How did you use new

media technologies in the

construction and

research, planning and evaluation stages?

Media technologies

The use of software and hardware used

throughout the entire design, planning and

making of the products and ancillary

products. All of the software was used to

enhance and design the products otherwise

it would not be possible.

Hardware

A laptop and computer were the heart of all of the

making of the main task and ancillary tasks. It was used

for everything from the planning, to blogger, to Adobe

Premier Pro and YouTube, to emailing and designing and

more!

This video camera was

used to film the teaser

trailer so without this

video camera it

wouldn’t have been

possible.

This tripod was used to

place the camera on

whilst videoing to keep it

still and prevent any

camera shake. It was

helpful to get the right

angles.

This digital camera was used to

take photos for the

magazine, poster and behind the

scenes. It was appropriate for the

job and it was my personal camera

so I knew how to use it.

This was a prop and hardware

used. A mobile phone was

needed to get in touch with the

actor and actress to organise

the filming and to get in

contact. It was also needed as

a prop in filming because there

are phone calls made and this

was an appropriate product.

This was the cable used to

connect the video camera

to the computer so that we

could transfer the

recordings to the

computer, to load onto

Premier Pro, so that we

could do editing.

Software

I used Adobe Premier Pro as the Teaser Trailer editing

software. This software was excellent throughout and

although complex, once you got the hang of it was

simple to use. I am very pleased with the process and it

has really helped me develop my editing skills and use

of Adobe. It had many transitions and sound affects

that I tried and tested and some that I went on to use.

Overall I am happy with this software and would feel

happy to use it again.

Photoshop CS5

I used Photoshop to create both my Poster and Magazine

cover. I have worked with Photoshop a lot before and

therefore I knew how to use it quite well. I firstly used to

edit the images I took on my digital camera for the

magazine and poster. I then went on to design and create

the magazine cover using all the different

font, colours, techniques, shapes and features to make it

to the bets standard I could. Photoshop worked well for

the needs of this task.

Word was used for any

note taking, typing up and

planning.

Paint

I used paint for a few minor

adjustments to images and fonts and

background to insert into the teaser

trailer. For example I created the red

background with the text "The

Following" on Paint. This was helpful

and simple to use.

The internet was used to

searching many different

things to gather pieces of

information or to get images

and to go on websites.

Dafont was used to

get a font that we

wanted for a shot in

our teaser trailer. It

has a variety of

fonts which was

very helpful.

This was the website we

used to get our

soundtracks from for our

teaser trailer. It was free

music that we were

allowed to use and

download.

YouTube was used so

that we could upload our

Teaser Trailer and

therefore present it on

blogger and to others

who want to watch it.