This document discusses the use of new media technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation of a student project. It describes new media technologies as the latest hardware and software that enable connection and creation, such as computers, smartphones, social media and design software. It then details how the students used various websites, hardware, and software at different stages of their project, including using blogs to document their progress, cameras and software to film and edit a short film, and social media for audience feedback. The document evaluates that these new technologies made their work easier by enabling digital sharing and improved their final products through editing and design tools.

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

2. What are “New Media
Technologies”?
• These forms of technology are the latest and
greatest pieces of hardware as well as software,
that enable people to connect and create.
• From augmented reality to social networking, new
technology has many different uses and purposes.
• Examples of this new media technology include:
1. Computers
2. Cameras
3. Smart Phones
4. Social Network Websites – Facebook and Twitter
5. Computer Software – Photoshop and Final Cut Pro

3. Technologies Used
• As part of our coursework, we as a group and
individually used various technologies that helped
us in producing multimedia pieces of work.
• Websites – Blogger, Prezi, Glogster, Capzles,
Slideshare, Facebook, YouTube, Dafont, Scribd.
• Hardware – DSLR Camera Image/Video, Studio
Lighting, Tripod, Mac Computer, iPhone
Smartphone, Voice Recorder.
• Software – Safari, Internet Explorer, Photoshop, Final
Cut Pro, InDesign, Garageband, PowerPoint, Word

4. How did we use the
technology? - Websites
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BLOGGER was the main site we used in order to upload our coursework online and
so we could present our work in a timeline structure and how we progressed from
research to construction.
PREZI allowed us to present our work in a different methods, using an interactive
and motion driven form of presentation to show ideas and plans.
GLOGSTER was also another way for us to present out work in a poster style that
uses animations to show again ideas and planning.
CAPZLES is a site that helped show off the photographs we had taken during filming
in a scrolling animation.
SLIDESHARE was used so that we could put PowerPoint presentations onto a our
blog rather than doing individual slides at one time.
FACEBOOK had given us a way to get audience feedback interactively, so we
used this for our audience research and feedback on our ancillary tasks and short
film.
YOUTUBE gave us a way of uploading videos from when we were filming to show
what we were doing on a day to day basis and to show how we were preparing to
make the short film.
DAFONT offered various font styles that we used when creating our ancillary tasks
for both our posters and double page spreads.
SCRIBD was again used as another way to upload presentations to our blog

5. How did we use the
technology? - Hardware
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SMARTPHONES were used track our progress with the storyboard and to also access
information for the coursework brief, so that we included everything we needed
accurately and effectively.
MACS/PCS were our main piece of hardware. We used them to edit our movie,
upload and edit photos, edit our blogs, listen to voice recordings and also for our
different ancillary tasks with the various software's.
DSLR CAMERAS had two functions, both to take images whilst we were planning
and filming as proof of our work and also to film our actual short film.
STUDIO LIGHTING was used during filming so that we could have different effects
on the final film, whilst it was also used for continuity of lighting.
TRIPODS were needed for our cameras so that we reach different angles and
positions that we’d planned during our storyboard, without adding any form of
camera shake if done manually
VOICE RECORDERS were provided so we could put voiceovers on our short film to
make our narrative much clearer.

6. How did we use the
technology? -Software
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FINAL CUT PRO was used on the Mac’s in order to edit our short film with both visual
and sound effects.
PHOTOSHOP was important helping us to edit photographs and to also create our
short film posters as we could experiment with various effects and settings.
SAFARI/INTERNET EXPLORER provided a connection between most of our
technologies so we could access our blogs, social networks and also the websites
we used.
INDESIGN helped us create our double page spreads.
GARAGEBAND was briefly used to upload our recorded voices for the short film
voiceovers.
POWERPOINT is some software which helped us present our work in a structured
way, such as our initial ideas for our short film.
WORD was helpful in creating our plans before we started filming, and also with
creating questionnaires for some audience research.

7. Technology Images
Here we are setting up the studio lighting
which we used to try and add different
lighting effects and continuity whilst
filming. If we didn’t have this technology, we
would've of had to have filmed at different
times of the day and relied on natural light
to be in our favor.
This is one of the examples for when we
used the DSLR Camera, which helped us
film our short film and take photos.
Data was automatically stored on a memory
card which could then be transferred to a
computer.

8. This is one position in which we used the
tripod to film from different angles and
positions to make an effective short film. The
tripod itself allows for unique positions that
would not be possible If we didn’t have this
hardware, and we would've most likely had
to have positioned the camera manually or
try and find some way to fix the camera into
a position.
YouTube allowed us to upload our short film
onto the internet whilst also being able to
upload our daily update videos. This is a
very useful platform and prevents the need
for copying material into hardware form.

9. This is the smartphone we used to to track
both or progress via blogger and our
storyboard and also to get audience research
through social networks. Without this
technology, we would've had to have relied
on paper based materials that could perhaps
be lost.
This MAC is where we spent most of our
time, editing, uploading and completing
work such as the short film and ancillary
tasks. Without all the software it provides,
we would've had to have had used many
different resources outside the college which
would've been very time consuming.

10. This is another example of one of the
websites we used. Glogster helped us
present some of our planning and research
in a graphic interactive form. Without these
sort of sites, we most likely again would rely
on paper based materials that would be time
consuming to create.
Here's three examples of the software we
used on the MAC’s. Safari was the main
internet browser we used for our research
and planning whilst Photoshop and
InDesign helped us to create our ancillary
tasks and edit photos. Without these, editing
and searching would take much longer, and
would probably less impressive and
extensive.

11. Evaluation
• The transferring of digital data has made our work and roles
much easier when creating our film as a group or be it when
doing our individual tasks.
• Software such as Final Cut Pro has enabled us to improve our
short films and make the better for our audience through the
use of editing tools, addition of sound files and transitions,
whilst Photoshop has made creating posters for ancillary tasks
as there are a large number of settings to help vary images.
• The importance of the internet along with these new
technologies is second to none, as it has allowed us to
conduct different types of audience research, whilst it has also
given us access to comparative texts be it for our short film or
for the ancillary tasks.
• Furthermore, these technologies allow us to be more of a
prosumer as we’re able to research what people want from
media products such as the ones we’ve made and as a result
can easily create new versions to please the audience.
• Overall, new media technologies allows us to be more
creative with pieces of work, whilst being able to present them
in multiple different manners.

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