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- 1. How did youuse new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages? By Pauline Kate Baluyut
- 2. New media technologies? During the first and second world war, scientists and engineers globally were forced to work together, which resulted to more efficient and sustainable technologies being produced. This also caused globalisation and the rise of unprecedented global warming. The images located on the right clearly shows how technology innovation and global warming have increased significantly rapidly starting from the 1800s right to the early 2000s. New media technology are tools such as social media networking sites, videos, pictures, websites, search engines, computers, TVs and disks that broadcasts and transfers electronic materials that enable people internationally to form bonds and links, it is also a form of technology that allows people to save and move information around, for example a CD, an app or a camera.
- 3. Examples of newmedia technologies
- 4. Websites/software used All throughthe duration of my A2 media coursework I have used new media technologies; these are listed below: Mindomo Dafont Microsoft Paint Fotoflexer Microsoft Word Microsoft Powerpoint Adobe Fireworks CS5.1 YouTube Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Microsoft Excel Blogger google
- 5. www.google.com (used duringresearch) Google allowed me to access vital information on the trailers, websites and magazines I have studied on my blog. It is a search engine which enables people to search for any topics they like. Computer I used the computer during my research, construction and evaluation. It was easy to use as I have used it for years.
- 6. www.mindomo.com (used duringPlanning) -Mindomo I used Mindomo to create the mind map in my "evidence of organisation and management of time, equipment and people" post to show people how I have planned and organised the actors, filming dates, costume, location and prop use in a quick display. The Mindomo website allows users, the chance to create their own electronic mindmap, where videos and audios can be used to improve users' and viewer's experience. It is a website which comes with a small cost - people can click on the free trial kit, this option however limits the amount of mind maps and projects produced. $3.00 = £1.80 $15.00 = £8.98 $8.00 = £4.79 I find that this website is simple, easy to use and search through, I would also recommend anyone to use it.
- 7. www.Dafont.com (used duringconstruction) Dafont Dafont.com was a site I used to create my sophisticated and genuine looking fonts for our social realism trailer. The site contained a mixture of fonts exploring different themes such as 'comic', 'horror' and 'western'. The fonts that we used for the title of our trailer is named 'Skratch punk' and is in the theme of 'destroy'. It permits users to download fonts and donate money to its creators.
- 8. Microsoft Paint (usedduring construction) Microsoft Paint (paint) I used the paint software to manipulate the barcode on my magazine and to create the black flashes and the texts on our trailer. I found this application to be straightforward and trouble-free to use. Tabs enabled people, to crop, erase, paint/spray over and create shapes.
- 9. Fotoflexer.com (used duringconstruction) FotoFlexer I found that FotoFlexer was a fun, creative and effortless to use, website which allowed me to manipulate my photos. One of the things that attracted me into using FotoFlexer was its slogan "The world's most advanced online image editor". Another aspect was its good profile and background. This website has been given good reviews by different gadget/website critics. People can edit their photos taken from social media networking sites, these are: Photobucket Myspace Facebook Flickr Picasa
- 10. Microsoft word andMicrosoft PowerPoint 2010 (construction) Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word 2010 I used both these software to move my pictures around and to remove the white background that some of the fonts I used, have. I also used Microsoft word 2010 to change the colour of the fonts. Microsoft PowerPoint was released on Tuesday 22 May, 1990. Both software are usually used by pupils, teachers and company owners to create. I learned how to remove the white backgrounds of some of the fonts which my magazine featured, had. I found that both software were uncomplicated to use, as I already possessed a good amount of background knowledge and relevant skill of both, PowerPoint and word.
- 11. Adobe fireworks CS5.1(used during construction) Adobe fireworks CS5.1 Because I have already used this software before, I didn't find it difficult to use. On the other hand I do still recall my first few days of using this application - I felt frustrated trying to work out it's complex system. I learnt how to add effects onto photos, such as the ‘burn’ tool which gave surfaces a dark yellow and brown tinge when applied to its surfaces. This software allows users, to crop, move re-colour, add effects, paint over and manipulate images.
