Jack Alexander used various new media technologies in the planning, filming, and evaluation of his film trailer "Abduction". He used digital video cameras to film the trailer sequences as well as practice shoots, which allowed him to easily transport the small cameras. An animated storyboard created from photos taken on the digital cameras helped with planning and creativity. iMovie software allowed him to edit clips, audio, add transitions and effects. The internet was used for initial research of sample trailers on sites like YouTube. Computers also helped access websites not available through the school network.

1. Evaluation of Advanced Portfolio
Film trailer ‘Abduction’
Q4 – How did you use the new media
technologies in the construction and
research, planning and evaluation
stages?
Jack Alexander

2. Technology used during planning
and filming.
 I was using that time to film and edit my trailer. The use of digital video cameras was important
because without them I would not of been able to film the trailer sequences, they also helped me
practice what I needed to shoot by doing a little advert beforehand in the planning stage so that I know
how to use the camera. The Animated storyboard which used photo's taken from a digital video camera
was important and also helped me in the planning stages because it gave me a better outlook on what
the trailer would look like in its final cut in terms of the details of the settings and the placement of the
characters/props. It also gave me some imagination and creativity which helped me further down the
line when editing the trailer in terms of allowing me to more vividly operate with a diverse range of
effects which could be used in the trailer. With the use of the digital video cameras I was able to easily
get to the locations I was required to shoot the trailer in without difficulty. With expensive film
productions vans are needed to transport the equipment whereas with my project the cameras were
small enough to carry in my bag without difficulty. The quality of the imagery may not of been as good
as a the ones used with the more expensive camera s but due to its size and portability it was helpful.
Another disadvantage would be the capture of audio which was very quiet when trying to hear
somebody far away on camera. I had to rely on the cameras built in microphone for audio capture.
I used digital video cameras very similar to the
one shown in this picture. The lack of High
Definition recording was originally a
disadvantage until I decided that it was work
well with the style of deliberate amateur
filming and trailer I was producing.
Image from
http://www.mymac.com/img/features/00166_canon-fs100-camcorder.png

3. Using software and computers.
 When I started my research stage I used the internet in order to find the trailers I needed to begin my
research task and answers the questions provided. I used websites such as YouTube to watch the
trailers both at class and at home. The majority of my research was done at home because at school
Using the Macs in the research tasks was useful because they helped me get onto the internet and use
various websites that the school network could not reach due to denied access. In terms iMovie for my
editing process I was able to do a lot of things, including the basics such as cutting, splitting and
trimming clips. I was able to edit the audio without changing the video and vise versa, there were a
variety of transitions, sound and video effects at my disposal which I used to full effect. These
additional effects gave a much improved and crispier image to the trailer, increasing its visual
aesthetic appeal to the target audience of late teenager. Although I tried not to incorporate too many
effects, because then I would be removing the ‘amateur’ style that the entire film is supposed to use.
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