Max Postyn's Unit 20 and 24 Blog

Found on Google Images YouTube is an online video and music streaming service that was bought by Google a year after its creation in 2006. YouTube has recently branched into new ways to use its service and large user base platform to compete with other media streaming companies such as Apple Music, Netflix, Spotify and most notably, Amazon Prime. The majority of YouTube's users use the website for free but in return must watch up to two advertisements on videos meaning that YouTube have ensured that they make a profit off of all of their users. The website is available to users worldwide and users have the option to make accounts by also making a gmail (Google) account ensuring synergy throughout the company. By making an account, users can subscribe to channels, like and comment on videos as well as receive recommendations from the website itself but most importantly encourage users to come back to the website. The number of devices that users with accounts (and without) can ...

Discuss technology (U24: P2, M1) Convergence  is when two or more things come together to form a new whole Today technological convergence is necessary when a production company is working on a new project's pre production, production and post production. Preproduction During a project's pre production, a production company could use technology such as long distance face calls to determine key factors of the project such as its director, cast members and budget without having to physically be with one another. This saves time and money as it ensures that people wouldn't have to use the production company's money on flights. This is especially useful as it can ensure that all of the communications aspects of the project could be done on everyone's individual phone. Computers would most likely be used when writing scripts for the project usually with the software Final Draft as it would be industry standard with most production companies. This is becaus...