The document discusses the various new media technologies used during the different stages of a film production project. Slideshare, Bubbl.us, PollJunkie, Microsoft Office programs, YouTube, and Blogspot were used during pre-production for research, planning, and audience feedback. A Nikon D1500 camera, Zoom H1 audio recorder, iMac computer, Mixxx, LiveType, Final Cut Express 4, and PixelMator were used during production and post-production for filming, editing, sound, graphics, and titles. Social networking sites were utilized to share the work and gain feedback.

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

2. Pre-Production

3. Slideshare
Slideshare enabled me to
demonstrate my research
and ideas in an organised
and clear manner through
PowerPoint presentations
which I could then embed
onto my blog.

4. Bubbl.us
This website enabled me the
opportunity to brainstorm my ideas
such as character developments and
organise them into groups through
colours. It is a much more quick and
efficient way than creating a
brainstorm manually by hand.

5. PollJunkie
I used this website because it
was free and you didn't’t even
need to sign up for it to use it
and so it was a quick and
effective method of gaining
audience research. Being
able to carry out a
questionnaire digitally saved
me a lot of time as I would’ve
had to go round doing it
manually otherwise. I also
used it during the post-
production stage in order to
gain audience feedback.

6. Microsoft Office
This was a programme
that allowed me to do
many of the necessary
tasks.
Microsoft Word came in handy in many of the stages of
production however mainly during research and planning. It
enabled me to write down all of my notes, ideas, research I
had gained and more.
Microsoft PowerPoint was another programme that I
made a lot of use of. Being able to create slideshows
with it provided me with a helpful and clear way to
organise my notes, ideas and research.
Many times arose where I needed to create a graph to display
my data clearly and Microsoft Excel was very helpful with that. I
was able to create graphs from entering my data in a short
amount of time.

7. YouTube
YouTube aided my throughout the
research and planning stage as I could
use it to look at other trailers of the
same genre and get some ideas.
I was also able to use it to gain
useful statistics. I used these to
identify my target audience.

8. Blogspot
Blogspot is the website I have
utilised to document and
showcase all of my coursework
from research and planning, to
production and evaluation.

9. Production

10. Nikon D1500
This is the digital SLR camera
which I used to film my trailer
with. I found it great to use
since it was simple yet
produced high quality motion. I
could also select different
modes depending on the
lighting to achieve the best
results and quality possible.
I used this SD card to store
and transfer my data onto the
editing software I used.

11. Zoom H1
This small sound recording device
allowed me to record all of the dialogue
and certain sound effects in better quality
than the camera would've produced. I
also used it to record the voiceovers.
Being so small made it portable and
easy to transport. The only problem I
encountered was how sensitive it was. It
needed to be kept dead still to be able to
avoid irritating background noise.

12. Post-Production

13. iMac
I used an Apple iMac to do
all my editing, and nearly
everything else that I have
previously mentioned. This
is because in my
opinion, it is the favorable
operating system for
creating media
productions such as
motion picture and
music/sound.

14. Mixxx
I didn’t create any of my only sound
or music however I did manipulate
and edit a couple of my sound
choices to add some originality into
my work and also to make certain
parts of the music fit in where
appropriate. An example is during
the last song when I edited out a
verse to suit the on screen action. I
also faded in and out certain other
parts.

15. LiveType
I used this programme to create the
production titles for my film trailer as well
as the actual title ‘Lost In The Shuffle’. I
found it difficult to use at first however after
some practice I was able to create some
sophisticated and interesting text effects to
add into my film trailer.

16. Final Cut Express 4
This was the excellent
programme I used to edit my
whole film trailer together. Final
Cut allowed me to explore
editing and use of effects more
than ever before and the
outcome was successful.
Although sometimes I was
unsure of how to do things, it
was always easy to find a
solution online such as a
YouTube tutorial.

17. PixelMator
I used this programme to edit my
magazine cover as well as my
poster. It is like Photoshop but
more affordable for a student like
myself. I also found it very simple
to use and it included all the
effects that I needed to
successfully edit my ancillary
tacks.

18. Social Networking
Social networking sites allowed me the opportunity to
share my work not only with my friends but across the
globe. This helped me gain feedback as well as getting
my work out there for the world to see.