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

Web 2.0 is very useful for those who make low budgeted films, as it means through the use of free technologies, which are available to everyone, films can be easily and effectively produced, which can be as influential and attract as much interest as the big budgeted films. Through the use of Web 2.0 it has made the creation of my film and ancillary texts very easy. As I was simply able to create them, and then through the use of blogger and youtube, it made it easy for me to receive feedback, and also research much more easily.

These three technologies gave me the chance to easily broadcast my work to a wider audience, then that of just my classmates, friends and teacher. This automatically made my research and feedback a lot easier, as many sources gave me a good opinion on the improvements I could make. Flickr is a very effective tool for annotating your work quickly and easily, and when I was researching previous magazine covers or film posters, it gave me the chance to individually and easily annotate the different segments of each, which gave me a good idea on how I needed to make my own poster and magazine cover correspond with the already successful ones in production.

Through the use of blogger I have easily been able to update and organise my work, and means that I do not have to work my way through a packed ring binder! This is a much more effective and useful system of storing and organising work, and through Web 2.0, it is very easy to access, considering we have not had a budget in order to make this project.

Youtube is the most useful tool in order for feedback and research, as before I began producing the 'Diederich' trailer, I researched many previous trailers which had been successful, for example 'The Strangers' and managed to based my trailer on this very well. However some of the information found is very irrelevant, and can be spam, but overall it is an effective tool for creating a better final product.

Having the availability of an Apple Imac, which contained photoshop, final cut pro, and garage band, was a very influential reason as to why my ancillary texts, and trailer was very effective. The use of photoshop gave me the chance to modify everything down to the final detail, and this was a very important piece of software, as it helped me to create a very effective magazine cover, and film poster. 

Final Cut Pro, is a brilliant piece of software which allowed our group to easily piece together our trailer, and although the Final Cut interface can sometimes cause a few problems, we eventually managed to combat these and create a very nice trailer.

Garage band helped us to create one of the most important aspects of our trailer, which was our main backing track, and other sounds. Once again the interface at times could be relatively confusing, but after a little bit of practising this was easily combated. 

Without the use of a 'Sony Handycam' we would not have been able to complete our footage as successfully as we did. For the majority of our shots we used a tripod, which also enhanced our ability to receive good and effective shots. The downloading of the footage from the camera was sometimes a rather tedious and anxious job, but the using and filming of the footage was made very easy through the simplicity of these cameras. 

Through this project I have used a wide range of technologies, in order to produce a successful and creative piece of media work. Through the use of Web 2.0, hence meaning the lack of budget we had in order to create this project, I have managed to develop my skills on blogger, photoshop and flickr. However all of these technologies have given me the chance to create an effective piece of work, and has gained me valuable skills which will no doubt be beneficial for me to possess in the future, as society thrives more on the technological advances of modern society.