During the product,I have used a range of software and internet technologies to research, plan, evaluate and create my finished products.
Research
In the first stage of this product, I completed a number of tasks that involved researching how I should create my products depending on the genre. In this process I have used number of technologies online to complete this. The first major tool I used was Google, Google is a popular search engine which allowed me to search for sites that contained to necessary information I needed. Using Google I was able to find sites such as Wikipedia this site contains a massive database of information where I was able to find information on artists, albums, digipak and many other relevant information.
Another site that has allowed me to complete a range of research is YouTube. Here are was able to complete textual analysis on existing artists video. There were a range of video which allowed be to evaluate them on cinematography, editing, and much more.
I also used the internet to research website and digipak ideas. In terms of websites, I find a number of sites which include Jake Buggs and Arctic Monkeys, these sites were influential to my finished products greatly and share many conventions of my chosen genre indie rock.
The next stage of my project was to plan how I was going to create my productions. In this i used a range of technologies to perform this work. I created a storyboard for my Music video which contains the shots that I would use, a digipak design for my digipak production and a detailed plan of the structure and content of my website. Once they were completed I used Blogger to upload my work and add to my project. Blogger has been a very useful site to complete my work other the years, It allows me to share my work with my classmates and teachers. This allows for a range of feedback from a number of people.
Construction
In terms of constructions of my products, I have used a range of internet and software devices to create them. For my website I used a website on the internet called Moonfruit. This site allowed me to create my website in the best possible way. I was able to create the pages that I required from my planning and design them using colours and text. In was also able to add much content to the site, this included photos, links to a number of thinks such as Amazon purchases for albums, YouTube videos, and much more. The site was also fully functional like normal sites with links inserted to take the user from page to page with one click.
Next my Digipak. TO create this I used a software called Photoshop. This software allows me to design many thinks in the best professional way. I fist added my Digipak design which I find on a website ....... I then was able to add colour, text, Images, copyright logos and much more to create a theme for the band. Once competed I added the finished product to blogger using screenshots.
The final software I used was final cut to create my Music Video. Final cut is a great software which allows the user to create all manners of video through editing. I was able to import my footage into the software. I also imported my music for the video and added it to the timeline, Once this was added i was able to use my storyboard and add the footage that was required at the right time. Once the footage was placed into the right areas i was then able to add a number of effects which included colour correctors and fade in and fade outs.
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Evaluation
For my evaluations, i have used a number of technologies, Firstly i have used Google docs to create a presentation for question 1. Google docs is very useful as i can access it any time on any computer with a internet connections, This was very helpful for completed work where ever i may be such as at home or college. Once completed i was able to add the presentation to blogger using HTML
