The document discusses how new media technologies were used at various stages of producing a short film called "Virago". Internet browsers, search engines, and websites were used for research, while CeltX software was used to write draft scripts. A Canon camcorder was used for filming, and Adobe Premiere Pro was used to edit the footage and add visual effects. Surveys were conducted online to gather audience feedback during the production process.

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

2. The Importance of Technology in the
Production of our Short Film
 It was crucial in the making of our short film that we used
a variety of digital technologies.
 Without them, we would not have been successful in the
making the film at all because we used technology in the
Pre-Production, Production and Post-Production stages of
“Virago”.

3. Internet Explorer and Firefox
 Internet Explorer and Firefox are browsers that allowed our group to research into other short films,
different types of genres, different types of audiences, theorists, title sequences inspirations as well as
allowing us to upload our film and blog work.
 Google.com is a search engine that was allowed us to access websites of all kinds whether it was for our
research or for uploading our film. The site is easy to navigate and gave us access to thousands of other
websites.
 Artofthetitle.com is a website that catalogued many title sequences from feature films and TV shows and
allowed people to watch them online. I analysed the title sequence from Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange
utilising Artofthetitle.com.
 Blogger.com is a website that allows people to create blogs and share posts online. We used it convey the
making of our film from Pre-Production, Production and Post-Production. The site was easy to use and very
accessible to online audiences.
 Youtube.com is a website where people can upload and watch videos of all kinds. We used the site to watch
scenes of films which we want to reference in our film as well as use it as a hub for us to upload it.
 IMDB.com is a database of all forms of films and TV shows. We used it for the specific details on our film
inspirations such as the films release date, cast, directors or a films budget and box office ratings.
 Google Forms and Survey Monkey are websites where we could create questionnaires. We used them to get
feedback from our audience on our film as we were producing it. We created one based on a written synopsis
of the film, the rough cut and one on the final cut of the film.

4. Pre-Production: CeltX
 CeltX is a free all-in-one pre-production software
that allows you to write full length screenplays as
well as make production notes and story-boarding
ideas.
 We utilised a computer and wrote all of the drafts
of our script using this CeltX software. CeltX was
very practical and easy to use so there was no
difficult in the writing process of the film. It
taught us how to format it and structure a
standard script. If we wanted to make changes to
it, we would print it off, annotate it with notes
and then make the changes needed in the
software once more.
 Some of the dialogue and scenes were cut out of
the final film but the vision is still prominent.

5. Pre-Production/Production: Canon
Legria HF G25 Camcorder
 The Canon Legria HF G25 Camcorder is a
professional piece of hardware that has wide
angle lens, manual controls and has a built-in
microphone.
 We used the camcorder alongside a tripod in
both our preliminary exercise as well as our
short film. We tried to use it to its fullest
capabilities such as getting focus pulls and
using camera movement and unique framing for
cinematic effect.
 However, the camera did lack the option for us
the change the lens. This could have changed
the look of some of our close-ups with a
telephoto lens.

6. Production/Post-Production: Pixlr
Express
 Pixlr Express is a free photo-editing website
that anyone can access. It provides features
such as cropping, altering of the saturation,
contrast and brightness of an image as well as
providing filter effects on the image and unique
fonts.
 I used it to create my poster design for
“Virago”. I tried to use the most amount of
features Pixlr Express provided.
 It took me three drafts to eventually construct
my final poster design.

7. Post-Production: Adobe Premiere Pro
 Adobe Premiere Pro is a high-end and
sophisticated editing software that allowed us
to achieve many possibilities in visual effects
and cutting the film into a cohesive narrative.
 With Premier Pro, we were able to use all of
the three main continuity editing techniques
(Match on Action, 180-degree rule and Shot-
Reverse Shot) successfully and clearly shown in
the final film.
 We also utilised its more creative effects such
as altering the films saturation to monochrome,
changing the contrast, creating a ghost-like
effect by delaying one clip over another and
morphing the shot.