New Media Technologies

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

2. Blogger
• The main new media technology that I have used to attain my coursework was the ‘Blogger’
itself. ‘Blogger’ enabled us to store all of our coursework in one place, which is easy to
access and is also very simple to use. In doing this, I was able to present all of my research
and development, showing the process of my work from the very beginning, all the way
through to the top of my blog. I was able to type out notes onto my blog, insert images,
videos and power points using slide share also, which was very beneficial in conveying a
variation of media techniques. I also used survey monkey, which I was then able to embed
onto my blog so that people could fill out my survey using my blog to access it.

3. GoPro
• Established as ‘The World’s Most Versatile Camera’, we also used a GoPro to film scenes on
my father’s motorbike. This small camera was extremely effective in capturing the moving
motorbike, including the surroundings, as it was able to conveniently capture shots of the
wheel on the moving motorbike. As well as the wheel, we also placed the GoPro at the
front of the motorbike so that we had a variation of shots, including scenes of the road
ahead while the motorbike was once again moving. We were then able to place these
scenes in our trailer and change back and forth from the scenes of the road ahead to the
wheel moving to enhance the idea of speed and the need for Ricky to safe his helpless
girlfriend.

4. Photoshop
• For my magazine front cover and film poster we used the software,
Photoshop. This was perfect to create our ancillary texts as it
enabled us to add filters and effects to our original image. The range
of fonts and colours available allowed me to generate a magazine
front cover that had a clear house style and therefore flowed well
with the main image and overall genre of my film. It is evident that I
have used a filter on my film poster, as the subject appears
inhumane, reflecting clearly upon her darkened characteristics. In
adding a filter, the subject appears to have dark eyes, which are
barely visible. I was also able to add a second image onto my
magazine front cover. Even though my magazine has a main image, I
have also provided my audience with a bonus effect, which
comprises a ‘Free Poster Inside’ benefit. This technique allowed me
to attract even more viewers so that they were given a greater
insight into the film itself, as well as the actors staring in the film.
Using the ellipse tool, I placed the image in a white circle so that the
image fitted inside the circle perfectly.

5. IMovie
• In order to put my film trailer together, my group and I decided to use iMovie because all
three of us own Macs. We were able to import our videos efficiently and effectively. Not
only were we able to edit our video footage, we were also able to bring items from other
programs such as iPhoto and iTunes. Since we created a piece of music using a piano, we
saved our piece onto iTunes and then imported the music onto our trailer using iMovie.

6. Nikon D300
• Using a Nikon camera, we were able to film our trailer product-
ively and using a tripod if necessary. It was easy to zoom in so that
we gave ourselves a variation of shots, in a variety of locations, using
different heights also (e.g. either looking up at the character or looking down at the
character). In addition to this, we were able to pan up and down or side to side using the
tripod (e.g. of the church) set the location effectively.