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

Reflections

I did not lead this question. I feel that we explored this question really well but would like to add a few brief points. We have also taken some pictures of the technology we used throughout the process.

Additional Points

Here is a picture of us at our edit suite with some of the technology we used! This includes the camera, editing software, HD tapes and paglights (on the desk).

Group blog

This was a quick and easy way to communicate with the group at both the research and planning stages of the project. It was also efficient as we only had to post on the one group blog and this could then be accessed by the entire group.

High Definition camera and tapes

These were relevant to our production and editing stages of the project. Disadvantages are that processes such as rendering take longer and also the tapes are a lot more expensive. But overall it is worth it as the quality is much higher and this helps our music video look more professional.

Software Motion on the Mac

Although we did not use this we were considering using an effect at 2:03 when the masked figure blows glitter from her hand. We were going to replace the glitter with fire or smoke but in the end after experimenting decided not to as the effect did not look right on the shot and it was tricky trying to make it work. So, although this software has the advantage of letting us be more creative with amazing effects it also be quite complicated to work with.

Online Forum

This was really useful in gaining feedback in the evaluation stage of our project. It is easily accessible online and we managed to widen our audience feedback which helped us evaluate our music video greatly.