HOW DID YOU USE NEW MEDIA

TECHNOLOGIES IN THE

CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH,

PLANNING AND EVALUATION

STAGES?

Daniel Joda

List of all media technologies that we

used

Nikon D610 DSLR

Adobe Premiere CS6

Adobe Photoshop CS6

Adobe InDesign CS6

YouTube

Prezi

Slideshare

KiteLearning

VEM Machine (Video Editing Machine)

Nikon D610 DSLR

Using the “Nikon D610 DSLR” has been critical in filming our short

film because the quality of the camera adds a level of

professionalism because of the 1080p videoing. Whilst we were

filming I had to bring a pack of rechargeable energizer batteries.

The reason for this is because we would be filming for a long time,

so it would only be wise for us to bring two packs of fully charged

batteries.

Another benefit from using this camera is by the type of shots we

were able to take, for instance we were able to focus on certain

characters, to show the characters importance. For instance, when

the main gangster is walking and the rest of them are in background

attacking one of the mafia members.

Adobe Premiere Pro CS6

I used Adobe Premiere Pro in order to edit our footage. The first

screenshot is of when I had put the footage together and then

exported it.

The second screenshot is when I had inserted a voiceover of the

antagonist speaking.

The third screenshot is when I reduced the speed of that specific

shot in order to maintain the suspense.

Adobe Photoshop CS6

Photoshop was the software I used to create my short film poster,

masthead and also my mood boards.

When creating my film poster on Photoshop I knew that there were many

requirements that I had to fulfil. This could only be done using Photoshop.

For instance, the silhouette element was done using “colour overlay”.

Another element that I used was the use of the steel tongs font which is

important when creating a film poster because it is a typical convention.

Furthermore, using this software was not as difficult as other because I had

been using it for 3 years. In addition.

I used Photoshop to create my mood boards because Photoshop is the

best way of grouping images and also much more flexible in terms of the

sizes I want to the images to be.

Adobe InDesign

I used Adobe InDesign because it is the conventional

software to use create a double page spread and in

terms of the technical aspects of the software it is good

to use because I am able to control the size of my

margins, columns and gutter. This is important because

it would look specialist which was one of my initial

intentions I was trying to get across. In addition, looking

at the screenshot below what I was able to do is include

images and graphics I created using Photoshop and

simply insert it on InDesign.

Presentation Software

YouTube – YouTube is an integral part of this

course because everything I did during the

process of filming is I put on YouTube, for

instance all the development work, where we

filmed and also why we filmed.

Presentation Software

Slideshare – I used Slideshare for the planning

and evaluation stage as it straight-forward to

use. In addition because it is free and online it

is easily accessible all the times. Furthermore,

I can embed it on my blog which improves the

way my blog is presented.

Presentation Software

Prezi – I also used Prezi for my planning and

evaluation. Prezi once again is a free online based

application which means I can use it all the time. In

addition, the application is much more interactive this

is ideal because it is important to be using interactive

software's to show my flexibility with different

software's. I also used Prezi to present our pitch to

our teacher, the reason for using Prezi is because of

the interactivity.

Using The VEM (Video Editing

Machine)

We used this machine because it is ideal for the task we are doing. For

instance looking at my screenshot what I was doing was going on YouTube to

see how to create sound effects and whilst I was watching it, I was applying it

within our short film. This is why having a two monitors side by side is so

effective.

Conclusion

To summarise, to complete this Advanced Production to a very good standard there needs to be a diverse amount of software's that should be used in order to create a film and also all the planning and evaluation. I believe I have achieved this as I used different presentation software’s and when it came to creating the film and the ancillary task I used the specialist programme Adobe. As it was specialist however, I knew I still had many skills to learn so going to people for help and watching videos was very beneficial and that is seen through the products I have created.