Evaluation Question 4

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

Photoshop was the main thing that allowed me to make both of my point products. This helped me to make my products look aesthetically pleasing and also made them look professional. Photoshop allowed me to made use of tools such as brushes, hue/saturation, brightness/contrast as well as many other. I also used Photoshop for constructing my layout for my products; I did this by using rulers. I was also able to edit my final photos in here using the magic wand tool and the desaturated tool.

Final cut pro enabled me to create my trailer and edit it together piece by piece to achieve a professional looking trailer. I now know how to cut down shot, fade in and out of shots, make shots blink and many other transitions between them.

iMacs allowed me to access all of the programs needed to complete this task, even though I have only got access to this at college and not at home, the fact that they were so useful meant I could complete my work.

Photo booth has allowed me to review my feedback as I got everyone to do a short video on what they thought of my products, also it allowed me to assess my own products and make videos of myself regarding the progress of my products.

PowerPoint allowed a different way of showing my progress rather than just posting something I could put photos in and edit different styles of text to make my work look better and ultimately easier to read and use.

Prezi proved to be very useful as it has unlimited depth and was very convenient to use, It lets me create my ideas and then make a mind map to show possible outcomes. It allowed me to import videos and pictures so that I could compare and contrast them.

YouTube has allowed me to upload my final trailer and get feedback that way. It has also allowed me to put videos on of me asking people what they think of my products. Also I could look at other professional trailers through this and then compare to my own.

Blogger has made it easy to be organised and keep on top of work. It has a useful; display and is easy to navigate around; this was a must in the progression of my work.

Grab tool has made showing the progression of my work step by step easy because it allowed me to just take a selection of what I was working on and save it with just a click of the mouse.

Dafont.com is the most useful website for getting fonts that I wanted to use and also for researching what range of fonts are out there. It has helped my products look professional.

Still cameras have benefited both of the print products that I created because it allowed me to take an effective looking photo to use for my front cover. I learned how to use the focus on the camera for extra effect also.

HD Video Camera’s allowed me to record my final trailer, taking my ideas and actually putting them into action, I used the HD one because I wanted a clearer view on what I was making.