1. Evaluation Question 4
How did you use media technologies
in the construction and research,
planning and evaluation stages?
2. What is new media technology?
⢠New media technology refers to demand
access to content on a digital device, examples
of this may be the internet, video games,
computer multimedia, websites, DVDs and
CD-ROMS. New media has increased
communication between people all over the
world and the internet
3. ⢠What new media related technologies did i
used throughout this project?
4. YouTube
⢠During my pre production if used YouTube to
analyse two short films. Analysing two films
allowed me to pick out the conventions which
were used throughout them
5. YouTube
⢠YouTube also was used during my post
production, whilst designing the poster and film
reviews, you tube meant i could watch Photoshop
tutorial to improve my skills. YouTube also was
helpful as we were able to upload our final video
onto the website, this meant that it could be view
by anyone at anytime and also allowed us to get
our feedback quicker. Uploading the final video
on YouTube allowed me to use the annotation
feature to answer one of the evaluation
questions.
6. Twitter & Facebook
⢠Using twitter and facebook during the production
was another way we gained a larger audience for
our film. These social networking websites also
allowed us to promote our film and get feedback
from our target audience.
⢠We also used these social networking websites to
keep in contact with each other, as during the
summer holidays we couldnât meet up as much,
which meant that we had to communicate
through facebook and twitter.
7. Blogger
⢠Blogger was used throughout the whole of the
production, during the coursework we had two
blogger accounts; the group blog and our own
individual blog. Our group blog allowed us to
present our documents have been complete and
what documents havenât. Having a group blog at
anytime to view any of the documents.
⢠My own individual blog was used to upload my
ancillary tasks on and the analysis of the short
film.
8. Bubbl.us
⢠Bubb.us was used during our preproduction,
this was used whilst doing our brainstorm for
our production. Using bubbl meant that we
can present our ideas more clearly and it
would look more presentable on the blog.
9. Video Camera
⢠We used a video camera as it enabled us to
capture all out footage for our film, we chose
to use a video camera as it had high quality
which meant our film would look professional
and was also to put the footage on the
computer.
10. Still Camera
⢠We used a camera to capture images for our
recce pictures, we also used a camera to
capture images for our film review and poster.
Using a camera meant our images will be
more high quality which means that our
poster and film review will look better. We
also chose to use a camera as itâs easy to use
and carry around.
11. Mac Book Pro
⢠Mac Book Pro was used throughout our
coursework, the mac book was beneficial
throughout our coursework as it had
everything we needed in one place. The mac
also meant we could store our work on it
providing us with another way of backing up
our work. The laptop were easy to use and
battery life was good, this meant we were
able to get our work done in one go rather
than waiting for the laptop to charge.
12. Sound Cloud
⢠Sound cloud was used to present our music
and sound used in our production, using
sound cloud meant the music and sound was
more presentable and also meant we could
embed the sound on to our blog. The website
was easy and fast to use which also meant we
were able to upload it onto our blog more
faster.
13. Final Cut Pro
⢠Final cut pro was used by me during the
editing process of the coursework, final cut
pro allowed me to review all the scenes and
put them together side by side to make the
short film. Final cut allowed us to change the
colour of the scenes, add credits onto specific
scenes and add sound over scenes.
14. USB
⢠The availability of a USB meant that i would be
able to save all the work onto one area, this
meant that i could access it at home over
holidays. Saving on the USB meant that I
would have a back up of the work, in case if
were to face a scenario where the blog
crashed.
15. Photoshop
⢠Photoshop was used while designing the
poster and the film review as it was my first
time using Photoshop i found it difficult to use
the tools which available on the software. For
this i had used YouTube tutorials to help me to
use the tools, once i had felt comfortable with
using Photoshop it became easier to use
which meant i was able to bring my poster
and film review to a high standard.
16. SlideShare
⢠Slide share was another media technology
used, this was used with our powerpoint
presentation. Using slide share meant that it
made the powerpoint presentations more
presentable and more easier to look through.
Slide share was also easy and fast to use which
meant i was able to put the presentations on
the blog.
17. Scribd
⢠Scribd was used to present the word
documents, using scribd made the word
documents more presentable and more
clearer to read on the blog. Problems that i
had come across whilst using scribd was the
layout sometimes changed in the documents
which wasted some time. But still was easy to
use .
18. Photobucket
⢠Photo bucket was used when presenting the
recce pictures, using photo bucket meant that
the pictures were presented more presentable
and more clear. This also meant the picture
that we used could be put on the blog and
was easily embedded.
19. Microsoft PowerPoint
⢠Microsoft word was used to present slide
shows, i used PowerPoint as it made the
document look more presentable and also
showed that i was able to used a range of
media technology. Using power point meant
that i could used slide share and slide rocket
to upload the PowerPoint presentations on to
the blog, PowerPoint also allowed me to add
images and adding a wide range of text in
different fonts.
20. Microsoft Word
⢠Microsoft word was used throughout the
coursework for the documents. Using word
meant i could upload the document on to
scribd as a way of uploading the document on
to the blog making the blog look more
presenatable. Word meant that i could do
various things on the documents such as
changing fonts, adding images, creating
tables.
21. Prezi
⢠Prezi has also been useful when creating
presentation as it allowed me to present
information in another way which was
different to any other website that i had used.
Prezi allowed me to customize the
presentation in my own way e.g. adding
images, texts, videos. When i first started
using Prezi i found it difficult but as i used it
more and more it became easier to use.
