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

We were able to use a vast range of differing technologies in both pre and post-production as well as during the evaluation process. These included both new and old media technologies and we had the benefit of having these technologies right at our fingertips.

PRODUCTION:RESEARCH AND PLANNING:

I have created a mind map stating all the new and old technologies we used in the production: research and planning stage. Please press play or navigate using you mouse and the arrow buttons.



In conclusion, for the production stages in research and planning, we were able to use a vast amount of technologies, including old and new tech. I think the most impressive and vital tech we used (apart from the cameras) was Web 2.0. Web tools, social media, Whatsapp group chats, giphy, blogger etc. were extremely useful services which we could use on multiple platforms for free. Especially important was our phones, on which we used WhatsApp to discuss and plan ideas.

We used YouTube to create our Steal-o-matic for the R+P blog posts. I think this was a very key and interesting platform we used in the production stages so below I have drawn out the pros and cons of using YouTube in this way.

PRODUCTION AND POST PRODUCTION:

I then created a mind map describing all the technologies used in the production: construction stage:



Below is another mind-map I have created to demonstrate what technologies we used in post-production:



We used some old and new technologies in production and post production which I have layed out in detail in the padlet below:

Significance of Web 2.0 in creating our website in post-production:

After doing some reading on Andrew Dubber's "Toward a Sixth Media Age" I completely agree with his suggestion that Web 2.0 has brought a "new model of website" where "people can gather and connect with artists and with each other". I think our website is a prime example of how Web 2.0 has given us the opportunity to do exactly that, and for free!

EVALUATION:

Below is a mind map of the technologies used in my evaluation:



Below is a prezi I created explaining the pros and cons of the technologies I used in my evaluation. Please navigate through:

         

My learning curve:
At the beginning of this project, I was familiar with using a camera to film and shoot, editing using Premier Pro, using Photoshop to edit and create images, using Prezi,slideshare and giphy to create presentations on my blog. During the project, I learnt how to; use Wix, which I am now very confident on; I became much more confident on Photoshop and Premier Pro; I learnt how to us Padlet which I had never used before and I learnt, from scratch, how to light the studio, use the sound desk and film using the Cannon 5D MK II. The lighting and filming was very straight forward, however setting up lighting was a long process but was worth it when it made the set look great. Everything else was easy to use and easy to get the hang of quickly.

Conclusion:

To conclude, we have had the privilege of having both old and new technologies at our fingertips for the whole of this media project. The proliferation of Web 2.0 and the technologies it provided us meant that we, as prosumers, were able to to create whatever we wanted with a click of a mouse, while having fun at the same time.