Question 4: How did you use new

media technologies in the

construction, research, planning

and evaluation stages?

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.

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.

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.

• 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.

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.

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.

Example of this construction

Before After

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.

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.