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How did you use media
technologies in the
construction and
research, planning and
evaluation stages?
 Daniel Gripton
Construction and Research
Photoshop
• Photoshop was used for all three tasks and it’s purpose was:
• To manipulate the images that were taken for the advertisements that
  were present on the web pages and also on the second page of the
  newspaper.
• To do basic editing with the images taken for the articles within the
  paper. The lack of editing was to create a sense of truth and reality
  within the newspaper. For example with the student photo I simply
  cropped out the rest of the scene to make the student the main focus.
• To create the billboard poster. Photoshop was used as it is easy to use
  as a blank canvas for a product that wasn’t as demanding as the main
  task. The programme was used to cut out images and use it as a
  stencil over a blended image of the newspaper pages.
• The programme was also used to manipulate the images for my
  advertisements which are present on the second page of the
  newspaper and on the web pages.
Weebly
• Weebly was used to help with the HTML coding and layout of
  a website, something that I’m not too familiar with.
• I chose to work with a website construction site as they are
  simple and effective to use in an area that I have little
  knowledge of.
• The site had lots of features that were very easy to use such
  as the HTML coding for the use of Twitter and Facebook
  buttons. Weebly also allowed me to display the technological
  convergence of the internet through the HTML coding box,
  which I could drag into place onto the page.
• The site allowed me to simply drag and drop different
  features onto the page such as an image box, text box and
  allowed me to split the page up using a ‘multiple column’
  device.
Digital Camera & Scanner
• I used a Fujifilm Finepix S6500fd to take the images needed
  for my magazine.
• The camera helped me retain the quality that I needed for my
  local newspaper and for use in Photoshop.
• It also allowed me to take pictures of the newspapers that I
  wished to analyse as there wasn’t a scanner big enough to
  scan them.
• The scanner helped me scan through useful things like the
  newspaper advertisements and images, so I could then utilise
  them within the analysis and moodboard respectively.
Indesign
• Indesign was used to construct the main task of creating two
  pages of a local newspaper.
• I had previous knowledge of the programme from my AS and so
  was very familiar with how the programme worked.
• My knowledge of the programme made the task a lot simpler and
  made the page easy to assemble.
• The programme was also useful as it supported JPEG images so
  the final exported quality of the newspaper was satisfactory to
  my expectations.
• Similar to Weebly the programme allowed me to use different
  tools such as text boxes and the ‘place’ tool to construct the
  newspaper.
• It also had guidelines and frames, which helped me to distinguish
  the boundaries of the page.
Social Media
• Social media was a useful research tool as it allowed people from all over
  the world to comment on my work.
• The social media that I used was Prezi, Slideshare, Scribd, Wordpress and
  Flickr. These sites helped me research my project as they have a worldwide
  audience on the internet who were willing to give me feedback.
• To use Scribd, Slideshare and Wordpress I simply had to upload the
  documents to the websites.
• However with Prezi and Flickr, I gained the freedom to annotate, and
  become more creative with the presentational style of my work.
• For example in Flickr I was able to use notes to annotate the key features on
  the newspapers for my analysis.
• On Prezi I gained the ability to guide the user through my presentation,
  whilst laying out my work in a more satisfactory way than Slideshare
  allowed me to.
• The internet also helped me research my project through useful sites like
  the expressandstar.com and the birminghammail.net that had information
  about their ownership.
Questionnaire
• The questionnaire helped me collect data manually and
  ensured that I was receiving some form of feedback from the
  audience.
• Microsoft Word was used to construct the questionnaire.
• To collect my data I used the picture site Wordle to present
  my results in an aesthetically pleasing way.
• To present my data I simply had to type in the answers from
  each person to distinguish the most popular. The most
  popular on the image were shown by their size.
Planning and Evaluation
Microsoft Word
• To plan the project I used Microsoft word.
• The programme was used to show what the website and local
  newspaper were to be laid out like, and were then uploaded
  to the social media site Scribd.
• The programme was easy to use as I have years of experience
  using the software.
• The text box and shape tool were useful to construct the flat
  plans that I needed to use as a basis for my project.
• I also used the programme to write a production schedule to
  make sure that the work was being completed on time.
Digital Camera
• The digital camera was used for test shots for the project.
• The original images were used to test out how the digital
  camera worked under sunlight, and to plan, if they didn’t
  work, another way of taking the images that I needed.
• The digital camera also showed the difference between a
  manipulated and unedited image. It helped to establish the
  differences between newspaper and magazine photography.
Powerpoint/Prezi
• Powerpoint and Prezi were used to present my evaluation in a
  more interesting way than just writing it down as a blog post.
• Powerpoint allowed me to collate my information and then
  upload the presentation to Prezi and create a visually exctiting
  presentation.
• Prezi allowed me to collect the relevant information into
  different sets on the page so my work was easier to navigate
  around.
• For example I used a title to attract the audiences attention to
  a set of information, and the information was collected inside
  the title screen to make the presentation easy to understand
  and follow.
Slideshare
• Slideshare allowed me to upload my Powerpoint presentation
  to the internet and then embed them onto my Wordpress
  blog.
• For example I was able to create the presentation for this
  piece of work but had no embedding code and no audience to
  view and give me feedback on my work.
• To combat these disadvantages I decided to upload my
  presentation to the social media site Slideshare to allow
  feedback on my work and to allow technological convergence
  on my blog.
Flickr
• Much to the same effect of the analysis Flickr was
  used to add notes to the images.
• Flickr was used to answer the question ‘In what
  ways does your media product use develop or
  challenge forms and conventions of real media
  products?’
