YouTube was another software tool that was extremely important throughout the duration of creating our music video. This is because it allowed us to support our work with real life examples which supported our points and ideas. YouTube linked keenly with blogger and the two supported each other emphatically which helped us communicate our research and work more effective with our teachers and audience viewing our blog. YouTube was also the Website used to exhibition our final piece of work and our rough cut for our music videos which was important as from this our examiner and teachers can access our work.
Digital Camera
The digital camera was a crucial part in the development of our music video as it was what we used to film our music video. We also had to learn how to use the new music video cameras that we were using. At first I found it quite difficult figuring out how to use them in the most effective way which would help us film our music video in the best way possible. However, after practice, me and my group were able to figure out the functions of the camera and while out filming for our music video, we were able to use some slightly advanced functions which made the overall filming process more effective and fluent for us on set. An example of this is the function which allows you to preview what the film captured would look like with various different effects placed on it. The digital camera also links keenly to the mac where we were able to import the videos from the digital camera onto the video and then import them onto final cut express to complete the editing section of the process. Overall, the digital camera was mandatory and essential for our coursework and it was very rewarding learning and using them to the best of our ability.
Final Cut Express
Final Cut express - similar to that of the digital camera -was an essential piece of software needed for the process of developing our music video. This is based on the fact that it allowed us to edit the film captured on the digital camera for our music video. This meant that we could make our music video structured and allows the audience to follow the story within it. This means that using Final Cut Express was a challenge for our group but learning to use it properly was both challenging and rewarding. This is because it allowed us to explore the possibilities and experiment with the order and structure of the different shots we used for the music video. The way that music videos are edited are different to films which allowed us to establish the distinction between the editing techniques of the music video and the thriller film. The layer technique used for editing a music video is effective as it makes the editing process more simplistic then using any other style of editing and this meant that we could utilise final cut express to the best of our ability.
iPhone
We often used our iPhone's throughout the duration of constructing our media piece and especially for our advert and digipak. This meant that when capturing pictures for our digipak, instead of having to use big cameras and signing them out of media, we conveniently could use our phones which we have with us almost all the time which saved time in the sense that we knew exactly how to function the device while taking the pictures and importing them was also made easier and more straight forward then using the digital camera.
Popplett
I learned how to use various different websites to exhibition my work on the blog. Popplet is an example of a website I used in the process of evaluating our work. At first I found it difficult to navigate around the website and also experienced some trouble uploading pictures onto the site. This was cleared up when I found a tutorial on YouTube which explained how to use the different tools and made me aware of the different features that Popplet had to offer. After this, I was able to use the website more smoothly and consequently present my work in more appealing and structured manner which would make it more stimulating for my audience while checking our or examining my work.
Prezi
Prezi is another website used throughout the process of creating and evaluating our music video. Prezi was slightly more easier to use for a beginner in comparison to Popplet. The style of Prezi was very attractive and the options for the different effects were appealing to a new user. This meant that I was able to create my work with a high value of presentation and appeal to audience. Prezi is a very effective website for explaining or telling a story as it adopts a chronologically type style to it where each different informative story follows on in order from the previous one. Overall I found Prezi really effective and alike Popplet it links keenly to Blogger where it can be embedded quickly and efficiently so all of my work is in the same place.
Slideshare
Slide share I found the most effective website in comparison to Prezi and Popplet. Although the websites are very different and they are all very effective and appealing in their different ways, I found slide share most effective as it allowed me to create a PowerPoint presentation much like that of Microsoft word which I know how to use and then I could share this online on my blog. I believe this to be extremely appealing and clever as people can communicate their work and their ideas simplistically and in a very presentable way which would make people inclined to use the website and create presentations for various different reasons.