face one would.
The final piece of technology that I used in my evaluation was the website "Blogger". Blogger has helped me throughout my entire coursework to order my ideas, keep everything saved in one place and even act as a sort of mood board for my pieces.

One piece of technology that I wish I had used, however, is the website "TimeToast". TimeToast allows one to create a timeline of events to help schedule work and work progress. I believe that if I had used this site, I would have managed my time much more effectively than I have done, and thus had more time to perfect my work.