• The social media website allowed me to annotate
  images that I had uploaded to the site to convey the
  similarities and differences between my products
  and real newspapers.
• The ‘add notes’ tool allowed me to highlight an area
  of the images and then add a tag. When the
  audience hovers over the highlighted area a tag
  appears showing my information.

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How did you use media technologies in the

  • 1. How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages? Daniel Gripton
  • 3. Photoshop • Photoshop was used for all three tasks and it’s purpose was: • To manipulate the images that were taken for the advertisements that were present on the web pages and also on the second page of the newspaper. • To do basic editing with the images taken for the articles within the paper. The lack of editing was to create a sense of truth and reality within the newspaper. For example with the student photo I simply cropped out the rest of the scene to make the student the main focus. • To create the billboard poster. Photoshop was used as it is easy to use as a blank canvas for a product that wasn’t as demanding as the main task. The programme was used to cut out images and use it as a stencil over a blended image of the newspaper pages. • The programme was also used to manipulate the images for my advertisements which are present on the second page of the newspaper and on the web pages.
  • 4. Weebly • Weebly was used to help with the HTML coding and layout of a website, something that I’m not too familiar with. • I chose to work with a website construction site as they are simple and effective to use in an area that I have little knowledge of. • The site had lots of features that were very easy to use such as the HTML coding for the use of Twitter and Facebook buttons. Weebly also allowed me to display the technological convergence of the internet through the HTML coding box, which I could drag into place onto the page. • The site allowed me to simply drag and drop different features onto the page such as an image box, text box and allowed me to split the page up using a ‘multiple column’ device.
  • 5. Digital Camera & Scanner • I used a Fujifilm Finepix S6500fd to take the images needed for my magazine. • The camera helped me retain the quality that I needed for my local newspaper and for use in Photoshop. • It also allowed me to take pictures of the newspapers that I wished to analyse as there wasn’t a scanner big enough to scan them. • The scanner helped me scan through useful things like the newspaper advertisements and images, so I could then utilise them within the analysis and moodboard respectively.
  • 6. Indesign • Indesign was used to construct the main task of creating two pages of a local newspaper. • I had previous knowledge of the programme from my AS and so was very familiar with how the programme worked. • My knowledge of the programme made the task a lot simpler and made the page easy to assemble. • The programme was also useful as it supported JPEG images so the final exported quality of the newspaper was satisfactory to my expectations. • Similar to Weebly the programme allowed me to use different tools such as text boxes and the ‘place’ tool to construct the newspaper. • It also had guidelines and frames, which helped me to distinguish the boundaries of the page.
  • 7. Social Media • Social media was a useful research tool as it allowed people from all over the world to comment on my work. • The social media that I used was Prezi, Slideshare, Scribd, Wordpress and Flickr. These sites helped me research my project as they have a worldwide audience on the internet who were willing to give me feedback. • To use Scribd, Slideshare and Wordpress I simply had to upload the documents to the websites. • However with Prezi and Flickr, I gained the freedom to annotate, and become more creative with the presentational style of my work. • For example in Flickr I was able to use notes to annotate the key features on the newspapers for my analysis. • On Prezi I gained the ability to guide the user through my presentation, whilst laying out my work in a more satisfactory way than Slideshare allowed me to. • The internet also helped me research my project through useful sites like the expressandstar.com and the birminghammail.net that had information about their ownership.
  • 8. Questionnaire • The questionnaire helped me collect data manually and ensured that I was receiving some form of feedback from the audience. • Microsoft Word was used to construct the questionnaire. • To collect my data I used the picture site Wordle to present my results in an aesthetically pleasing way. • To present my data I simply had to type in the answers from each person to distinguish the most popular. The most popular on the image were shown by their size.
  • 10. Microsoft Word • To plan the project I used Microsoft word. • The programme was used to show what the website and local newspaper were to be laid out like, and were then uploaded to the social media site Scribd. • The programme was easy to use as I have years of experience using the software. • The text box and shape tool were useful to construct the flat plans that I needed to use as a basis for my project. • I also used the programme to write a production schedule to make sure that the work was being completed on time.
  • 11. Digital Camera • The digital camera was used for test shots for the project. • The original images were used to test out how the digital camera worked under sunlight, and to plan, if they didn’t work, another way of taking the images that I needed. • The digital camera also showed the difference between a manipulated and unedited image. It helped to establish the differences between newspaper and magazine photography.
  • 12. Powerpoint/Prezi • Powerpoint and Prezi were used to present my evaluation in a more interesting way than just writing it down as a blog post. • Powerpoint allowed me to collate my information and then upload the presentation to Prezi and create a visually exctiting presentation. • Prezi allowed me to collect the relevant information into different sets on the page so my work was easier to navigate around. • For example I used a title to attract the audiences attention to a set of information, and the information was collected inside the title screen to make the presentation easy to understand and follow.
  • 13. Slideshare • Slideshare allowed me to upload my Powerpoint presentation to the internet and then embed them onto my Wordpress blog. • For example I was able to create the presentation for this piece of work but had no embedding code and no audience to view and give me feedback on my work. • To combat these disadvantages I decided to upload my presentation to the social media site Slideshare to allow feedback on my work and to allow technological convergence on my blog.
  • 14. Flickr • Much to the same effect of the analysis Flickr was used to add notes to the images. • Flickr was used to answer the question ‘In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?’ • The social media website allowed me to annotate images that I had uploaded to the site to convey the similarities and differences between my products and real newspapers. • The ‘add notes’ tool allowed me to highlight an area of the images and then add a tag. When the audience hovers over the highlighted area a tag appears showing my information.