How did you use new media technologies in

the construction, research and planning,

and the evaluation stages?

Media TechnologiesDigitalisation

• Digitalisation has completely changed the way we produce and exhibit our work. It has provided the basics to beginners, the amateurs to expand their knowledge and professionals to produce unimaginable things.

• The development and media convergence of digitalisation has allowed for a single device to do a huge array of things. For instance, most mobile phones have a camera combined into the device that take pictures of incredible quality.

Sony Handycam

• We used the Sony Handycam HD camera to film our short film.

• As it was a digital camera, it allowed us the chance to re-watch what we had already filmed on the camera without the possibility of filming over previous footage (which is a problem that can occur with analogue tape cameras).

Final Cut Pro X

• To edit our film, we used Final Cut Pro X. This is an industry standard movie editing software developed by Apple.

• It is very easy to get a grip on whilst creating something that looks quite professional. It allows the user to rearrange video and audio clips with ease and add transitions, effects and text on almost any part of the video or audio.

Logic Pro 9

• We used Logic Pro 9 to create our own music and sound effects for our short film.

• Logic Pro 9 is an industry standard music software which enables the user to create compositions, songs or sound effects.

• It has extensive sound editing capabilities but it takes a while to understand every aspect of it as there is a lot of knowledge that the user must know about music technology. Fortunately, everyone in the group takes music technology and we managed to create our own music with ease.

Adobe Photoshop

• I used photoshop to create my film poster. Photoshop is an industry standard image editing editing software and has incredible image editing capabilities.

• It is fairly easy to get used to but can take a while to create a something that takes a lot of image editing that looks professional. Fortunately, I have used photoshop many times before and was able to create my poster with ease.

InDesign

• To create the film review, I used a desktop publication software program called InDesign created by Adobe Systems.

• It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books.

• I have never used InDesign before but from the help of my teacher I was able to pick up the basics fairly quickly.

Wordpress

• Throughout the duration of the research and planning, the construction, and evaluation of my main product and the ancillary texts, I have been blogging on a website called Wordpress.

• It allows the user to blog as much as they want in almost anyway they want and can be more interactive with slideshows, videos and audio files.