Some examples of the digital technology we used are: the internet (facebook, blogger, wikipedia, google, youtube,) garageband, finalcut, photoshop, camera equipment. In society today digital technolgy is extensively used. With the use of digital technology in our project we were able to research, develop and create a bettered final product although, using these digital tecnologies there are some drawbacks.
The advantages of facebook:
-social network that enables user to search for new and old friends
-enables user to talk to people in similar classes or groups.
-can be used to find love.
The disadvantages of facebook:
-peadophiles can find you
-can be used as a form of online bulling
- details about individuals can be false
The advantages of google:
-offers a wide range of information that can be found by searching
-saves time searching through many internet sites
-very efficient for research purposes
The disadvantages of google:
-information provided could be unreliable and unrelated
-information found could be plaguerised
The advantages of blogger:
- view others working progress whilst they are able to view ours and produce feedback and advice that will improve our product.
-blogger is a free service to the community
-provides an place for people to store ideas, opinions etc. for are production.
The disadvantages of blogger:
- you have to have a blogger account
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Monday, 1 March 2010
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using digital technology.
The main disadvantage of using digital technology is the reliability of the video camera and equipment. During the filming of our music video we encountered problems, such as the wireless battery pack for the camera was insufficient. We lost a days filming as there were no plugs to charge the battery or run the camera off electricity. This reflected negatively on the overall production of our work and was noticeable in our final product. Our filming was scheduled at an outdoor location and energy resources available.
Other problems we faced with the camera equipment were the tripod didn't secure to the dolly. This meant the shot movements were rigid and unlevel and radically disadvantaged our music video which criticized our other camera shots.
However, there were also many advantages of using digital technology. These included using modern software such as the iMac which utilizes Photoshop and Final Cut Express.
The main disadvantage of using digital technology is the reliability of the video camera and equipment. During the filming of our music video we encountered problems, such as the wireless battery pack for the camera was insufficient. We lost a days filming as there were no plugs to charge the battery or run the camera off electricity. This reflected negatively on the overall production of our work and was noticeable in our final product. Our filming was scheduled at an outdoor location and energy resources available.
Other problems we faced with the camera equipment were the tripod didn't secure to the dolly. This meant the shot movements were rigid and unlevel and radically disadvantaged our music video which criticized our other camera shots.
However, there were also many advantages of using digital technology. These included using modern software such as the iMac which utilizes Photoshop and Final Cut Express.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Digital Technology
In producing our music video and thriller projects we used google, youtube, wikipedia, amazon, blogger, facebook, digital camcorders, final cut, garage band, photoshop, illustrator.
The Advantages of Google
- Convenient as it has access to all information for users to view
- Readily accessible, no special hardware or software needed to access it
- Not always relevant information appears
- Can lead to false websites asking for payment for information
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The Advantages of YouTube
- Easily accessible content
- Provides access to user made and official information and videos
- A Way for users to learn new techniques
- Very good for research
The Disadvantages of YouTube
- Copyright material is very hard to upload to it, i.e. user made music videos
- Restricted by YouTube and users on what can be put on the website
- Some videos are false, as they say they are one thing when they are actually something different
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The Advantages of Wikipedia
- Readily accessible information
- Easy access to any information you may need
The Disadvantages
- Not always accurate as anyone can edit it
- Not regulated to make sure information is correct, up-to-date, and complete
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The Advantages of amazon
- Easy access to information on actual products available, e.g. digipacks, music genres
- Allows users to buy content at a decent price
The Disadvantages
- Limited information about the products as they are focused on the selling
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The Advantages of Blogger
- Easily accessible user submitted content
- Allows for users to voice their own opinions
- Allows users to use it a place to store research and project timelines, etc.
