The document discusses the various media technologies used by the author at different stages of creating a short film drama project. At the construction stage, the author used Adobe Premiere Pro to edit video clips and audio, Photoshop to design promotional materials, and Sony Vegas to add subtitles. YouTube and a RODE microphone were also utilized. During planning and research, the author relied on YouTube videos, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, and Survey Monkey. Facebook, WhatsApp, and WordPress supported sharing and gathering feedback during the evaluation stage.

1. QUESTION 4: HOW DID YOU
USE MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN
THE CONSTRUCTION AND
RESEARCH, PLANNING AND
EVALUATION STAGES?
By Chris Najjar

2. Adobe Premiere Pro cc 2015 is the main software I used in the
construction of my short film drama. As I had no prior experience using
this software, I relied on YouTube tutorials and my close friend to learn
the basic. However, considering how accessible this software is for video
editing, I found this software to be very simple to use and straight forward
even for a beginner. I used this software to edit nearly all the clips, and to
edit my short film.

3. Adobe Premiere Pro This is how the interface of Premiere Pro looks like. I
was able to record audio directly onto the software for the skype calls. I
then created separate tracks for each skype call. After organising each
audio file in the correct order of skype calls, I began editing. I used the
pen tool to adjust the sound level, echo level etc. I was also able to
energize the video footage by changing the pace in cuts in the video. This
software also enabled me to change the pitch to make a track slower or
faster. Overall a very advanced and professional software which I used to
create my short film drama.

4. Adobe Photoshop is a software by Adobe. I used this software in the
development of both my ancillary tasks. I was familiar with the software as
I have had experience using this for my foundation portfolio and many
other personal reasons. This software has a wide range of sufficient tools
needed for me to create my double page spread and poster.

5. Adobe Photoshop This is my first ancillary task; Film Poster. I made my
final version and the 2nd draft on Photoshop. I used magic tool and
background eraser rubber tool to clear the background of the images I
took of the character. I then used several ‘layer mask’ option to change
the contrast of the image along with the brightness and saturation. I also
used the blur tool to soften the edges of the edited images to make it
blend in more to the background.

6. Below is my double page spread on the left and
evidence of editing on Photoshop. I had prior
experience using Photoshop, so I found it easy in
the construction of my 2nd ancillary task. I used
a range of tools like : line tool, shape tool, paint
bucket tool, crop tool, gradient tool and text
tool. This allowed me to produce a successful
listings page which is of a near professional
standard.

7. SONY VEGAS
I used Sony Vegas 13 to create the subtitles for the film. Sony Vegas; a
basic editing software. I used this software because of its basic interface
and how easy it is to input text. It offers a really easy to use job and offers
a whole bunch of great rendering modes.

8. RODE
Microphone I used a classic RODE microphones to record the main
dialogues. Using a proper mic allowed me to record audio with higher
quality than an audio recorder device.

9. RESEARCH AND PLANNING
I used a range of different media technologies during the research and
planning stage of my radio drama, and the 2 ancillary tasks successful.

10. YOUTUBE
YouTube is currently one of the main media technology which is used to
share videos to the public. I used this for both publishing my final product
as well as for research. Majority of my research are from YouTube videos. I
used this website to find similar media product (short films) within my
chosen genre of drama to analyse and editing tutorials. I did have
problem uploading the footage as the quality became very poor so I
would have to re upload in the future in better quality.

11. MICROSOFT WORD
For the planning stage of my production I used this technology to create
my scripts. Microsoft word allowed me to make the basic changes like
make letter Bold, Italic or underlined. This program was very widely used
in the script part of my production and helped in some cases with the
organisation of my production.

12. MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
Similar to Microsoft Word, I used the PowerPoint to software to do my
brainstorm during the initial planning stage. Technology allowed me to
chose between several options of graphs, bars, shapes, lines and
brainstorm layouts. I found this easy to use, and was able to present the
work in a professional style.

13. SURVEY MONKEY
Survey Monkey is an online way of sending out questionnaires and
collecting feedback. This technology was very important in terms of doing
my primary research. I created the questions on this website and shared it
to my friends. This website allows the users to share a link via Facebook.
Also there are other options like email the link to a friend or share the link
displayed to others. One the feedbacks are in, the website renders all the
results into bar charts or lists of results. This technology is very good
because it is time efficient and presents the results in a way which is easy
for the surveyor to analyse the result.

14. FACEBOOK
Facebook is one of the leading social media sites. This technology is
useful for the evaluation stage. I used Facebook as a source to share my
questionnaire and receive feedback. All I had to do was share the link of
my questionnaire or my final product. The viewers can comment on the
post with ease and also to share it further with their friends increasing the
publicity of a product.

15. WHATSAPP
WhatsApp is a mobile app which individuals use as an alternative to
texting. This app allows the user to text, make calls to other WhatsApp
users in your address book, share images, audio/video files, links and also
allows the users to create a group chat with anyone in their phone
address book. I used this app to share my final product and receive
feedback. I found this technology to be very useful as I was able to get
feedback easily.

16. WORDPRESS
WordPress is a blogging site which I used to present my advanced
portfolio. This site is very advanced in terms of enabling the users to
customise their blog in any design, style and completely personalise it to
suit their work. I was able to categorise every post I made and add link to
others in my year. Another function of WordPress is that, it allows for the
user to post their work in either coding or in normal text, embed YouTube
videos and upload images. Overall I think WordPress makes the whole
portfolio look professional.