Lauren Morgan

For my research I used: Powerpoint to present some of my research in a clear and

simple way, finding it very easy to use. Slideshare to be able to embed my work on powerpoint

onto my blog. Google to find out information on the Geri Halliwell case

study, the Miley Cyrus star theory and images for my research into wider media.

Prezi as another platform of media to present my work in a more interactive way.

Blogger to upload all of my work onto, presenting them in order of what I have done.

YouTube to watch the Geri Halliwell video for the case study, the Miley Cyrus star theory videos and all the other videos for my case studies. Using YouTube was essential for analysing existing music videos to gain a better idea of what audiences expect to see and gave me a better idea of what to produce.

Glogster to present my research into wider media as it is a creative format of media, similar to a mood board. I found glogster rather slow and it crashed a few times in the process of producing my work however the end result was successful and interesting to look at.

For my audience research I used: Powerpoint to present my work in a clear format. Google to research into the music video record labels, helping

me gain as much information as possible. Youtube to look at other music videos within the same genre

to give me a better idea of who my target audience will be. This was helpful as it narrowed down the age range and made my work more defined.

SurveyMonkey to create a survey to gain audience feedback on what kind of things they expect to see within my genre I am using. It was easy to use and is very clear, taking me step by step on how to create a successful questionnaire. It gave me more of an idea on what elements to include within my music video.

Excel to create the pie charts to present my audience feedback data clearly and well-labelled.

Pixton, involving another form of technology to present my data, making it more interesting and interactive to look at.

For my planning I used: Powerpoint to present my work in a clear format. Excel to create the gantt chart which helped me to

ensure that I was more organised and in control of my work, knowing what order and when to do my work in.

Prezi as an interactive format to present my work. Google to gain background information on my chosen

track, to get the lyrics for the song, get images and it also enabled me to contact Ninja Tune record company to ask for permission to use their song.

Glogster to present all my ideas for my music video through the format of a mood board, creating the general idea and atmosphere for it. Glogster crashed a few times along the process of producing it but the end result was successful.

A scanner to scan in my hand-drawn storyboard, showing another personal form of creativeness.

DSLR Canon 1000D camera to take pictures of the shooting location for the video and of the model.

Pixton to present some of my planning work in an interesting format of media.

Adobe InDesign to produce drafts for my magazine advert and digipak, providing me with multiple options to choose from. I knew how to use this programme due to me using it a lot for my AS media coursework therefore I did not struggle.

For my production I used: Adobe InDesign to create my magazine advert and digipak. I

think that this programme was very clear and simple to use as I had used it before so I knew all the controls and features to ensure that my work was as successful as it could be.

Google to get a barcode image for my digipak, making it look more professional and realistic.

Adobe PremierPro to produce my music video on. I hadn’t used this programme before but after a bit of guidance from my teacher I quickly adapted to it and learnt all the features, ranging from the various transitions between scenes to renaming all of my video clips so they were easier to find.

Sony camcorder to film my music video on. I hadn’t used it before but I made sure that I had read the instructions before using it to ensure that I knew what to do without any trouble. I found the setting to make the camera film in black and white to save me changing it on the computer later on.

DSLR Canon 1000D camera to take the images for my digipakand magazine advert.

Photoshop to enhance my images and ensure that they are the best ability they possibly can be. I had used Photoshop previously so I knew all the controls and features to use to change the contrast and brightness of my images.

Youtube converter to get my music track.

For my evaluation I used:

Prezi as an interactive format to produce my work.

Powerpoint to present this evaluation question.