1. HOW DID YOU USE NEW MEDIA
TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION
RESEARCH, PLANNING AND EVALUATION
STAGES?
Daniel Joda

2. 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)

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.