The document discusses the use of new media technologies in the production of a short film. Various websites and software were used for research, planning, construction, and evaluation. Research involved using the internet, YouTube, IMDB, and Jamendo. Planning utilized Google Forms, Final Cut Pro, Canon camera, and Facebook Messenger. The film was constructed using Sony camera, Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Photoshop. Feedback was gathered through YouTube, Facebook, and another questionnaire on Google Forms. Issues encountered included continuity errors, camera focus problems, computer crashes, and learning to use Photoshop.

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

2. Research
Before we could construct our film, we had to research other
short films to get inspiration. We did this through using the
Internet as it has millions on web pages with creative ideas on
them. Once we gathered ideas, we posted them on Blogger
where we could use them when constructing our short film.
Other sources used:
Youtube: This was mainly used when researching other
students short films that have been produced. It alloud us to see
what we could be capable of and inspired us for our own or
similar ideas.
www.youtube.co.uk

3. IMDB: This was used when researching for films with a
similar genre. It aloud us to see the basic storyline and
look at their film poster. We could use ideas from both of
these when it came to our final film idea.
www.IMDb.com
Jamendo: As our short film would require sound effects and
music, we used this website as it had thousands of
uncopywrited sounds and songs.
www.jamendo.com
BBFC: To get an idea of what film certificate our film would
be, we looked on this website. It aloud us to realise our
short film would be a 12.

4. Planning
To make our final film the best we possibly could, we used
different media technologies to plan what we wanted the final
film to turn out to be.
Some of this includes:
Questionnaire: We created an questionnaire to get opinions
about our film idea. Firstly, we created the questionnaire using
Google Forms in which people could answer the questions. To
do this, we filmed random students in our college using the Sony
HDV-1000 video recorder. Then, the footage got transferred
to the Apple Mac computer and was edited on Final Cut Pro.
This video was exported and put onto Youtube so we could
revisit it. To understand the results better, we made a graph of
them using Microsoft Excel. All this made it easier to see what
the public thought of our film idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gfNG90VvJk

5. Poster: We decided we wanted the poster to include a picture of
the main character. To do this, we used the Canon 450D
camera to take a picture as it is high quality.
Pre-recorded sound: We knew there would be voice over in
our final film therefore used a Flash Zoom recorder to capture
that piece of dialogue before we constructed it all together.
Communication: To send each other ideas or schedual when
and where we were going to film, we used Facebook
Messenger to keep in contact.

6. Construction
Whilst constructing our final film, film poster and radio trailer
the different types of media technologies used helped us to
make it to a high standard.
Final film/radio trailer: A Sony HDV-1000 video camera was
used to capture the shots we had previously planned out. The
camera were high quality so aloud us to take shots in high
definition. These shots were then uploaded to the Apple Mac
computers and onto the editing system Final Cut Pro. This
software aloud us to cut shots, contrast, edit the sound and add
effects to different scenes.
Link to short film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77g6t5RaRO4

7. Poster/logo: Once our photo was uploaded onto the Apple
Mac computer, we opened it up in the editing software
Adobe Photoshop. This aloud us to add effects and text to
make the poster look more realistic. The logo was also
created on Photoshop through the use of tools provided. We
could add lines, curves and shapes, changing the colour of
them until we got the desired look.

8. Evaluation
After our final film had been posted, we needed to evaluate it through
feedback from people who had watched it. We did this through a
number of different ways:
Youtube/Facebook: The final film was posted onto both these
social media websites in order to get feedback from the public.
These are some of the comments we recieved:
Questionnaire: We once again made a questionnaire using Google
Forms. We gave this out to a group of teachers who answered questions of
what they thought of the film. These results were then graphed into Excel
so they were easier to understand.

9. Issues/problems
Throughout construction, we came across many problems that we may
avoid if we were ever to do this again, due to lack of experience. Here are
some of those:
Continuity issue: In the middle of filming, one of our main actors had a
drastic colour change to their hair. This meant that if any of the previous
filming didn't go as planned, we were unable to re film it. We discovered we
had a few continuity issues but were unable to fix them due to the actor
looking different. Therefore, we had to slightly change the script from the
original plan.
Camera focus: At one point of filming, the camera seemed to loose focus
and we were unable to focus it without the help of a teacher. This could of
been because we were not as experienced with using the equipment. In
editing, we also found a scene that lacked focus and therefore had to go
back to that scene and re film it over.
Computer issue: Many times whilst editing, we had the problem of our
Apple Macs crashing. This meant any unsaved work that was edited became
lost. Therefore we had to repeatedly keep remembering to save our work
after every little piece of editing we did.
Photoshop: None of us had particularly used Photoshop before therefore
found editing the poster very difficult. It took us a while to figure out how to
use all the different tools provided but with the help from a teacher and
other students, we produced a high standard poster.