The document describes how the author used various technologies in their research, planning, construction, and evaluation stages of their project. Specifically, the author used: - Keynote to create title cards and import/edit images and videos. - iMovie to create trailers by importing videos and adding clips, music, and effects. - Blogger, Slideshare, and YouTube to upload work and embed media for their blog. - Twitter to contact teachers and peers for feedback. - PowerPoint, Publisher and Photoshop to create and design work, providing feedback to peers. - DSLR cameras to take photos for a front cover and billboard.

1. Q4.
How did I use new technologies in
the research and planning,
construction and evaluation stages?

2. Q4
Keynote – I have used ‘keynote’ to help create my Title card.
Throughout using this software I have learnt how to import images and
videos onto it and create text on top of the image, I have also learnt to
control when to bring the text on and off at certain times.
iMovie – I have used ‘iMovie’ to help create my ‘Hollyoaks’
trailer, ‘rejected photos’ and my ‘Mancunian Way’ trailer. To do
this, I had to import the videos we had taken on the HD cameras
from the shared document and then placed the clips in the right
order to create a developed trailer. To featured the right codes
and conventions of a good media product, I had to crop down
some clips and overlay music which made the trailers look more
realistic.

3. Blogger – I have used ‘Blogger’ to help me upload and feature my
work for my A2 level. I have uploaded my work in stages and arranged
them in the order they should be to create a well developed and easy to
read work blog. I have done this with the help of ‘slideshare’ and
‘Youtube’.
Youtube/video – I have used ‘Youtube’ to help me upload both of
my trailers and my rejected
Photos to my blog, I had to
create my own youtube
account to do this.
Slideshare – I have used ‘Slideshare’
as another device to help me upload
work to my blog.

4. Slideshare – when uploading my work to
‘slideshare’ for me to be able to upload it
and feature it on my blog, I had to get the
‘embeded’ link and copy and paste the link
into my blog.
Twitter – ‘Twitter’ has been a useful software
to use for my A2 level as it allows me to contact
and show the link for feedback to my media
teacher and other students who I have given
feedback to, and also how I can see my feedback
from them.
PowerPoint – I have used the software ‘Powerpoint’ to help
create a lot of my work, as it is an easy
but deficient software to create good
work on, and also helps you put across
your work easily.

5. DSLR cameras for photography - I have used the ‘DSLR’ cameras
to take photos in the green room for my ancillary front cover and
billboard.
Publisher – I used publisher to generate feedback for other class
mates who had done the same sub-genre as me; ‘reality tv show’ this
gave me great help and confidence in knowing what I had to include in
my real project.

6. Green screen images – I have used the ‘green screen’ to able me to take pictures for my Billboard which I
can change the colour of the background, the green screen helped me do this, as I does not capture or imitate any
other colours and makes it easier to get rid of just the background colour.

7. Photoshop
In this PowerPoint I will how I created a professional looking Image that was used on my Billboard poster. I will talk
you through the different steps that it took to achieve the end result. I used the Print Screen button to capture
exactly what I did, and to show my steps of making the product. This made it easier for me to explain Step by
Step.
Firstly, I opened the right image into Adobe Photoshop. I used the contrast and brightness tool to change the
colour and lighting of the image, then I used the ‘Magic eraser tool’ to get rid of all the background. After this, I
cropped the image to the needed size, I then made the correct size and coloured box on another page of
Photoshop and dragged the image onto the right box that I wanted, then pressed ‘apply’ to confirm that my
image stayed there.

8. Firstly, I opened the right image into Adobe Photoshop
I have chosen this image
because the character has a
confident expression on his
face, which I think will give
the audience a sex appeal
atmosphere. This particular
pose also links in well with
the story line, as he is a
player and the pose gives
off this impression well.

9. I used the contrast and brightness tool to change the colour
and lighting of the image.
I needed to change the
brightness of the
image, as the lighting
made the image look
very dull and boring. I
also changed the
contrast of the image
to make the boldness
standout more then
you first look at it.

10. Then I used the ‘Magic eraser tool’ to get rid of all the
background.
I needed to use the
‘Magic eraser’ tool to
get rid of the
background because I
needed to change each
background colour of
each image so they
contrasted and you
could see all the
characters were in a
different box.

11. I first pressed the ‘magic eraser’ tool and it only got rid of some of the background, so I had to press it again on the
green bits until they were completely gone, and I had a clear background.
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12. After this, I cropped the image to the needed size
1. 2.
The image had to
be made smaller,
3. as when I put it on
4. the billboard all
together, the
audience would
not be able to see
his face.

13. I then made the correct size and coloured Then pressed ‘apply’ to confirm that my image stayed there.
box on another page of Photoshop
I then repeated this with all my
other images to create the final
media product of a billboard.