The document summarizes the various media technologies used at different stages of a short film project. It discusses using the internet for initial research on short films, genres, and audiences. Hi-definition cameras and storage were used to film and edit the short film in Final Cut Pro. Garageband was utilized to create the film's soundtrack. Adobe CS4, specifically Photoshop, was employed to design promotional posters and articles. A blogger site and YouTube hosted research, work, and the finished film for feedback. Email, Prezi, and Slideshare facilitated collaboration and presentation of ideas. Web 2.0 allowed for an interactive project through linking and public engagement.

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

2. InternetThe benefits of the Internet for initial research and planning: video sites, websites for short film companies, magazines, posters to research each medium, film audience information, genre, narrative information. The internet is used all over the world to watch short films and interact with other short film viewers. When conducting my research the internet played a big part. I watched some examples of short films on youtube to learn what they are about.

3. I found short film reviews and comments online to inspire me when writing my own article.

4. When researching film audience information the internet was where I found all the information I needed.

5. All my video posts were embedded to my online blog using youtube and the internet.

6. A lot of the information I learnt about genre and narrative came from the internet.Hi-Definition Cameras, HD storage and Final Cut Pro and Digital SLR camerasWhen filming our short film we used hi-definition cameras. This enabled us to film more detailed shots and have a better quality film. HD cameras are professional pieces of equipment as film industries use them, which makes our film quite professional.

7. We used HD storage to store our film footage, this enabled us to immediately upload our footage using log and transfer onto Final Cut Pro.

8. We used Final Cut Pro to put our film together and edit it. This software is used by the professional film industry, therefore we could make top quality films. GaragebandWe used Garageband to create a soundtrack for our film. We chose 3 tracks that fit in with our film, they were all quite emotional and served their purpose by making the audience relate to the film. The soundtrack of a film is very important as it decides the mood of the audience. We wanted to move our audience therefore used emotive but dramatic music. We also used Garageband to record our voiceover and to change the volumes on the soundtrack. It proved to be a good software to use.