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

2. O In this essay will explain how important
technology was during the making of my short
film and the skills I gained. I will also explain the
advantages and disadvantages of the use of
technology and the different platforms available.

3. O Throughout my project, I used lots of different
varieties of technology. I used hardware such as
DSLR cameras, mac minis and iPads; software
such as iMovie, Garageband and Prezi and also I
used lots of useful websites to help with research
and planning such as my VLE blog, Freeplay
music and YouTube. As I started my research, I
had to use the VLE blog quite a lot to upload any
work I had done such as audience research,
background research, print products

4. O As I started my research, I had to use the VLE
blog quite a lot to upload any work I had done such
as audience research, background research, print
products research etc. The VLE blog was a great
website to present my work as it was simple to use
and I had previous experience of using it because I
used it on last years project. I used software to
present some of my research to then be put onto
my blog. I learned how to use a new application
called Prezi which allowed me to present my
research in a unique format to upload to my blog.

5. O Once I began the construction of my short film
documentary, I started to use more software and
hardware to create my project. DSLR cameras
were used to film all the shots such as fly-on-thewall and interviews. The cameras were a very
important and useful piece of hardware that was
needed for our film. Once, I had learnt new skills
with the cameras such as, how to operate them
correctly which includes learning how to zoom in
and out, flick settings depending on the lighting
your in, how to change from video to camera and
even more complex things such as when filming,
putting camera focus on the subject and blurring
out the background, they really increased the
quality of our film and improved the standard to
make it seem more professional.

6. O We used the Mac computers on a regular basis
from research to construction and I found that
they were very complex to work with. The layout
is very different from that of regular PC’s and
practice was needed to understand how all the
applications worked and how complex it would
be for me to produce my film. However, the
applications downloaded onto the Macs were
extremely useful and I would have been hopeless
without them.
O I created my short film using iMovie to edit and
upload my shots from the DSLR cameras. The
uploading process was slightly complicated but
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