4) How did you use new media technologies in the construction and

research, planning and evaluation stages?

• When undertaking my Media Studies practical project, I used a variety of new media technologies. Technologies such as YouTube, Final Cut Po, Adobe Photoshop CS6. With the help of these technologies it greatly benefited my studies and allowed me to both develop and enhance further my poster, magazine front cover and film trailer.

 • When undertaking my A2 Media practical, I was able to both develop

and expand on techniques learnt from AS. In my AS media practical, I used ”Blogger” to record my progress with my work. This was carried on and continued through to A2. When undertaking my planning and research I used a 1080p Film Video Camera, to help film “Live” responses after viewing my horror trailer for the first time.

• Furthermore, during my research and planning, I also used new media technologies such as YouTube. This form of technology was extremely beneficial when undertaking the research and planning section of my A2 as it allowed me to research previous film trailers. This allowed me to gain inspiration, as I was able to view other horror/thriller trailers online.

New Media Technologies

Construction• When I undertook the different construction stages of my

practical, new media technologies were extremely useful in aiding me to create my horror trailer, magazine front cover and poster.

 • During the creation and development of my horror trailer,

new media technologies were greatly appreciated and beneficial, such as YouTube, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Editing Software)

• When filming my horror trailer, new media technologies such as Camera, tripods, outside studio lights. The lightweight compact design made it easy to use through the woods as its design made it easy to handle during filming.

 • When editing my horror trailer, I found software such as

Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro totally invaluable as it allowed me to compose music for the backing tracks and create and compose sound effects. New media technologies such as editing software enabled me to edit my horror trailer to make and ensure it had more of an impact with the target audience.

Helped aid with Magazine front cover and Film Poster.

Helped aid with Magazine front cover and Film Poster.

YouTube was greatly beneficial both after and during the production process of my trailer. Firstly I was able to gain inspiration from previous horror productions as mentioned prior to this, however, I was also able to upload my final horror trailer so that it could be accessed from Google blogger and YouTube.

When creating both my magazine front cover and poster, new media technologies such as cameras and Adobe Photoshop allowed me to create and edit both items. E.g., when creating my film magazine front cover, I used Adobe Photoshop CS6, to position the main image (Protagonists head).In my film poster, I used a camera to shoot the raw image of the silhouette standing in the middle of the woods. After this has been done I edited it on Photoshop to darken the image to try and make it appear much colder to help complement the atmosphere.

Construction

Evaluation• When undertaking the evaluation stage of my practical, I used a

combination of new media technologies such as filming for evaluation, Slide share, Video edited on Final Cut and IMovie and YouTube. To answer the four evaluation questions.

• I used new media technologies such as Slide Share and IMovie to upload presentations on to my blog. This helped me answer the evaluation question sin depth and helped me elaborate and expand on specific points.

• As well as the ones mentioned above, I also used a green screen to help discuss one of my evaluation questions, with videos and images appearing behind me it helped me elaborate and expand on specific points and make it more visually appearing.

• Again In the construction stage of my practical, I employed the use of YouTube. This was used to help e upload videos filmed to help answer a specific evaluation question and then helped me embedded It onto my blog.

• I believe that by using new media technologies in my A2 practical project was

greatly beneficial as it allowed me to use new and innovative methods of displaying information. I was able to use a variety of new media technologies such as Slide Share, YouTube, IMovie, to help present the content that I had created and designed in a professional manner.

• Overall, I believe that the new media technologies have enabled me to create

a far superior product as the use of technology/sites such as YouTube and specific software like Final Cut Pro has allowed me to create a final product which otherwise would not be possible.

Evaluation