1. Evaluation Question 4

2. Research Stage
During the research phase at the beginning
of the course and at later points, I have
used different media technologies in order to
collect information about existing ‘rock’ genre
media texts such as CD covers and music
videos.

3. Technologies I used
Internet Explorer
Google Chrome
YouTube
Blogger
Android Phone
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Flash
Adobe Premiere Pro
Apple iMac
Graphics Tablet

4. Google Crome and Internet
Explorer
I used programs such as Google Chrome and
Internet explorer as the main tool for research. I
used these programs to access a variety of
websites in order to research different media
texts by using websites such as youtube to
research and evaluate existing media texts. This
allowed me to evaluate, get ideas from
traditional media conventions.

5. Google
I used Google's search engines in order to
search for different media products and
research. This allowed me to access sites
and resources, such as the barcode
generator.

6. Apple IMac
• I used an IMac to access numerous
resources such the internet and the wide
range of software avaliable in order to
research, help plan and design different
ideas for my own ancillary tasks and out
main media piece.

7. YouTube
• I used Youtube as the main research
tool, this allowed me to research various
different existing media texts, by searching
for real media music videos we were able
to analyse rock genre videos more closely
and pick out conventions of rock that we
would be able to replicate.

8. Android Phone
• The use of android devices in my case my
phone was useful in the research stage as
I could use the phone's camera to take
pictures of ideas and sketches, as well as
watching more music videos using the
youtube app

9. Blogger
• I used Blogger during the research stage to show the
analysis of music videos, and show update preposed
plans and ideas
• Blogger allowed me to ‘embed’ most of the selected
music videos for the analysis stage.
• Blogger has been useful as it allowed me to view, edit
and add new posts from almost any computer with an
internet connection, this allowed me to analyse and
research some videos at home.

10. Planning Stage
As my media project is an animated
music video the planning stage was
different to those that used a camera.

12. Windows Live messenger
• Windows Live Messenger( MSN) was
used by my both myself and my group
partner Simon and myself during the
planning stage in order to organise various
aspects of the animation, along with
various discussionsand character ideas.

13. email
• The use of email was also another key way to
communicate and also show each other the
progress we had made when drawing. By print
screening and sharing various documents to one
another.
• Because I has a much older version Windows
live messenger sending items via email
appeared to be the only way of sharing files and
to help with each others work.

14. Graphics Tablet
• Both Simon and myself used Graphics Tablets, as well as more
traditional means of producing character concepts. The graphics
tabs were crucial drawing the planning stage.
• Both of us were able to practice using our tablets in order to improve
my artwork, and overall quality of the characters before and during
the animation process.

15. Construction
The making of my media ancillary
tasks and music video

16. I used the following media technologies During the construction of my media piece
• Macs
• PC and much later on a laptop
• Photoshop
• Graphics Tablets
• Barcode generator
• Premiere pro
• Flash
• Sound booth
• Scanner – mixed media

17. Apple IMac
• During the construction of the various
media texts I used the apple IMac in order
to access certain programmes, e.g. Adobe
Photoshop in order to create my media
music video, CD cover and magazine
advert.

18. Graphics Tablet
• I used my graphics tablet in order to draw
using the computer.
• After scanning the images I did on paper I
used my tablet along with artist computer
programmes Sai and Photoshop to trace
and colour the image
Design on paper After image was scanned, traced and
coloured

19. •I used the graphics tablet in the construction of my ancillary tasks and music
vide
•I used it to draw the digipak and magazine advert

20. Scanner
• I used my scanner in order to scan in
numerous images that I had drawn on
paper.
• This allowed me to use both new and
traditional methods to produce work.

21. Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Photoshop was used in the construction process and was useful in
numerous ways, (to quote Simon) "it is much more complex than SAI". (at
this point I hadn't used SAI to compare the program capabillities)
Photoshop offers a wider range of brush tools and has numerous effects
that can be used .
• I used Photoshop throughout the various stages of construction in order to
give a more uniform looktoallthework I had done.

22. Barcode Generator
• I used a free bar code generator
from: http://www.barcodesinc.com/generator/index.php in order to
create barcode for my digipak
• As barcodes are a convention of digipaks, both CD and DVD cover it
was expected for my own work to include at least one style of
barcode in order to meet this convention.

23. Adobe SoundBooth CS3
• In some ways I regret having to use Soundbooth in order to shorten
the original song the pretender from 4:31 to 3:11
• We used in order to shorten the song down, and therefore our music
video would be shorter. As we are doing an animated video this was
a necessary task that then allowed us to meet the deadline as
animation is a very time consuming process.

24. Adobe Flash CS3
• The use of flash CS3 was used to animate
the static images we had drawn.
• As we imported each image from a
Photoshop document we were able to
animate each layer separately.

25. Adobe Premier Pro CS3/4/5
• Premier Pro was a key tool used to create our music video.

26. Different video layers
Video clips
Time line
Audio

27. • We uploaded our animated clips onto from flash to
Premier Pro and used Premier Pro’s time line to
construct the music video. Premiere pro's functions
allowed us to edit clips, zoom and Structure our now
animated clips in order to create our music video. Using
the time line we created the basis of out video.

28. • We used numerous functions of Premiere pro that was used was the
video transitions, the most common that we used ‘Dip to Black’
transitions lot and later during post production removed most of the
transitions .

29. • As Premier Pro was the programme that
both myself and Simon previously used
during AS coursework, we was able use
the controls with relative ease, and as I
had more background knowledge of the
program we were able to over come most
editing problems that arisen.