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

Voice Recorder

We used a voice recorder during the process of filming as we needed various reports to be over-layed on clips. We used a recorder as the sound is much clearer on there and the sound was going the overlap and so it would not work being recorded on the footage. while doing this i have grown more confident in using the voice recorder as I can import the files onto the mac by myself.

 Social Media
I used you tube to add my drafts of our film, this meant we was able to get feedback from people about improvements we could make. This allowed us to get feedback globally not just from people in the school. Another social media website we used was Facebook, we used this website when talking to others in the group via personal message. We used this when we could access our gmail as Facebook we could use when out and about.


Photo Shop
I used Photoshop when creating my two ancillary tasks. I used a range of tools, one's which I have used before and other which were new to me. The tools that i have used before are the move tool, magic wand tool, lasso tool and the magnetic lasso , erase tool,crop tool and rectangular marquee tool. Tools which were new to me was the blur tool using the brush 300, the fill/eyedropper tool, outer glow/fill opacity, adjustments with hue/saturation, levels and brightness/contrast, duplicate layer and smudge tool. The tools which I were new to me allowed me to create and more sophisticated piece, as i was advancing in how i can manipulate my images. on top of this i have also grown more confident in using tools which i had already used, this allowed me to become advanced in my knowledge of how to use the tools and how to do more impressive things with basic tools stretching there capability.

Blogger
During the process of making the film, I used blogger to log my ideas of my film, this meant that I was able to see my progress I had made throughout the making of my film. I had a lot put down my research and generic conventions of psychological thrillers and so i could make sure that i had included them in my film. I also included my research from poster and magazines meaning I could
make my ancillary tasks look as professional as I could.

Macs- Final Cut Pro
I used a variation of tools on this program such as transitions, blade tool, colour saturation, adding sounds, detach audio, volume control, auto save and camera effect. My skill particularity in cutting out small sections of footage out has improved as I have been using this program from couple years and so I have been getting a lot of practice allowing my trailer to become more successful and professional. Some tools which I haven't used is hold, reverse clip and screen grabs. we used screen grabs to have stills of news paper clipping in our film, we also used hold to keep on screen for longer if we wanted our audience to concentrate on a certain clip. We used reverses clip when Parker walks out the bathroom from pitch black then walks back again, this made it a generic convention of psychological thrillers.

Digital Camera and Video Camera
For my ancillary tasks I used the digital camera for taking pictures. We also took pictures for our film of the newspaper clippings on the notice board. I learn t to take a variations of images so that i have lots to chose from when it came to putting the stills into the trailer and choosing an appropriate image for my poster and magazine. We used a variation of shots such as close ups, mid shots, long shots, panning, tracking and hand held, we also used the flash light in some shots. We didn't use many creative shots as we didn't want to draw the attention away from the context of the film. it is also a generic convention of psychological thrillers that they use ordinary shots. along with the use of the video camera, for some shots we used the tripod, this allowed us to create a steady shot when we wanted one.

Gmail
We used gmail to to email scripts drafts, this meant we could makes changes to the script if we felt necessary to discuss making possible changes. We also emailed title fonts and production logos to one others too see if they were right. In school most laptops and computer suites cant access media accounts meaning we couldn't get onto social media such as Facebook on normal laptops, this meant we couldn't used Facebook messenger and we didn't have internet connection at school. D
ue to this we used gmail during school time to contact one another.

Mobile Phone
I used my phone for a variation of things such as taking pictures for evidence of what i had done in my film and my initial ideas, i used my phone instead of a digital camera as it was quicker and I didn't need the quality that a digital camera gives. I also installed the Facebook messenger app as this allowed me to contact others in my group quickly and if I wasn't at home to check my email or go on my laptop. It is also easier to use Facebook messenger on my phone that it is email and it is a more instant way of communicating. I also downloaded the YouTube app as this meant i could easily show my family and friends my trailer in order to get feedback, it was a much or convenient way of showing them rather than using my laptop.

Other Websites
FREE PLAY MUSIC- I had previously used this website in my AS course to find music for our opening title and so I thought it would be a good place to look for my music and sound effects for my trailer. However after searching for music for a while on this website I couldn't find anything that particularly felt right for the trailer, however it didn't help me get an idea for what I was and wasn't looking for.
NETFLIX- I used this website when researching psychological thrillers, it helped me get an deeper idea of generic conventions. This website was particularly good to look for genre and they have genres and sub genres so i could find the genre i was looking for.