The Disadvantages
- Not restricted in terms of what can be posted
- Not regulated for what comments are posted other than the blog owner
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The Advantages of Facebook
- Social Networking, allowing access to people, groups, pages, fan pages of who you know or want to find more information about
- Easy access to talk to artists, celebrities and other users
The Disadvantages
- Sign up to access the content
- Some of the pages aren't official, fan made
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The Advantages of Digital Camcoders
- Allows easy recording of footage
- Allows easy review of footage to see if it needs to be re-recorded
- Easy to capture into a computer and be edited
The Disadvantages
- Storage media has to be kept safe to prevent data loss
- No lock to stop the footage being overwritten
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The Advantages of Final Cut
- Easy editing of footage
- Powerful Software to make professional products with filter
- Almost unrestricted in terms of what you can produce
The Disadvantages
- Expensive to buy for normal users
- Requires a bit of training to get used to how to use it
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The Advantages of Garage Band
- Create professional style music without the expense of making all of the music yourself or getting people to do it for you
- Lots of sample music which can be used as well as edited to suit the users needs
The Disadvantages
- Limited in terms of how to capture any actual music
- Difficult to get used to initially and set up to work in the right way
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The Advantages of Photoshop
- Allows users to create and edit any photo file formats
- Can create professional images
- Easy to use interface for any users to use
- Almost unrestricted design
The Disadvantages
- Training needed to get full potential of editing software
- Very Expenive to buy
- May need plug-ins or other software to make an even better image, e.g. part of Adobe Creative Suite
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The Advantages of Illustrator
- Easy to use print or web graphic production software
- Unrestricted Design Capabilites
- Widely used so lots of tutorials from users to make new style of graphics
The Disadvantages
- Expensive
- Needs Training to become very good at using the software
- May need other software in the creative suite range to make even better graphics, further expense
Disadavntages of digital technology
With our post-it presentation, we discussed how digital technologies had helped us progress and the advantages it gave us towards our final products. But there are disadvantages of these products also.
Firstly with the internet research in general its hard to find reliable sources. Wikipedia is, effectively, an open blog where anyone can publish fact-files on certain topics. This makes some of what you read inaccurate or unbelievable. This could potentially be a set back if you were researching certain genre areas, or locations. This is reflected in the rest of the internet, you have to make sure the sources you have collected form are accurate and true.
Programs like photo-shop could also be a set back, because you have to put a lot of reliance into it for you ancillary tasks. In our case, none of us could grasp any more than the basics with it, so it made our final product unattractive, and lacking individuality.
Other programs like slide share and twitter, that we used to help add to the blog, requires a sign up to use. This could be argued a disadvantage as it requires time, and possibly spam mail from that site. When using these sites, reaching a final product sometimes took too long for us to use, so alternative sites and products had to be found, which was all very time consuming.
Firstly with the internet research in general its hard to find reliable sources. Wikipedia is, effectively, an open blog where anyone can publish fact-files on certain topics. This makes some of what you read inaccurate or unbelievable. This could potentially be a set back if you were researching certain genre areas, or locations. This is reflected in the rest of the internet, you have to make sure the sources you have collected form are accurate and true.
Programs like photo-shop could also be a set back, because you have to put a lot of reliance into it for you ancillary tasks. In our case, none of us could grasp any more than the basics with it, so it made our final product unattractive, and lacking individuality.
Other programs like slide share and twitter, that we used to help add to the blog, requires a sign up to use. This could be argued a disadvantage as it requires time, and possibly spam mail from that site. When using these sites, reaching a final product sometimes took too long for us to use, so alternative sites and products had to be found, which was all very time consuming.
Dicuss the advantages and diadvantages of using digital technology...
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Although we had all the great Digital Technologies it does not mean that we will have the best film as it completely depends on the groups knowledge and professionalism. So if you do not know how to use a certain program really well then it would suffer more than the rest.
- It made the film look more professonal - using modern and hi-tech programs and equipment.
- It gave us the chance to experience how to make a really great music video/thriller - through Final Cut etc...
- It let us research really well and get a much more clearer and compare ideas - Through YouTube and Google we saw other videos and ideas.
- We also could keep our ideas and progress up to date really well by using Blogger.
- We could also listen and create and well done piece of music or get a better idea of the piece by using iTunes and Garage Band.
Disadvantages:
- Though it made the video look more professional, i feel that we were let down by how much we didn't know and how much more we could of learnt.
- Using some of the programs to research, YouTube, Wikipedia and iTunes it could of been bias because they are through own opinion, not all fact.
- Blogger didn't always work as it would be open to others, risk of things being messed about with and canceled and lost.
- The cameras are the not the most expensive so it did not give the greatest quality.
Although we had all the great Digital Technologies it does not mean that we will have the best film as it completely depends on the groups knowledge and professionalism. So if you do not know how to use a certain program really well then it would suffer more than the rest.
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