FINAL EVALUATION

Question 4.

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

evaluation stages?

There was a variety of software and equipment which I used throughout the creation of our

horror trailer as well as my magazine cover and film poster. The montage of images below

shows the logos of software’s we used throughout and pictures of equipment we also used.

Web 2.0 technologies have a various number of advantages especially to low budget/no

budget film makers. Web 2.0 overall is the meaning of individuals creating the web instead

of the web being created for them. I like to say that it isn’t created for you it is created by

you. In many ways it is created by everyone for everyone and individuals share content

which others can see, create content which others can see and share virally. Today there are

various technologies in web 2.0 which are available such as: Youtube, Blogger and many

more which are cheap or free. There is also cheap equipment available to buy like video

cameras, tripods etc which allow people to make their own film. They can then create their

piece in software’s which are quick and easy to use today such as premier pro. This is the

point where they can then distribute this on websites such as Youtube and Blogger,

promoting their creations to others. So today with all of the quick and easy and cheap

equipment and software available it allows low budget filmmakers to create and distribute a

film on a very small or no budget.

Using the technologies to create our horror trailer and media products (magazine cover &

poster) was very straight forward and simple. Due to the fact that there are so many media

products available today to people at good prices and that technology is so highly

developed, I have gained good experience in working with these overall so when coming to

use the technologies for the creation of our products it was fairly straight forward and

simple for myself. Of course there were some people in the group who were much more

confident than others in using software’s but in many ways this was helpful as they could

help others who were not as confident. Also today lots of people post video tutorials on

websites like YouTube to provide people like ourselves with help in using particular

software’s. This was also helpful when we identified a problem with something throughout

creation. Of course when I was creating I came across some difficulties and confusion in the

software’s- especially premier pro as I hadn’t worked with this before. I overcame these

however by seeking advice from group members who were more confident or looking at

tutorial videos online.

As explained I have good general knowledge in working with media overall so when coming

to create my products it was reasonably straight forward. I had large experience in working

with software’s like photoshop but when coming to working with premier pro this was

slightly different. Working with Photoshop developed my knowledge further in the software

as when working with it I continuously pick up new skills and learn new things. With premier

pro I had no experience at all so working with this was fresh for me. Everything I learnt was

new. Every lesson I worked with the software creating our trailer my knowledge developed

more and more and I continuously picked up new skills and ideas. This was all experience

and provided me with skills to use in the software for the future if using Premier Pro again.