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

2. Wordpress.

3. Wordpress.
Wordpress was where my blog is placed.
This was the main item I would look back at,
it reminded me of what I needed to do and
when I was planning to do it. My blog made
me more organised. It allowed people who
wanted to view my blog see clearly what I
had done and when I posted it. My blog also
gave me the option to organise my blog in
to categories. This meant I could put all of
my research and planning in one category
which makes seeing previous work done
more easier to access. People who want to
see stages of the project can also done the
same by clicking on the category which is
the one they want to view. It is also placed
in chronological order which helps me and
the viewer see how much progress I have
made.

4. Wordpress.
On wordpress when creating a new post
you are able to choose which category
you want it in. It also allows you to edit
the date of a post published and what
time it got published. You can do this by
pressing the quick edit on the post you
want to change. This is helpful because if
you make a mistake and put in it in the
wrong category or have forgot to upload
something you can go back and put it in
the right order and time frame so the
stages are still in chronological order.

5. Wordpress.
Wordpress also allowed me to post links
and polls up. For example when
researching trailers I was able to place
links in my post and write my comment
under the trailer itself. This was helpful
because it allowed me to refer back to
the trailers I had chosen and compare
mine own to actual one out there, it was
also a lot quicker to do this as it was on
my blog in a category rather than
searching for the trailer on youtube.
Wordpress also allowed me to place polls
in the posts. This helped me to collect
data from my target audience.

6. Wordpress.
I have also used wordpress to
uploaded my story board to use
as a guideline when filming my
trailer and I have written a small
character profile so I can keep in
mind how I want my character to
come across in the film trailer. I
also got my actress to look at the
character and story board before
I filmed the trailer so she had a
better understanding of the
character she was playing. I feel
this made a big difference as the
actress had more confidence
when acting as she knew more
information. It also meant that
the film went more smoothly.

8. Google.
I used Google to get to Medi@chs which is my
schools media website. On this website there
were links to other websites which would help
and give advice in planning our trailers. The
blog also has not only my own blog on but my
class mates blogs which allows people to see
what the class mates have done. Its also a way
to get to get some target audience research by
getting people to vote on the polls which you
have previously made on wordpress. These
polls allow me to see the results and find out
what my target audience would like to see.
Deadlines are also put on the blog which helps
me to stay organised as anything that is posted
on the main section of the blog automatically
sends an email straight to your email address
which means I have a constant reminder.

9. Google.
I used Google to research Film
magazines and posters. Google
allowed me to view are range of
different genres. This allowed me to
help compare them when analysing
them. I have also used Google to get
pictures of advertising such as bus
stops so I could place my own poster
over the top of them. I also used a site
called dafont to create my film name
in the style I wanted. This font helped
the name stand out on my poster and
film magazine because it was so
different from the normal ones you
get. I also used Google images to
research film magazine and poster
designs that already exist.

10. Google.
I also used Google images to
research film magazine and poster
designs that already exist. Google
was the main place I went to do
my research for my poster and
magazine because it had such a
variety of examples. I could also be
very specific in what style I wanted
to research and Google still gave
me examples such as I typed in to
Google inception poster and it
gave me lots of different examples
of the film posters. This meant I
could choose the best poster to
analyse and get the best research
from.

11. Google.
I have also used Google to research existing idents
and logos that are already out there. I have mainly
focused on the colours and the layout of the
idents. I also looked at how idents changed
depending on the film such as the Warner
Brothers logo changes to a darker colour before
the Harry Potter film so the logo fits in with the
theme of the film. I also used google to research
film age guidelines and the definition for each of
them. This was helpful and I had to bare in mind
what I could put in my trailer and if it was suitable
for my target audiences age range. AI also used
Google to research green preview screen to go at
the start of my trailer. I wanted to add this in
because I wanted my trailer to look more
authentic.

13. Youtube.
Youtube has been one of the main site I have
used this year. I have used the site for a variety of
stages such as researching existing trailers and
uploading my own. This required me to have my
personal login. Youtube gave me a variety of
trailers to look at. At the beginning when doing
my research on trailers I wasn’t sure which genre I
wanted to use I researched a variety of genres,
they were Fantasy, Horror, Comedy and Romantic
Comedy. Youtube also allowed me to manage my
own videos which was very helpful because it was
another way of seeing which versions of my
trailer I had uploaded. I could also give each
version I uploaded a name which helped with the
organisation.

14. Youtube.
I also used Youtube to help me design my
ident. After doing some research on previous
idents I wasn’t sure how to create an ident
which moved. I decided to type in to Youtube
the software name I was using and ident at the
end. This allowed me to see a variety of results
and I choose a tutorial to listen to. As I was
listening to the tutorial I was on After Effects
and following the individual steps. Once I had
finished creating my ident I uploaded it on to
Youtube and placed it in a post on my blog.

15. Publisher.

16. Publisher.
I used publisher to help create my own
personal green preview screen. After doing
some research I decided to make my own
green preview screen so I could put my own
personal touch on it. For example I have
advertised my own blog at the bottom and
put ‘for more information on ratings’ which
is a post I have on my blog.
I have also used publisher to analyse film
magazines and posters. I used publisher
because it is easy layout to analyse my
research. Using publisher was also good
because when I was ready to upload the
content up to my blog I just had to change
the file to a jpeg.

17. Powerpoint and Slide share.

18. Powerpoint and slide share.
I have used powerpoint to help me complete my evaluation questions. I chose to use
power point because it is a well presented and organised software to use. It also allowed
me to annotate any of my print screens I needed to. To upload my powerpoint I used a
software called slide share where I had to make my own account. Once the powerpoint
is uploaded to slideshare I can place the link in a new post and place it on my blog for
people to see.

19. Photoshop.

20. Photoshop.
I used photoshop to design my first
magazine design and my film poster design.
I have had previous experience using this
software and therefore felt confident using
it. I felt that photoshop was more helpful
with my film poster as I had a lot of layers. It
also allowed me to adjust the photo that I
was on the poster. Before I edited the
picture I had a coloured picture but after I
had a black and white version. This helped
the poster fit in with the film’s theme. The
software also allowed me to adjust the
colours of the font which also allowed the
poster to fit in with the theme. I have also
put my poster I design on bus stops so I
could advertise my film.

21. In Design

22. In design.
After getting feed back from my target
audience from the medi@chs website I
decided to do a new version of my film
magazine. This time I decided to do it on a
different software called In Design. This
allowed me to choose a existing magazine
and use the layout to make my magazine
look more professional. I did this by drawing
boxes around the layout out of the Empire
magazine which covered the Harry Potter
film. The only thing I didn’t like about In
Design is that there wasn’t a range of colours
I could use however I am happy with the
ones I have used on my film magazine.

23. Premire Pro.
Audacity.
After Effects.

24. Premire Pro.
I used premire pro to edit my trailer. This
software was easy to use after I had got
used to it. It allowed me to piece
together my filming clips. It also allowed
me to add sound in and my ident which I
had previously made.
Audacity.
I also used the software audacity. I used audacity to record the voice over
to add in my trailer. I had a problem using this software as the
microphone wouldn’t work on my computer therefore I had to change
computers. Once I had recorded the narration I was able to import it into
Premire Pro and edit it and place the recording in the right places.
After effects.
I used after effects to create my ident. This
was a good software to use as I could follow
tutorials on youtube to help me design