The document discusses how new media technologies were used at different stages of the author's project. Google was used extensively for research purposes to find information, images, and videos. Wix.com was used to create an interactive website to present the author's work. Microsoft Word and PowerPoint were used for writing and presenting aspects of the planning and research. Power Director was used to edit video footage. Various other websites provided specialized functions like editing photos, creating presentations, and researching audience data. Overall a wide range of digital tools were leveraged throughout the project.

1. QUESTION 4
How did you use new media
technologies in the construction and
research, planning and evaluation
stages?

2. I used the search engine Google, and then the
engine Google Images, in order to research imagery
I used the website Wix.com in order to
for my tasks. It was a useful tool in order to aid my
present my work, including, research and research for film posters and magazine.
planning as well as my conclusions,
evaluations and final products. I felt that
this was an ideal platform for me to be able
to exhibit my work in an interactive,
interesting and professional manner. This
interactive format allowed me to add
attachments such as media files, like PDF
files, as well as images and videos. This
allowed me to showcase all of my work on
the same platform, allowing for easy access.

3. I used the search engine “Google” as a means of searching for various
information that was necessary for multiple areas of my work. It was a
fundamental tool used in areas such as; research, for gaining information
on sources from theorists, to theories, to finding out more information on
movies and music and finding images of movie posters and magazine front
covers. I found this tool of researching not only quick and efficient but also
useful in that it could narrow down what I was searching for with
suggestions and corrections.
Dafont.com was a website that I used to enable me to find interesting
fonts for my work. With a database of many different font types it
allowed me to have a vast amount of fonts to choose from for my
products, to allow them to look more professional and aesthetically
pleasing. Although I wanted to make my products look interesting,
different and stand out, I was careful to not use too much outlandish
font, as it would detract from the contents of my products and would go
against my set conventions for film magazines and posters that tend to
use a more standard and plain font.

4. By using the search engine google.com I was given access to a huge selection of websites depending on my chosen search. I found
this particularly useful in my research stages where I accessed a wide variety of websites which helped me in the various stages of
my research. The image shown above were ones that I found particularly interesting and helpful. The first website shown (top left)
shows a website called color-wheel-pro.com in which helped me understand the connotations of colours, which was vital for me to
understand to enable me to signify the meanings and emotions that I wanted my audience to decode. The next website was a
website called mediaknowall.com, which was created for the use of AS and A2 students. This website helped me with the theory
aspect of my research, which was crucial to extend my knowledge and back my points up. I also used Wikipedia for different aspects
of my research to find out further information, particularly when I was first getting started and needed to look further into
conventions of the genre drama and it’s sub genres. I used the website IMDb.com, one of the biggest internet data bases for movies,
as it allowed me to look at films under different genres past and present, extending my knowledge on a variety of films of a similar
nature to mine, whilst also being able to look at the ratings and comments given by audiences and also awards won by the movie.
The last website that was also of great help was the website Youtube.com, which allowed me to watch various trailers and teaser
trailers from the genres of drama and romance, which helped to extend my knowledge on the genres and enable me to put that
knowledge into the creation of my own trailer.

5. I used the software Microsoft word for the Microsoft PowerPoint was also used by me
for my work as a means of presenting my Microsoft Publisher was the software
large majority of writing I produced. Due
work in a professional and interesting that I used in order to create my
to the website that I used to produce my
way. It was primarily used to present my ancillary tasks. Publisher was a useful
work (Wix.com) not having an instant
initial findings and research as to my tool to help me create my film poster
spell check I was worried that I would
original film ideas and plot details. It and magazine front cover due to it’s
make a lot of spelling and grammatical
allowed me to present my ideas in a abilities to aid publishing in a
mistakes. To erase the chance of this error
colourful and eye catching fashion paired professional and well layed out
I decided to write up all of my work onto
with interesting text and big images, manner. With a focus on the design
Microsoft work to allow for spell check, to
enabling me to present my ideas in an and layout of a product it is a simplistic
create a literate and professional feel to
effective and powerful way. and easy to sue software, that helps to
my work in an easy manner. It also helped
create a display that is aesthetically
me as I could be sure that all my work is
pleasing. It’s primary audience is for
properly saved on files, as opposed to
people with relatively little experience
putting everything on a website, meaning
with high tech software, meaning that
that if anything was to go wrong and my
it was very easy for a media student
work was erased I would still have all of
like me to navigate.
my work located in a different place.

