1. +
How did you use
media
technologies in
the construction
and
research, plannin
g and evaluation
stages?

2. Throughout the duration of my A2 course I needed to use a
+ variety of media technologies just like in my AS course last year.
I used a range of similar and different types of media that I used
for each part of the production stages.
Research and planning
 Media technologies have helped in many ways in the construction of
my research and planning. Research and planning were an
important element of my overall course as without it I would not be
able to create my trailer or ancillary tasks to the level I wanted.
Different types of media technology I used

3. +
 I relied on Microsoft Word and
PowerPoint a lot during the research
and planning stages of the year .
 Word was great for creating
questionnaires that I used to get
audience feedback from for my poster Questionnaires allowed me to :
and magazine and the initial genre • Receive important feedback from
research at the start of the year . my target audience
• I used the feedback their feedback to
plan what I needed to include in my
I created my storyboard in Microsoft Word own work as it allowed me to
as it was the easiest way to edit and create understand the set of expectations
a storyboard that could potentially be very the audience looked for and used
PowerPoint to display the results
long and detailed. clearly and in a readable way.

4. +
The
Internet
YouTube played a huge part in the
The internet in general was an
research and planning of my film trailer.
essential element to my
YouTube granted me with access to
research. I used this for most of
potentially any film trailer and any genre I
my research posts for my blog. I
wanted to view. This allowed me at first to
used it to :
look at a range of trailers from a range of
• Look at commercial film
genres before reflecting on my chosen
posters and magazines which
genre.
then allowed me to anaylse
It then allowed me to research a range the codes and conventions
of videos within my chosen genre and I that appeared
was able to analyse the codes and • Research prices sale
conventions used in the trailers. This locations
helped me build a suitable narrative for • Secondary research – look at
my storyboard which will help create my other peoples blogs etc
horror trailer. I also used online sites to
It also allowed me to post drafts of my trailer display my research on e.g.
Glogster.

5. + Blogger
I used a blog throughout each stage of
the production. I used the blog to post
all the research and everything I had
learnt from the common body
positioning on a magazine to theorists
Todorov’s view of narrative .The blog
was a vital part of the production at
every stage and allowed me to link
hyperlinks to allow me to be more
creative etc. to my blog to show what
videos I liked and have looked at but
also to other research I had created
like a glogster about sale prices to my
blog.

6. + Construction
 In the construction stage of the course media technologies
were also essential . Without programs like FinalCutPro I would
never have been able to even start to create and edit my trailer
and I had to learn quickly how to use and c
Garage band
 I used Garage band for sound in my trailer. I
found it quite hard to use and found it hard to
make a soundtrack. The majority of the time I
used sound effects that were from Final Cut
pro and I edited them, by either audio
distortion and cutting sound clips .

7. +
Final Cut Pro
 Final Cut Pro allowed us to bring our
storyboard and clips to life by allowing us
to :
 Edit and cut the duration of clips
 Add text
 Import images and sounds from garage
band or Itunes
 Organise images and videos to create a
sense of narrative
It allowed us to create the best trailer we
potentially could . Many of the tools like the
edits granted us with more creativity in our
work.For example we used the ‘rec’ effect
for scenes were we wanted the clips to
look like they were being filmed by one of
the actors and less quality than a ‘normal’
camera.

8. +
Digital camera/IPhone
 I needed to use a digital camera for each stage of my
tasks.
 For my trailer I used both a video camera and my IPhone
to film the clips for our trailer. The IPhone was good quality
so this allowed us to film during the day and edit the clips
later on without worrying about the quality being reduced.
We used the video camera for clips were we used a tripod
to increase stability or long shots as it had the zoom
advantage that the phone could not offer.
 I also used my IPhone to take images for my magazine
and poster.

9. +
Photoshop
 I used Photoshop for all three of my final products particularly
for my magazine and poster. Photoshop allowed me to use a
range of tools from texts to shapes to editing tools to create a
professional look that I could not create on programmes like
Word. I used it to construct all aspects of my poster and
magazine and even used it to edit my original images after
they were taken. It was a great help and I relied a lot on it
throughout the entire construction process.
 An advantage of Photoshop was that you had unlimited
access to a number of paintbrushes online. This was ideal
when it came to producing my poster ,both in my draft and
final poster and even for the text used in the trailer and poster
.Photoshop allowed me to add effects to the image that
helped create an edgier, more horror like image.

10. +
Evaluation
 The evaluation required me to use programmes or technology
to present my questions in a creative but informative way.
Technology is not as important in this stage as it is in the
research, planning or construction stages. Programmes I have
used are :
 Powerpoint
 Blogger
 Prezi
 Glogster
 Bubbl