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

I have used many new media technologies during all stages of the project. Having the chance and personal ability has meant that everything looks a lot more professional and equally makes things a lot easier to complete.

YouTube - Is a great research tool and it also helps when constructing things like the poster, trailer and magazine cover. When you are able to compare previous trailers and then incorporate those factors into your own trailer this will make your work look a lot more professional. You can study techniques of editing from horror trailers than you can then try and copy and add into your own work. When you are planning a shoot and you want to look at certain shots YouTube as a website means that there is a wide selection of already existing videos that have the same styles that you are trying to re-create. I have quite a good knowledge of Youtube and how its set up and works. I myself use Youtube everyday. I'm also part of the online community which is basically a large group of people that make user generated content including music videos, comedy sketches, advice videos and general video blogging and we all support each other in doing so. Its a great way to connect with people and a great website to upload the final trailer to.

Flickr - Is a brilliant way of noting you're pictures and work on a computer without having sheets and sheets of work with hand written notes all over them, adding the fact that you can then upload the pictures directly to your blog makes flickr a great simple tool to use. Using flickr enables you to make lots of different notes on certain areas of an existing product. Highlighting particular areas helps you focus on things you can do in your own project.

Photoshop - This picture creator and editor is something that is incredible vital to making things look polished and professional. You can do almost anything using Photoshop. Whether you want to remove a certain area of a face or move something a little to the left to improve clarity of image. Having such control over a product means you can do anything you want with it.

Video Cameras - Although I've been using video cameras a lot over the past couple of years its not a skill that you can ever stop learning. Using them more and more during this product improves all aspects of your ability to use a camera. Whether it be a moving or still shot or a cleverly positioned shot that could indicate something that the audience might not notice straight away. Using a video camera is a great skill to use after college if you are looking to go into that industry.

Final Cut Pro - Although I have used editing software similar to Final Cut it didn't have anywhere near the capabilities of Final Cut. I would consider it to be the Photoshop of video editing in that you can do almost anything on it. If you want to do something to a shot or a title block or edit the audio Final Cut will almost certainly have a tool that will enable you to do so. It does take a while to master but once you know how things work and what you're doing then it all becomes quite simple.

Blogger - is a great way to keep all of your research tools and main projects in one place to be uploaded and looked at. It's very simple and fast when uploading straight to it and gives you the chance to link it to external website like Flickr or Youtube. Compared to traditional methods its just easier due to the computer access of it. It saves easily and means you don't have to type things out over and over as you can simply edit previous posts.