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

I have used many different media technologies all throughout this media coursework. The main one is this blog. The use of a blog helped me keep organise and keep a track of what had been done and what needed to be improved. Using a blog was also an easy way to upload different types of media format such as videos, images and text. This helped massively with my coursework and was a much easier way to view anything. A blog also meant that I could present my work online and it would be easily accessible 24/7 on a mac, laptop, desktop computer and even my phone! It was also much easier to update over time.

Another form of internet technologies in social networking, I used Facebook to gain lots of audience feedback on not only my radio drama but on my ancillary texts also. This was easier for people to evaluate my work as they could just comment and I would have the feedback to view at any time. Using social networking also helped promote to my target audience and gain feedback from the appropriate people.

I also used alot of sophisticated software throughout the process of production. I used Soundtrack Pro, Photoshop and InDesign to create all three of my products. My skills using these programmes developed massively over time and I feel like I would be much more confident using these programs if I was to ever do this again as I am now much more familiar with them. All these programs helped in such a massive way and I feel like I would not be able to create products to an appropriate standard without these pieces of software.

I also learnt to use a piece of software called CELTX in the planning stages of the script. This is a script-writing software that can help create a script layout at a professional level. This helped massively when learning about script-writing and how to produce a script layout.

I also used youtube in all stages of the coursework, creating various videos on Windows Movie Maker and uploading them onto youtube then converting them to be used on this blog. I had never used youtube to upload videos and now this has broadened my mind and skills around it and I think that I will use it much much more as from now on!

Finally I also used digital technology when it came to photography, I used a DSLR camera which helped massively in my photography skills and quality. I had a kind of 'tutorial' on how to use such a camera by my sister who does photography in her spare time. She taught me all the correct settings and buttons and again my mind was broadened when using digital technology.

In the research stages I used many forms of media, such as magazines and the internet. I found so much information on radio conventions, the history of radio and on individual radio dramas online. I also managed to listen to various dramas using Iplayer which helped in the initial research and planning skills.

Overall, I feel that I utilised and developed many different skills by using various forms of media technology and this was really reflected in my final products.