Task 4- How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Final Cut Pro

Final Cut Pro was the main new media technology used during the whole process of research, planning and construction as it was used to make the teaser trailer. During the research and planning stages we used final cut to make a practice teaser trailer following an existing film so I chose hunger games to follow and make my own version using final cut.

               My Remake                                                                                                                                     Original

Final Cut Pro

During the process of making our teaser trailer we used Final Cut Pro as our editing software. This allowed us to trim shots, add sound, add effects to shots and add transitions to ensure the whole trailer ran smoothly.  We used the blade tool to cut down the sound track to make it fit with the timing of the trailer.  

We used photoshop to start the making of our poster and magazine cover. We used layering to make sure we where able to get the correct background with the image layered on top.In the poster we used photoshop to change the image to black and white and used the magic eraser tool once the image was layered to allow the red string to be in colour. Above you can see the two layers we had, one for the image and one for the title. We sat the billing block on layer one as we wanted it to be subtle and the title on layer two so that it stood out against the image.

With the magazine cover photoshop was only used for the first few steps of creating the cover. We used photoshop to layer the image upon our chosen

background. In order to do this we had to layer the image and use the eraser tool, magic eraser tool and the background eraser tool in order to cut the background

out of the original image and layer it upon our chosen background.

With the poster most of the work was done in photoshop as it was only minimal tasks that needed doing to change the image to the way we wanted. But we transferred the image to illustrator when we had finished with the poster and we made some slight changes after feedback such as making the black box around the title slightly bigger to ensure the title stood out and making the actress title smaller so that it didn’t overpower the image.

In the creation of the magazine cover we transferred our base image created in photoshop to illustrator and added all the final detail using layers. From the image above you can see

all the different layers we created in order to layer up the images and text upon our main image and title. We also

used illustrator to make our masthead sit behind the image so we could closely follow total films house style.

I also used Prezi during the evaluation stage of making our media products. During the process of making the Prezi for the evaluation question 1 I was able to edit the path, so that the Prezi followed a certain route that allowed me to zoom in and our on certain detail such as pictures and zoom in to play videos that corresponded with the text such as other teaser trailers.

Prezi was another one of the main new media technologies used in the research and planning stages of making our trailer. We used Prezi to document the ideas for props and for costume planning When using Prezi as a new media technology it was easy to use as you where able to add images and videos easily by copying and pasting the link and it also provided an embed code so that it was easy to add to our reasearch and planning journal.

• Research and Planning

• Evaluation

As well as this I used moovly as a technology to present one of my evaluation tasks. It allowed me to present my information in a unique way that engages the audience more so than  a blank presentation.  

Moovly was one of the new media technologies I used in the process of research and planning.  I used it to illustrate a film poster similar to the style we wanted to follow for our own. It was an easy way to create an interactive presentation. When making the video I had to create transitions for each image and text to ensure that all the detail appeared at the right time and in sync with the music that I embedded using a copyright free music. https://youtu.be/6rtPjN3Qbmc

                  PowerPoint & SlideShare 

PowerPoint was used through out my evaluation process as a new media technology to present my evaluation question. PowerPoint enabled me to present and organize all my information on to different slides as well as being able to insert images to illustrate my points. Furthermore, to enable me to share my presentation on to my blog page I have to use a new media technology soft wear called slide share. This enables me to share my PowerPoint by generating an embed code that allows me to embed the presentation into my blog so that it can be accessed easily. 

Emaze

Emaze is a new media technology that I used in the evaluation stage of my coursework. When using Emaze to present an evaluation question I was able to insert images to illustrate my points as well as being able to adapt and change the colour scheme and design to suit the look I wanted. Furthermore, with Emaze it allowed me to add links to my teaser trailer so that during the presentation you are able to watch the trailer to get a better understanding about the points I am making.

Mahara & OneDrive

Mahara is the main new media technology that I have used during the process of making my media products. Mahara allowed me to make note of everything we have done at every step of the way by embedding videos, images, text and presentations. Mahara also allowed me to keep track of all the work I have completed by storing it all in one blog which enables me to access it wherever. 

One drive was used alongside mahara, as once we had filled up our storage on mahara we had to use one drive to insert images into mahara. One drive allowed me to keep all my images in one place and was easily accessible wherever I was. Moreover, OneDrive enable me to share images and documents between the members of my group so that we all had access to the same images that we needed and the same documents. For example we were all able to access the poster images in order to chose the best one as we were able to use one drive to share the images with one another in a group file.

You Tube 

I used You Tube through the whole process of making my media products because I had to use it to generate videos to enable me to get an embed and share code to place videos such as moovly videos into my journal. Furthermore, You Tube also enabled us to present our final teaser trailer and receive our feedback via the you tube comments as everyone has access to the trailer and is able to watch it freely.