Evaluation Question 4

How Did I Use New Media Technologies?

Amber-rose Smith

Final Cut Pro

• I used Final Cut Pro 6 to edit and export my video and some of my evaluations

• + Powerful editing tool• - Rendering is a time-consuming and

often causes the video to crash

Adobe Photoshop

• Used to create borders for the video and cartoon titles

• Created the Digipak and Full Page Ad

• + Sophisticated photo editing tool

Dafont.com

• Used to download comic style font for the video and ancillary texts

Quick Time

• Creating Video files• Exporting to smaller videos (for

putting on Blogger etc• + Very versatile and made it easy to

swap between Mac and PC

MPEG Streamclip

• Changing the format of my footage into an easily editable format.

• + Makes it easy to swap between hardware but ultimately work in one format e.g. easy to convert video from phone and iPad

• - It’s important to export the right format and getting it wrong can cause problems

Microsoft Word

• Writing notes• Typing up the shotlist, shooting

schedule etc.• Spell checking my blog posts• Planning script for evaluations• - Different versions of the program

arent compatible

Microsoft Powerpoint

• Presentation to class• Answering evaluation questions• + Very good presentation tool; easy

to share• - Presentations can be static and

boring without video or audio links

Web Browsers

• Predominantly Safari and Google Chrome

• Used for general internet access• Research of previous A level work &

real media texts • Emailing work• Gaining feedback• + Used everyday• - School browser filtered numerous

useful websites

Blogger

• I used blogger to keep my coursework in one place.

• For my Teacher and the examiners to review and mark.

• + Good hub for all my work• - Text presentation can be hit and

miss; I haven’t worked out how to reorder posts according to subject

Youtube

• Uploaded videos and evaluation questions to put on my blog.

• Researched real media texts • + Interactive resource for consuming and

contributing• Gaining feedback

Facebook

•Used to upload my video • Useful for gaining feedback

Beemp3.com

• I used beemp3 to download my track Droideka – Get Hyper

• Technically illegal software

Desktop iMac

• Used for all work in school • + Linked to a network so computer

work can be flexible • - Crashed often• - Computers were often unavailable • -Limited timings

Canon SLR 550D

• This is the camera that the majority of the music video was filmed with.

• + Digital SD card transfers files to computer via a card reader

• + High Definition filming capability• - SD card capacity limited the

amount of filming (had to purchase another one whilst shooting!)

Photobooth

• Used to film footage for evaluation questions