How Did You Use New Media Technologies In The Construction, Research, Planning and Evaluation Stages?
The main technology i used when constructing my product and ancillary products was the Longsands Academy computers which we was provided with. These were essential for constructing our A2 film and ancillary texts as it gave me the resources needed to research information, such as various websites and programs, which enabled me to present the information in a unique way rather than the average PowerPoint. The computers supplied word and PowerPoint in which allowed me to draft, and gather research. These computers were also essential for me as it gave me a solid email system to work with, where i could share work, ask for feedback from teachers and also send various bits of work home, and vice versa. The Computers were useful when it came to my ancillary texts also, as i could use Photoshop to create drafts, and final copies of my magazine front cover and poster, whilst asking for active feedback. These computers had Adobe Premier Pro also, which me and my group found useful for drafting idea's about the editing and construction of our final trailer.
Possibly the most useful new technology i used was a Canon G7x Digital Camera which was used to record our footage. This was very useful as it had a tripod, and allowed for good quality footage to be shot, which i believe to be better than the camera's in which were supplied to us as a group from the school. This also made it a lot easier to get the various amounts of different shots in which we needed as it was able to focus more readily, and avoid light distortion which we thought may be a problem. We did this by using the feature on it that allowed us to neutralise the saturation, which made the shots look more monotone and dull, which in the context of our film was perfect storyline wise. This was also effective as it allowed us to review our footage quickly straight away, so that we knew initially whether we needed any reshoots, or if someone has a better idea. Therefore we did not need to worry about getting the footage off of the camera before reviewing the footage due to the quality. This Canon camera made it very easy for me to transfer the footage back then onto a computer for the editing process, which therefore sped up the process of the production and editing of the film.
Photoshop was useful when it came to creating my ancillary texts as it is a photo editing software. Photoshop played many roles when it came to the creation of not on ancillary, but also the main product we produced. I used Photoshop on the school computers to create both my magazine front cover and poster for our film Delirium. Photoshop was essential for this because it has many tools
available on the program which can be used to create effects, change colours, overlay textures, and changes fonts and sizes of images without the distortion effect. Not only were my ancillary texts produced on Photoshop, it also allowed for the creation of both the production company logo for Mortem Productions which is a devil, but also the main title itself, 'Delirium'. One group member Harrison, is very skilled when it comes to Photoshop, so having a program that someone was good at using was very useful as he suggest idea's, and criticise certain elements until they was satisfactory. 
My IPhone, was also extremely useful for me during the evaluations and construction of my blog, and media products. This is because i could download apps which helped me produce work and high quality images which could be used and uploaded to the blog which i have used. This was fairly important as if i was busy or occupied, i could use my IPhone for short periods of time to get any unfinished work completed. More over, any idea's i had whilst out of the classroom were easily accessible to friends via text messages, as well as the blog, so i could store any idea's for later work. The internet is not entirely a new technology, however the millions of websites in which you can access were useful for me when it came to creating my blog especially. I wanted to present my blog in a way which was somewhat unique, therefore certain websites such as Popplet, Wordle, and Prezzi were very useful in doing so. These websites allowed me to present information in a unique way rather than just typing out the information. This was also good for me personally as it was a lot more enjoyable being cre
ative and finding new ways of presenting information than just a word document. Google images was also very important, as many images ca be easily transferred to quickly suggest idea's, as well as give evidence for any narrative features. 
The blog i used to store and present my research, construction and production of my media products is called Blogger. Blogger is a very useful new media technology as i could download the app on my phone, as well as log in on a computer to continue working on my coursework. Blogger is good because it made creating a blog, editing posts, and presenting the information fairly easy for me. It allowed me to import pictures from google, as well as my own documents, and also implement video's in straight from YouTube or the internet. On blogger you are able to schedule uploads which is also useful, as i could re arrange my work if i felt it was not correct, and or let me choose the tasks i wanted to do in the order i wanted to. This is accompanied by the use of tags, which also helped organise my work,
The video sharing website YouTube was also a new media technology which was readily available for me and my group. YouTube was useful for us as it enabled us to have somewhere in which we could post and store our trailer and get comments, as well as present it to the whole class, and have other classes watch it to give us feedback. YouTube proved very easy to use, and it made attaching video's to any blog post's extremely quick and easy.
Facebook messenger and the school email system worked in very similar ways. We as a create used Facebook Messenger to create a group chat with all of our group members in. The use of Facebook Messenger made it extremely easy for our group to agree to meetup to film or edit, as well as discuss and debate idea's, and general necessities similar to those. The use of Facebook Messenger enabled the group of effectively communicate outside of school, which was very helpful.
The Longsands Academy school email system was also a digital technology i used. This is because it enabled me to email my teachers and ask for any improvements on my work, as well as communicate and send idea's and images between me and my group members. This was most important with the evaluations as any information missed out, or that needed correcting was easily flagged up, and i could immediately change it, before sending it off again.
The editing software we used for the Delirium film trailer was Sony Vegas Pro. We decided on this because it is extremely easy to use considering how complex the editing you can achieve on the program, and it also allowed for lots of the effects, such as the fades, sound effects, sound bridges, and intertitles. It allowed us to moderate some of the lighting issues within the trailer similar to the neutral saturation setting, as well as transitions. Sony Vegas Pro proved very efficient for our group as it enabled us all to sit around one computer and discuss and contribute idea's towards the final product of the trailer. As well as us all getting to have a go at working some of the tools available. As this computer was not in school, we had more time to sit together and edit Delirium, therefore it saved lots of time and was relatively quick.
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