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

Today, we have got the advantage of having new technologies to use to enable us to achieve the highest standard of products; whereas in the past it has been much harder for producers to create a film and if any mistakes were made at any point they wouldn't have the opportunity to 'undo' it for instance; which makes a dramatic difference at each stage.

Blogger: Is a new technology we have benefited from having the opportunity to use because it is a stylish presentation tool and easily accessible. Blogger is also easily editable; meaning any mistakes are not set in stone and you do not have to re-do all of your work. Having your work stored on blogger means it is not going to get lost or damaged like it may do if it was on lots of different paper files. In contrast to paper files, blogger allows multi-media options such as video clips which would be impossible to put onto paper. There are options on blogger to enable effective communication between groups and to 'share' which is helpful because you don't all have to get together in the group to discuss or share ideas for example.


Scribd: Using Scribd we were able to share our treatment on there so that the whole group could access it from anywhere and could then give feedback if we needed to. It is a very quick and easy way to share work and download it onto your own blog. 

DivShare: Allowed us to host our audio treatment and feedback on the site, again within minutes, and then download it onto our blogs in minutes with no hassle of any tapes which we would have to physically copy and keep safe years ago.

StoryBoard Quick: This was a fast and easy way for us to be able to gain an idea of how our film would flow and what shots may look like. Digitally it is easily changeable as well at any point throughout the process; unlike if we were to draw it all out on paper; which would also be highly time consuming.

Final Draft AV: This software, again, saved a lot of time and also has automatic format of fonts.

Sony HD cameras: These proved very useful on location as we were able to watch back the footage we had just filmed to check which shots needed re-shooting there and then. It also meant we could see the framing for the shot whilst filming. The HD gave the footage higher quality to make the films look as professional as possible. As well, by being able to put our footage straight onto the Apple Macs it meant we were able to cut bits up, change the orders, and re-do this as many times as we wanted fairly quickly, in comparison to how it used to be. Before this modern technology was available, footage would literally have been cut up and then if you did it in the wrong place or wanted to change it later on it would be impossible and this way parts of the film could easily get damaged or lost which is highly unlikely when doing it all digitally.

Final Cut: allows non-linear, non-destructive editing which supports not having to actually physically cut the actual tape up and so the editing is constantly changeable. This means you can be experimental with your work as many times as you like in order to get the best result. It also allows effects and transitions to be used to make the film flowing and not look choppy how they may have looked more in the past.  

 YouTube: Being able to upload feedback videos and our actual films to YouTube was very quick and easy to do, it is also good free exhibition. This means by putting our film on YouTube we will be able to get feedback from other people from all over the world as well which is very useful for a wider audience feedback in a very short period of time. To gain feedback from so many people from all different places in the world would have been impossible years ago or would have been very expensive and time consuming.

Alongside YouTube, we also used Facebook: We hosted our poster on FaceBook which again gave us the opportunity of collecting worldwide feedback, one comment made was from America for example. This also allowed good communication between the group without having to be with each other to see the product and give our opinion which made the process quicker and easier. 

Sountrack Pro: was useful for the editing stage of our film and we could pick out suitable music and sound effcts to match each clip whilst we could watch the film at the same time to match them properly. 

QuarkXPress: allowed us to create the magazine review to be of similar standard to similar professional products. 

PhotoShop: was hihgly useful when creating the poster, especially as one member of our group had a lot of experience of using it already. We took pictures of the actors individually and were able to PhotoShop these together to gain the finished product after a few adjustments which have been previously mentioned. PhotoShop is highly professional, quick and experimental again which are always good advantages.