The document discusses the various new media technologies used during the research, planning, production, and evaluation stages of a project. Google was used for initial research and image searches. YouTube provided sample teaser trailers for analysis. Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Paint were used for writing, analyzing, storyboarding, and image editing. SlideShare was used to upload files and presentations to the blog. Final Cut Pro allowed editing of the teaser trailer. Photoshop was used to create the poster and magazine cover. Vimeo was used to upload and share the teaser trailer before embedding it in the WordPress blog, which housed all project work and materials. A cell phone was used to film shots, which were later

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

2. When carrying out research and actually getting down to the Production
stage, I made use of many different technical programmes. Without the
technology I used, my products would not have come out the way they
have. Below are the different types of technology I used:

3. I used quite a lot throughout the process, mainly during the planning and research
phase. It is a very useful search engine and provided me with images of posters and
magazines when I needed to carry out research on different ancillary products. This then led
me to analysis phase.
I also made use of when researching different teaser trailers. Youtube was very
effective and is used all around the world. It provided me with three great drama-genre
teaser trailers which I could then analyse without a problem. With Youtube, I consistently
paused my chosen teaser trailer in order to take screen shots of certain scenes I could
analyse.
I made much use of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint and Windows Paint XP. With
Word, I could write and analyse products before actually posting it onto the blog. This way, I
could have it saved in two places just in case something got deleted from the blog. I also
used this in the research stage when I was gathering the data from my research and plotting
them into pie charts. I used Powerpoint when analysing my storyboard. This is under the
heading ‘Storyboard Photo’s’ and this was an easy way I could explain why I chose a certain
shot and what I wanted to reveal from them. Paint was used when cropping out certain
parts of pictures. It gave me the ability to only keep what I need and delete the rest.

4. I used when adding files to the blog. I added my powerpoint files to this piece of
technology which made it easier to post to the blog. This is also more effective because it is
easy to open on the blog and is easily seen. Slideshare is a good technological programme as
it gives others a chance to write what they think about what you have posted and therefoer
provides you with opinions from people around the world.
I used FinalCut Pro when editing my teaser trailer. FinalCut is a successful
programme. Although it hard to get around, there is much you can do with it when
having understood how to use it. Final Cut allows you to edit your movie, alter
sound levels, add effects and so much more to make the teaser trailer seem more
genuine.
After I used FinalCut to edit my teaser trailer, I then used Photoshop to create my poster and
magazine cover. This programme is also difficult to use at first but then I got my head around
it and eventually produced two amazing ancillary products.
This was done incredibly quickly once I understood fully how to use it.

5. After all three products were made, I then uploaded my teaser trailer onto and
from there onto the blog. This was an easy process and took little time to do. Vimeo is
another website like YouTube although YouTube is a lot more successful. It is a site where
you can share videos with each other and comment to say what you think.
After I added my video to Vimeo, I then had to transfer it into the blog. The blog that I have
been using throughout the whole of this process. The blog which has all my work in order of
planning, research and production. This blog is a site where you can also post stuff and leave
for other to comment and give their opinion. It is a place where I had plotted all my work in
the production stage so that it has come out visual and people can see the exact stages I
went through to create the products I have made. This blog that I have been using from the
very beginning is no other but the one and only...
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During the filming stage, I used my very own 8megapixel camera phone to record my shots.
This was an easy thing to do as it was very light and therefore made the filming process a lot
easier. After the filming was done, I then transferred all my shots on to the Apple mac
computer where it was then transferred onto another computer that had the programme
FinalCut already installed.

6. During the whole process of creating my final products, I feel as if I have made a
great improvement on what was made last year. From last year, I most certainly
believe that I have more skills, better understanding of programmes and a greater
understanding of the importance of carrying out research.
Because of this, I can gladly say that I am pleased with my final products and am
incredibly grateful to those who have helped out in the process – whether it was
characterisation within the film, or taking part in my audience research.