1. How did you use new media technologies In
The construction and research, planning
and evaluation stages?
Bio - The Evaluation

2. •
In Research...
Throughout the research, planning
and the evaluation stage many
forms of technology were used to
aid us. In research we began by • We then moved on to
using Youtube to research similar using the camera to
horror films. We watched some record ourselves
trailers to be able to gain a completing a zombie
perspective of what these films were make-up test. This was
like. We then knew what types of done to ensure we could
shots, lighting and editing were make the film look
popular amongst this genre. Click realistic. The camera we
Here used to record this was a
Canon 1100D. Click
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• We also used the We then used Microsoft Word
camera to take to write out our rough
pictures of our narrative for filming. This
location scouting. gave us direction when
We then used the We used Google in general to filming so that we didn’t
photo sharing search for zombie related begin to change to much as
website ‘Flickr’ to events and films to gain further we filmed.
upload and share perspective on the genre. We
them on our blog. found theme park events and
Click Here ‘Zombie Walks’ across the
world, with the possibility of
filming these we could have
made the film on a big scale,
however the only one
happening at the time was in
Toronto. We found horror film
posters and trailers to see what
aspects we needed to include.

3. In Research...
We used IMDB (international
movie database) to search Before the year was starting we
for other zombie films to had a transition period in which
see what ideas had already we practiced using iMovie We used the website
been used. We then made before starting out on the www.impawards.com to view
sure we didn’t copy these coursework. This gave us a past horror film posters
ideas but used many ideas chance to get used to the before moving on to make
put together to create a new program and then when we our own. This helped us
zombie movie idea. Click came round to using it to edit when taking the photos for
Here our trailer footage we were not the poster. We knew what
coming in to a new program sort of lighting we needed
not knowing how to use the and what sort of shot was
basics. used amongst most horror
posters.
We used Blogger to blog
everything we did throughout
all stages. We used it during
the research stage to
document everything we had
found useful. We also used it
to link up all of our work
We then used Microsoft Word across Youtube, Blogger and
to write out our rough Flickr to allow people to view
narrative for filming. This our work easily. Every week
gave us direction when we would use the blog as a
filming so that we didn’t diary to keep people up to
begin to change to much as date with what we were
we filmed. producing. Click Here

4. In Production...
We used Youtube and a
We used the Canon camera
video to sound converter to
again in production to film the
take the backing music from
footage for our trailer. We
the ‘Dead Island’ video
used the Canon instead of an
game trailer and then we
actual video camera because
were able to use this music
the Canon had 720p HD
as a backing track to our
filming where as the video
trailer. We also used the
cameras available only filmed
converter to take zombie
in standard 420p. This gave
sound effects from another
our film trailer a better image
video game video. We then
quality and therefore offered
continued to use
easier viewing for our
GarageBand to edit this
audience. We went to one of
sound clip and cut out the
the locations on our location
one sound effect that we
scout to begin filming.
were going to use.
We also used Adobe
Photoshop to create our
production team logo. We
found a base image on
Google Images and then We then used iMovie to put all of
put this into Photoshop our footage together and decide
to edit the colours and what clips were good enough to
add text to match the include in our trailer. We cut out
logo with our company the bad shots and used these to
name. create an out takes video. With the
good footage we managed to
organise the shots into a flowing
trailer explaining the movie.

5. We used Adobe Photoshop to In Production...
create our poster for our film. To create our magazine
Our billboard poster was
also created using Adobe
The poster was created using front cover we used
Photoshop, again using an
an image taken at the make-up another image from the
image from the make-up
test that we did, using the make-up shoot and
test. We used photoshop to
Canon 1100d camera. We then again used Photoshop
add blood stains on the
put this image into Photoshop to add lots off blood to
walls to create the feel of
and toned down the colours to the image to add to the
death and danger, also
create a darker image, ‘Horror Special’ issue.
commonplace in horror
common in other horror We used Empire
posters. We also added
posters. We also used a magazine as it is a well
major reviews from
process in which we added known film review
magazines to further entice
different colours and effects to magazine. We also
our audience in to watch the
add a 3D effect to the poster added other Horror film
film. The lighting was also
so that when wearing 3D names and darkened
adjusted to create a darker
glasses the image appears to the original image.
image.
come out at you. This is
because 3D is becoming more
popular in films and it added
to the horror due to the fact
the zombie is coming out at
the reader.

6. In Evaluation...
We used Keynote in the
evaluation process in order to
complete the question “How Did
You Use New Media Technologies We used iMovie for the question
In The Construction, Research, “In what ways does your media
Planning and Evaluation Stages?” product use, develop or
We used Keynote because it challenge forms and conventions
allowed us to easily link images of real media products?” We
to certain pieces of work and used a video camera to film
allowed the explanation to flow ourselves talking about
easily. We then used ‘Slideshare’ conventional work and how we
to change the format of this used these to develop our
presentation so it was able to be products. We then put the
viewed on our blog. footage onto iMovie to cut it
down to the pieces we wanted
and then added a filter to make it
look like a hostage video. We
added text to the video for the For the question “ What have
audience to follow it more easily. you learned from your
I also edited the sound so that it audience feedback?” we
could be heard more clearly. used a website called
‘xtranormal.com’ to change
For the question “How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary text to words through an
texts?” we used Microsoft Word to animated character. We
chose for the character to be
a voodoo doll as it fitted
quite nicely with the horror
genre. This made the
evaluation more interactive
and interesting so that the
audience would find it easier
to follow.