New technologies were used throughout the construction, research, planning and evaluation of the media coursework. This included cameras, editing software like Final Cut Pro, and presentation platforms like blogs and Weebly. Research involved analyzing film trailers on YouTube and conducting a survey on Survey Monkey. Construction used a video camera, DSLR camera, Photoshop, and Final Cut Pro to edit raw footage and photos. Evaluation presented findings using Word, PowerPoint, Photoshop, Prezi, and SlideShare, with content uploaded to Weebly. Overall, knowledge of using new technologies progressed from the AS level to benefit presentation skills for the A2 coursework.

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

2. New technologies
For our A2 media coursework we used various
forms of technology, ranging from cameras to
programs such as final cut.
New technologies proved to be extremely
beneficial to us in our work because it has
allowed us to present in multiple ways using our
blog.

3. Like at AS level we used the student version of
weebly to create a blog and present our work on.
As we had previously used it before we where
more knowledgeable when looking for the correct
presentational techniques such as the use of the
tools tab to import our work.

4. Research and Planning
As part of our coursework we
looked at three trailers to
understand the conventions of a
trailer how important they are.
Once we had created our script
we then filmed and edited
together our full analysis. To help
us achieve this we used a range
of technology including: Green
Screen, Video Camera, Mac, and
final cut pro.

5. • Youtube was a very big part of our research and
planning as we used it to watch trailers of horror
films from its wide selection.
• We then dissected these trailers on final cut to
create are analysis edit in front of the green
screen to add to the presentation of the piece.
• We then used this website to upload the
completed edit enabling us to upload it to our
blog.

6. Also for our research we used a website that
incorporates web 2.0 called survey monkey.
We used this website to create a questionnaire
consisting of ten questions that we wanted a
majority view on.
We then gathered answers from users of the site
as we made the survey public as well as linked it
on our social media outlets to gain a respectable
amount of responses.

7. Construction
We gained help from multiple media technologies
when in the construction stages of our three
tasks. The main forms of technology we used
consisted of a Digital video Camera for filming
the trailer and a DSLR camera for photographing
the images used for our poster and magazine.
We also used Adobe Photoshop and Final Cut
Pro to edit to our liking our three pieces. This
enabled us to turn raw footage and photographs
in to a more horror styled theme.

8. Example of this
construction
Before After

9. Evaluation
In our evaluation we used a variety of media
technologies to present our thoughts.
To list them off we used both Microsoft word and
powerpoint, Adobe Photoshop, Prezi and Slide
share as well as uploaded them on to weebly.
The majority of these applications helped us to
present our work through embedded codes
which weebly supports actively.

10. Conclusion
We believe that we have progressed with our
knowledge from are AS level about using new
technologies in media to help us benefit with our
presentational skills at A2.
By the end of this project our knowledge has
grown especially in using the editing software
final cut pro as we spent hours on editing
whether it be our trailer or a form of analysis.