- 12. www.youtube.com (used during,pre- production, production and evaluation) YouTube I used YouTube to get the gun shot sound affect and the music (playing with fire) for our social realism trailer. Overall as a site, it was really easy to use and to navigate through. The site allows people to upload their own videos, like/comment on a video and also subscribe to another YouTube user. The videos posted onto this site will allow it to be viewed internationally. Popular clips will be displayed on the site's homepage. I learned how to convert the edited clips from Adobe Premiere CS4 onto a video creating software which enabled us to upload our final edited trailer onto both blogger and YouTube.
- 13. Adobe Premiere ProCS4 (used during production) Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Adobe premiere pro CS4 was the software that I and Mikaela, used to edit the clips and soundtrack used for our trailer. This software was complicated to use as I had no practice with it before. Before editing the clips of our trailer however, we were given a personal tutor to teach us how to use it's overall configuration, by giving us each a clip which we had to edit and manipulate. We used this particular software as it score very highly on individual reviews such as the "trusted reviews" website. This software is currently and has been used by professionals in the media industry, such as the BBC.
- 14. Microsoft excel (usedduring pre production) Microsoft Excel We used Microsoft excel when we were constructing both our questionnaire and audience survey. As I had already used excel many times in the past, I found no problem or complications with the software. It allowed us to create our very own tables and graphs.
- 15. www.blogger.com I used bloggerto display and present to examiners and the general public my A2 Media Studies coursework; this is because a blog is part of the new media technology and web2.0 movement. Web 2.0 is a level in internet technology that allows individuals to be more virtually pro-active. Pro-active activities include choosing what to like/share on social media networking sites (such as Facebook, twitter and instagram). Blogger is also part of the new media technology movement as it allows people from different continents to share their ideas and values across the globe with the help of the fast and ever-changing internet. Blogger is part of Web 2.0, because it lets people be more pro-active - as individuals are permitted to write/make a blog about anything they like to explore. Blogger is part of Google’s apps. Google is an internationally known company which focuses on the internet.
- 16. Equipment used duringfilming (construction)
- 17. Sony Camera DSC-W70 This camera has settings which users can select and use such as the 'Twilight portrait', 'snow', 'beach' and the 'soft snap' setting. The 'automatic flash' option is also available. It has 7.2 megapixels and is a camera which comes with a hand band (so users can decrease the likelihood of dropping it onto the floor). It is small, light and slender which are good aspects to have if users want to carry it with them the whole day. It also comes with a padded protector wrap.
- 18. Iphone 5 Thisdevice was used as a back up if the Sony Camera stops working or needs to be put on charge. It is one of the present day's most advanced mobile phone. It is a really slim and light weight device. It is smooth and flat which to be honest, allows for a much greater chance of it slipping from the user's hand. It has an 8 megapixels camera (0.8 megapixels higher than the Sony camera). It allows people to record videos and take photos with just one touch. Certain apps on its appstore will allow users to edit both pictures and videos. As we ran out of battery one day, we did used this device as a back up, and so we were able to carry on filming.
- 19. New media technologiesduring my evaluation YouTube is a website which allows its users to upload videos onto its site so that it could be instantly shared, promoted and viewed around the world. This makes it a new media technology because it transfers information to different people. It promotes my subsidiary texts and main product, free of charge. I used this new media technology along with powtoons on my answer to question two of the evaluation questions. Powtoon helped me to easily create a presentation with slide animations and music to aid with the visual and audio quality. I used a handheld camera and my blog to answer question three of my evaluation questions. The handheld camera permitted me to record my target audience’s reactions and their views on my trailer. During my first and last evaluation question, I used slideshare. It is an easy to use website, which allows me and others to share personal slides to audiences around the world, about any chosen topic(s).
- 20. Media technologies thatI have used in my coursework