How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages? (Final Cut Express, Livetype, Youtube, Slideshare, Garageband, Adobe Photoshop Elements, camera and equipment, etc)
To help me complete my music video and ancillary tasks i used a range of media technologies throughout. The areas i used are Research, Planning Construction and Evaluation.

Research
During my research I began to look into music magazines, music videos and digipacks to help me with my ancillary tasks and carrying out my music video. To find out about the information I needed I used several websites such as MTV.co.uk to watch music videos and get inspiration, and also music magazines and CD covers.

From my research I found out about the Kooks and the indie genre, this allowed me to have an insight into the themes of the genre and the Kooks themselves. I found my research very useful and this is reflected in my ancialllary tasks and music video.



Planning
My planning started with my storyboards, I produced these so that I was able to have a plan of action when it came to filming. I found that the storyboards were a very useful thing to have as it helped me when I began to film. I also planned ahead for my filming by booking out the camera and tripod. I also had to arrange with my cast a suitable time to begin filming and a place to film.


Construction

When I began to construct my music video, I realised that I was using skills that I learnt during my AS production. This enabled me to use the equipment correctly and to remember skills such as the rule of three. During filming I changed location; this is due to having planning difficulties. So instead I decided to use my own bedroom, this was because I found it easier than mimicking a bedroom. Throughout the editing process of my music video I used various different technologies but the key one to my music video was Final Cut Express. This is the program that I did all of my editing on.
For my ancillary tasks I used Adobe Photoshop Elements to add an effect on to the photo. As I had never used Photoshop before I decided that I would play around with different effects for the photo before I chose the one I preferred. By me testing out the different effects I was able to familiarise myself with the program. I decided for my titles I was not going to use LiveType as I was able to do the same thing on Final Cut Express.


Evaluation
For my evaluation I decided to use PowerPoint this is due to me struggling to use Prezi. I used little technology for my evaluation as I felt it was unnecessary and could easily be done without technology.