Evaluation

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



Research and Planning

During our research and planning, access to a computer or laptop was internet

essential. To thoroughly research short films within our genre, we also needed the internet. Websites such as YouTube distribute all types of videos so it was easily accessible for us to complete our analysis. We were able to see other student films while also high budget short films which gave us much inspiration. Social network sites such as Facebook were critical for my group because it allowed us to connect and contact each other outside of college, it was simple for us to post links and information about our work to another member of the group.

During all stages of production, I used many of the programmes my laptop offered such as Microsoft word, Excel and PowerPoint. I then used Slide Share to upload these so I could change the format and present them on my Blog.

Construction


When we moved onto the construction of our short film, we discovered and used more new technology than we did in our AS. To start with, we used a semi professional camera to film our short film. This enabled us to play with the focus, change the white balance and generally create a more detailed, sharper looking short film. We also used a digital camera to take pictures throughout the shoot, for behind the scene images and to maintain continuity.
When it came to editing our short film, we used Premiere Pro, an unfamiliar software to us which to begin with was hard to use. After a few lessons though, we got to grips with it, our rushes were shortened, we added a soundtrack and transitions and our short film was created.
When making ancillary tasks, we used Photoshop for our poster. To begin with, I used Microsoft word for the second ancillary task (the double page review) but after we were told it didn’t look professional enough, we recreated the review in a programmed called InDesign. Seeing as I or any of my team members had used this technology before, it was a big step up from AS.

Evaluation For our evaluation, we created a PowerPoint presentation to present to the class. I also wrote a general evaluation in Microsoft word.
To show our development from AS, instead of just having a hard copy file, we created blogs on the network site Blogger to present our coursework as it showed our ability to use new technology, we could also upload photos and videos to make it more interactive. I then used a scanner to scan any work in that I wanted on my blog. Using new technology was essential to the process of creating our short film, I feel we have developed greatly from AS.