YouTube and Google were used for research and inspiration during planning. A digital camera was used to film shots and iPhoto, iMovie, and Final Cut Pro were used on an Apple computer to develop images, create a stop frame animation, and export the final video. Planning and research were uploaded to a blog using applications like Prezi, Glogster, and Slideshare and shared via embed codes. Evaluations were created as videos, powerpoints, and texts and uploaded to the blog for distribution.

1. Q4) How did you use media
technologies in the construction
and research, planning and
evaluation stages?

2. Research
YouTube was one of the video websites that I used to look at
other short films. It was where we could research other
student films and we could draw inspiration from it.
‘Google’ was also another website which we used for
looking at our research. It was an easy search bar that was
quick to use. It helped us find what we needed quickly.

3. Construction
Using a digital camera was very important to us as a group.
We used the camera to take all the shots that we needed.
One person took all the photographs on the camera whilst
another person moved the toy dog to create the animation.
We also used an apple mac computer to upload the
images onto. It was on here where we could develop
the images and create our stop frame animation.

4. iPhoto, iMovie, Final Cut pro
These are 3 software applications that are on the apple
macs. Each one of them helped us to create our stop frame
animation.
Once we had shot the animation we needed to import the
images onto iPhoto from the camera. We gave them their
own album so they would be easy to find.
Once the album had been created we needed to find it in
iMovie. In iMovie we could create the stop frame
animation where the pictures would run automatically. We
could change how fast we wanted them to be played.
Finally, once the animation was created on iMovie, we
opened and saved it using final cut pro.

5. Planning
Over the course of the project I uploaded all of my research and planning
onto a blog, using the website ‘blogger’. To create a lot of my research I
used applications such as ‘Prezi’, ‘Glogster’ and ‘Slideshare’. Once I had
created my research and planning on here I could them share them by
importing the embed code onto a new post on my blog. We learnt about
saving them in different formats and how to upload them onto blogger.

6. Evaluation
We have distributed our work by putting the video onto our blogs and YouTube.
The final stages of our coursework was to create and upload an evaluation. I
created an evaluation by using various types of media. I have created videos,
power points and texts. These have then all been uploaded onto my blog.