Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Britain on Film - BBC4

When compared to modern day television programmes, the startling clarity of how much Britain has changed in the past 50 or so years is shocking.
In this series show, it is strange to remember women were perceived as persons who's best gift to the world was good cooking and a pretty smile, and only a few short decades ago. What's also shocking is that this was quite a while after the many debacles caused by the Suffragettes and Suffragists. Yes, they had achieved the right to vote and the right to work in a stereotypical male workplace during the first World War, but the popular opinion remained that women were fragile and came second to men. This view has now become outdated. Women have almost complete equality with men in regards to the workplace. There are woman doctors, police officers and army recruits, which would have been abnormal in the 1950s. British television programmes like Casualty and Holby City portray women in these roles and the show writers receive no negative response or surprise because of that.

Monday, 7 January 2013

Technologies we used

Mac
Adobe - Photoshop
Adobe - Illustrator
Imovie
Internet: Youtube, Twitter, Blogger, Wix, Weebly, IMDb, Rolling Stone, Google Search Engine, Vimeo, Prezi,
SLR Camera
HD Cam Recorder
Garageband
Itunes
Pencil and Paper!!
Windows
Android Phone
Iphone
Ipad
Whiteboard and Marker!!
Email
Online Media Magazines
Memory Card

Using a Mac was perhaps the most beneficial media technology I used throughout the process of research and development for my product. The Mac included Adobe Photoshop and Safari which were vital for the building of both Ancillary products. The Mac also included Imovie, which is the foundation on which I created my music video. Itunes, Garageband and Safari were all accessible through the mark and were a big part in allowing me to research and transfer music for the main and ancillary products. Aside from the Mac I have used an Ipad, Iphone, Android Mobile, SLR Camera and memory card for both research and planning purposes. Throughout the process I have realised that many media technologies are needed to not build a project, but even plan a project. I have learned that I  need to work with media technologies more to gain confidence and professionalism within those products.