Evaluation Questions: 4: How did you use new technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages?

Without the use of new technologies this project would have not been possible. Nearly every single piece of work has been created on computers or on-line. 


Throughout our research stages, the internet was used a considerable amount. Existing products were seen on websites such as YouTube and Vimeo, specifically Bruno Mars' previous work. However, it was not just music videos that were researched, CDs, posters and leaflets were all easily accessible on the internet. The lyrics for 'Marry You' were also found on the internet, something that aided in the location planning and filming, when the actor would go over his lines. As a group, to make communication outside of school more accessible we all signed up to "Dropbox" so that we could share our files on-line and access them from any computer that we was at, this website also enabled us to make notes on each others work and enhance our project as a whole.

Again, throughout both the research and planning stages Microsoft Office was used regulary, both our pitches were created on Power Point, with the handy note pages on each slide so we could give a professional and slick presentation. However, all was not produced on computers! All of our drafts were completed by hand and then scanned onto a computer so they would always be there to refer too for future reference. 


For me, my mobile phone became a handy camera as I often didn't have a digital one around. Many of the pictures within this blog have been taken by a camera phone. This form of technology also allowed to group to be in constant communication if any of us came up with new ideas or were about to film.
All of our ancillary tasks were completed on Abobe Photoshop, Illustrator CS3 and InDesign. These programmes consisted of both the simple tools required and also those that would enhance our work and push it up to a professional standard.

Social networking also played an important part within the completing of my blog. Whilst using my camera phone to take pictures of my products, I uploaded them to Facebook to then download them onto my computer, a quick and handy way that enabled me to complete my blog. Not forgetting possibly the most important thing; my blog. In previous years all of my tasks and evaluations have been made into portfolios, however all is different with the majority of my work being accessible on the internet, including the music video.

New technologies that our group used was the video camera, camera and the VEM machine. Without any of these three elements our video would have been non existent. After we had completed the filming we would transfer our footage to the VEM machine then using Premiere Pro, something that the group had only previously encountered. Video 'timeline' were created to complete a successful and full video and then added to the original Bruno Mars song.

As mentioned earlier, the evaluation stages of this project was completely different to what we have been previously used too. Blogging regularly became a habit for us as we could easily update our peers and teachers as to what we were achieving. Alongside these blogs there was also constant feedback coming back from both peers and teachers, something that enabled us to better our work, something that was not always possible on paper. 

New technologies have been the soul of our production, these technologies have been weaved into the research, construction, planning and evaluation of this project. As a group we have all encountered many of the programmes that we used and could use them seamlessly, however we all learnt how to use Premier Pro, to me, the most important bit of technology that was used. However, it must always be taken into account that none of this would have been possible without any of these new technologies.