Evaluation Question 4

Throughout the whole process of creating a variety of diffeent real media texts i have developed on existing skills aswell as learnt a whole new wealth of knowledge. I have used different programmes and different softwraes in order to create the music video. Above are some f the different softwares programmes and websites which i have used in order to get to this stage. As i have completed the AS level along with the A2 this has been an extremly diffcuilt learning curve. As a whole group we did not hve uch experince with softwares such as Photoshop or Design therfore learning to function these softwares in order tocreate our media texts was an extremly difficuilt. Not only is the software alot more sophisticated but a great depth of knowlege is required in order to use it effectively.

From the above screen shots it is clear that a large variety of our media texts have been created through the use of Photoshop and design. This is becuase the editing of the music video was all completed on Design where as the ceation of the digipack and the marketing materialsuch as the poster for our album was created on photoshop.Using the AppleMac was a huge jump in the sense of the majority of the group had not even seen a iMac before let alone use one. Personally the editing of the music video was maybe the most diffcuilt task. This is simply becuase not only was the technolagy completely new to us but the functioning of the programme was alot more complex in comparison to anything which we had ever used before. Moreover the editing stage of the video took over 20-30 hous itself.

we used other websites such as Vimeo and later Youtube to exploit our creation. Not only did this introduce us to whoe new side of networking and video sharing but it also showed us how the weboste could be used as a tool for feedback purposes. the response we gained from Youtube was extremly positive, morover the response we recieved was extremly encouraging as we gained mostly positive feedback and only constructive suggestions. Facebook also helped us as it allowed us to share our ideas with friends and family during pre production. this was extremly usefull as certain changes where recommended which later proved to work really well.

Overall indvidually and as a group we have used a range of diffeent technoalgies to create the finished piece. for example during the preprodyuction facebook was used majorly just to ensure our target audience are happy with what we are setting out to do. Morover during production iMac softwares helped us create the finished piece and finally during evaluation stages Youtube and vimeo have helped us gain feedback and various siggestions in order to make the finished piece as good as it is.