Task
Create an info-graphic using Picktochart using stills from your music magazine, and screen shots of the skill/technology being used.
You must comment on how the various examples of software, hardware and online technologies were integrated…used/applied/implemented in the production process and/or impacted on the final outcomes of the product or impacted on your SKILLS.
The most important aspect of the commentary is that you specifically say how the technology impacted on your development of the project in the following five stages:
- Research & Planning
- Production
- Post Production
- Evaluation & Feedback
- Presentation
Choose 1 examples of each (hardware, software and online) for each of the 5 stages of production. Make sure you include all stages of the production process i.e. research/planning, production, post production and evaluation/feedback.
Example of technology you used include:
Hardware
- Cameras (DLSR and Point and Shoot) – production
- Lighting and Flash Equipment – production
- I-phones
- Flash Kit in the Studio
Software
- Photoshop – post production
- Indesign – post production
Websites & online technology could include:
- Edublogs (WordPress) – evaluation
- YouTube – research, planning
- Twitter/Facebook/WhatsApp – production, feedback
- Pinterest/Canva – research, planning
- VoiceThread/Screen Castify/Prezi – research, planning, evaluation
- Google Forms – research, evaluation
- Online Tutorials – production, post production
- You should be specific about how you employed the technology. Describe what you were able to achieve creatively & organisationally with these various technologies, such as…
- Researching conventions in professional media texts
- Gathering inspiration & sharing ideas
- Production planning / inspiration
- Production organisation & group communication / collaboration
- Production techniques (Framing, camera movement, backdrops, lighting…)
- Using filters & image control for representing brand / star
- Using brushes and filters for reflecting the genre of the music
- Colour Correction
- Layering images / using opacity / blending
- Converting / compressing files for different use (DVD, Online, Print)
- Uploading and embedding media
- Audience feedback
- Tracking & recording progress
Avoid throw away comments such as…
- …the technology made it more professional!
- …the technology made it more attractive!
- ….the technology helped make it more aesthetically pleasing!
List of media technologies used and useful buzz words to include in your analysis
Please do not simply use logos / generic images, rather use images of you actively using the technology from your coursework blog.
Example
Buzz words for your infographic…
You could copy and paste and then delete as you use them. BOLD THEM EVERY TIME YOU USE THEM IN YOUR REFLECTION TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE ANSWERING THE QUESTION.
- Use: implemented, applied, engaged, used, tested, signed up, explored, investigated, analysed, planned, gauge, delegated, integrated
- Progression: improve, extend, develop, enhanced, extenuate, analyse
- Create/creativity: develop, design, map out, collate, draft, experiment, aesthetics, design, layout, conventional, adapt, tweak, alter, amend
- Achieve: succeed, result, deliver, appropriate
- Use the term CONVERGED TECHNOLOGY – i.e. the idea that one device can provide multiple / integrated functions.
Further Guidance
BOTTOM LINE – CELEBRATE YOUR SKILLS JOURNEY AND THE IMPACT ON YOUR PRODUCTS