The document discusses the various media technologies and software used at different stages of a project. A Canon digital video camera was used for filming and allowed easy uploading of footage to a computer. Photo editing software like Photo Plus and Page Plus were used to manipulate images and create layouts, increasing brightness, saturation, and contrast. Blogging software like Blogger allowed planning and sharing of work, though uploading large files was sometimes difficult. Overall, the document evaluates the tools used and how they aided or could be improved for the production of various media products.

1. How did you use new media
technologies in the construction
and research, planning and
evaluation stages?

2. Camera’s
• Camera’s were a vital part of the making
process. I used a Canon digital video camera
for the filming with a tripod.
This camera worked really
well as it allowed us to
upload footage to the
mac’s easily and had a long
battery life which was
great when filming on the
beach.

3. Canon Digital Camera
• The camera and tripod allowed us to
experiment with a variety of camera angles
and movement. We have several shots where
the camera was positioned on a skateboard to
mimic a tracking shot. We could have just
walked with the tripod but the wheels of the
skateboard allowed a smoother movement.

4. Camera’s
We used this high quality
camera for the main images
on the ancillary tasks. It
produced vibrant images of
a good quality which really
helped improve the overall
finish of the products.
This Kodak camera allowed
us to delay the shutter time
so with sparklers we wrote
out ‘Light up the streets’.
However once they had
been edited we decided
they looked unprofessional
and were difficult to transfer
across the products.

5. Lighting
• Lighting wasn't a concern in the music video as we
chose locations were the natural lighting was
good. When taking the images for the ancillary
tasks we wanted night-time images. We sourced a
bright handheld light and torches. The larger light
was very bright but not practical as it had to be
held and the battery run down which made us
have to re take shots. The torches didn't produce
enough light to light the images effectively.
One of us had to hold the
light in place whilst the
other shot the image
which was difficult as the
person holding the light
couldn't see the camera
angle.

6. I definitely think that if we were to do this again we would
need to source better lights, brighter and larger to prevent
this from happening ........

7. Desktop publishing software
• The main program’s I used were serif page plus and photo plus. On page
plus I created the final products, it allowed me to arrange the layout e.g
layering the images and text and helped me determine my colour scheme
and font style’s.
I used photo plus to manipulate my
images. I increased the brightness,
saturation, contrast and hue of my
images. This is the image on my
magazine advert before editing.
Page plus

8. Image after editing
The use of editing
has made the image
brighter and much
more eye catching. This effect was
The increase in created using
contrast makes the the shape tool
image very defined of page plus. I
which creates a very then coloured
bold effect. each circle and
made them
transparent.
The software I used helped to produce good final products however I
think programs like photo shop would have helped me create more
original images because the light effect I used was hard to blend so it
gave the appearance of lines which spoilt the overall effect.

9. Weblog
(www.blogger.com)
• Blogger.com allowed me to
keep an online diary of all the
changes I made, filming and
helped me plan effectively.
Overall blogger works well
however sometimes it is
difficult to get work uploaded
onto your blog. My
storyboard was a good
example, as I had drawn out
A3 sheets I then had to re
draw them as my scanner was
not big enough and photo’s
were not clear enough. This
takes up time and sometimes
work is not as clear as it could
be after it has been scanned.

10. Software used within my blog
• I used a wide variety of
free software to help
create my blogposts. I
frequently used
slideshare as it allowed
me to create work in
powerpoint which is a
more interesting way of
presenting my work
than a block of text and I
could easily upload work
to my blog.

11. Software used within my blog
• I also used prezi. Its really exciting way
to present work however I found it time
consuming and complicated to use. By
looking at my finished products I do
believe it was worth it and I would use
it again. For free software there is a
huge variety of settings, fonts and
layouts.

12. Collage showing equipment and software
used in the production of my 3 products.