Fiona Bruce used several new media technologies in constructing, researching, planning, and evaluating her media products. She used Photoshop to design posters, magazine covers, and logos, and add visual effects. Final Cut Pro helped with editing film trailers by adding transitions and adjusting shot placement and speed. Online tools like Dafont provided font inspiration, YouTube offered soundtrack ideas and feedback, and Freesfx supplied sound effects. Equipment like HD cameras, tripods, and DSLRs were used for filming and photography. Online surveys, Facebook, and Prezi aided research and planning. Garage Band helped develop soundtracks. Blogging platforms documented the entire process.

1. Q4: How did you use new media
technologies in the construction
and research, planning and evaluation
By Fiona Bruce

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When in the construction stage of my
media products.I have found that a
number of features, softwares and
hardwares played an instrumental role.
The use of Photoshop was a very
important element to my construction in
which it not only helped me create a
poster and magazine cover but
also, helped in creating logo’s and had
certain features in which meant I could
put different effects on my text or
imagery in which would help not only by
making my film genre clear but also by
making it stand out from others.
As for the film trailer an important
software to use was final cut pro in
which helped me create a trailer and
also helped me in developing skills in
editing using different transitions and
helping me to change position of shots
and speed of the shots.It also helped in
which creating intertitles for my trailer
in which also had transitions.

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There was then the use of online
software's such as Dafont in which
helped giving me inspirations for my
fonts in which link with my genre and
also these fonts were free to
download meaning you could not
only test them on your products but
could use them in your work without
needing permission.
After this was the use of Youtube.This
not only helped me in the
construction stage but also research
and planning.It helped in construction
by being able to find songs to use as
the soundtrack to your trailer for
example I used ‘your home address’
by the Answering machine in which
gave me links to ask for permission
for use of this track.
Another use was that of the online
software ‘Freesfx’ in which gave me
access to some sound effects in which
were useful within the trailer as they
gave the trailer more depth.

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When filming this trailer there was a
number of vital pieces of equiptment that
needed to be used these consisted of a hd
camera which meant I could film and
store a number of different shots in high
definition in which to rewatch.This not
only meant that I had shots but also that I
could rewatch the shots and refilm.Then
was the use of the tri-pod in which was
important as it meant I could keep the
camera steady and secure but also I could
film shots of different heights to show
different ideas such as importance of
character it also meant I could do a
tracking shot.
After this were the vital hardwares in
which to use for creating print products
such as the digital SLR cameras.These
were important due to the fact they
created images which could be attached
to the lighting which create a image which
links better with your genre.
Then for another piece of hardware the
Apple Imac.This gave me help in which I
could use certain softwares which are not
available on a ordinary windows
computer.

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Within the research part of creating my own
media products I used a number of online
software’s.One of the main one’s I used to do
research was YouTube.This was a useful
software as not only could it give me ideas in
my storyline and guide me in the genre suitable
for the areas and objects/actors I could access
but, it helped me by showing similar trailers in
which I could learn from for the amount of
shots needed within the trailer,mise en scene
and sound ideas.Another way in which was
useful was the way in which it also meant I
could get feedback on draft products or get my
secondary research from the genre’s target
audience in which to use to develop Ideas this
was useful as it was simple and could be
responded to easily through social networking
sites just by sending the url.Then another
important online software was the online
survey in which meant I could write up a
questionnaire and get feedback quick and easy.
This feedback was recorded and I could review
it a week later and then easily document the
responses and evaluate them.This I found was
really helpful as the feedback gave me more
ideas on the expectations of the target
audience for my trailer and print products.

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Then was another online tool in which was
the use of facebook in which made it
possible for me to share my surveys and
draft work with people I may not be able to
get access to.This meant that my response
was larger and I could be sure I was asking
people within the target audience.This in
which giving me a reliable and
representative sample in which I could
genralise my findings from.
Then was the use of prezi.This in which has
always been a large help for me when
recording information in a more interactive
way in which I could happily understand and
work with when developing my product
but, also would help me when reflecting on
my progress in evaluation.
There was then the use of Garage Band in
which was a software in which I could create
a soundtrack and the sound effects and
experience what it is like to develop the
sound within the trailer. This I found really
helped me gain understanding of how to
work with different instruments and sounds
to create the sound in which puts the depth
and understanding within a genre.I found
this really helped my understanding when
using Final Cut as they use a similar process.

7. • Without the use of Blogger I would not have
been able to do any of this as it gave me the
guide through what to do via teachers posts of
what is expected and how to use certain
softwares.I believe that without the use of my
own blog aswell I would not have been able to
record information and reread this
information in which to make my own
products and recorded every stage of my
production.