6. I downloaded the software “Power Director” onto my laptop in order to have a fast and powerful video
editing system. I felt it necessary to have a good editing system in order for me to be able to make the
transitions and quick editing that my film needed in order to translate it’s narrative whilst keeping the
trailer interesting. It was also useful in order to keep the cutting clean and able to overlap effectively
without effecting the actual clips. Power Director allowed me to make transitions such as fades as well as
fading in and out of clips, which aided the trailers sense of mystique and made the clips flow into each
other in a more professional and smooth manner. The software also allowed me to speed up clips or slow
them down to suit a pace that I intended. I found this effective as I found that particular scenes were either
too fast, such as the voiceover at the start that I was able to slow down to meet the pace of the music, or too
slow, such as the panning of the dirty plates on the bedroom floor, which I was then able to fasten up so
that the scene didn’t drag too much.

7. To film my footage I used a Canon SLR 600D E05 camera. This was a personal camera of my friend which Jess
and I borrowed to film. We used this camera due to it’s high quality features, such as a HD quality to the video
footage, it’s 18 megapixel camera resolution meaning that we were left with enhanced, high quality footage,
enabling our filming to be left with a professional edge.
We filmed hand held shots as hand held camera shooting gave a realistic edge to our footage, which is a
conventional theme that is followed for films in the genre of drama.

8. The website Picnik.com was used by me as a way of editing my photos. I unfortunately don’t have the
software Photoshop, and probably wouldn’t be able to use it efficiently due to never using it before, so
using a website, such as Picnik.com, was a simplistic way to edit my photos. Due to it being a website it
meant that I didn’t have to download any software onto my computer, meaning that it was something I
could use without being fully committed and having to download unwanted files. It enabled me to create
effects such as brightening set areas of the pictures, as well as creating contrast and softening pictures to
create the desired effect.

9. I found an interesting website called Prezi.com, which is a website dedicated to creating presentations in
a fun and creative way; this is done by zooming in on parts of the presentation. It was an interesting and
creative platform to use, as it enabled a variety of media forms to be used on this one platform. With an
ability to import images, YouTube videos, PDF files, it presented me with an opportunity to showcase all
of my work onto this one interesting platform in an aesthetically pleasing way. It enables you to create a
“pathway”, which meant that you could layout your work in interesting and patterned way and the
software would zoom into the part that you intended. Although initially it was very challenging to use, as
it was a completely new software for me and difficult to understand, after many hours of trying I
eventually got the hang of the software and it began to make sense to me.

10. Slideshare was an effective site for me to use, as it allowed me to present my PowerPoint presentations
onto my blog, in a way which allowed audience members to view in an interactive way. It meant that
Jess and I were able to present our original plot and idea directly onto our website, whilst I was also
able to present evaluation questions, such as this, onto my website.

11. As well as using YouTube as a resource to watching film trailers I also used itunes movie trailers due to it’s
ability to narrow down searches to specify the genre of film you are researching. I personally used it to
research into the genre of drama, as this is the genre that my film will be entered into. Due to its ability to take
me straight to a page full of films under the genre of drama it drastically cut down on the amount of time it
took to me to research films closely to related to my narrative, without having to pick from memory.
It also has resources that enable you to look at film posters, which was a helpful means of research for my
ancillary task of creating a film poster.

12. Pearl and dean
Pearl and Dean was an interesting website that I came across which helped me with my audience research
stage. Pearl and Dean is a data based website that contains film reviews, film ratings and audience
feedback, making it a useful website for finding out more about what an audience wants and sees in
certain movies. The website holds information on films from decades ago, meaning that I had a vast array
of movies to search for and learn from.