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Compared to my AS coursework, I have used YouTube a lot more this year as it was voted by my target audience as being the most likely placed to view trailers, and so that's where I decided to upload mine. I had never really uploaded to YouTube before this, and had only used it to watch videos. However, I used it a lot this year before even making my trailers as I watched a lot of different movie trailers on it, such as: Prisoners, Gone Girl, Hush, The Shining, The Sixth Sense, Se7en, Fatal Attraction, The Enemy, Shutter Island, The Machinist etc. I used YouTube to watch these, as that way I could do a lot of research into the existing conventions of trailers for psychological thriller, which then inspired me for my own trailer, conventions like mysterious characters, intriguing dialogue, various locations etc. I have also been able to embed trailers onto my blog upon doing research into them, such as Bertie Gilbert's trailer and more. This helped to show my research and planning, but also enabled me to come back to it later on into the course as reference and inspiration. I also used YouTube to upload my preliminary task, where two girls get followed by a mysterious girl. I also used YouTube to present my first attempt at editing on IMovie with a clip using Patrik. This was really efficient, as I used the same website to upload all of my videos and so it kept them all in the same place on the same channel so I would never lose them. Another benefit of this is that it kept my video blog posts consistent, as they were always embedded from the same website and therefore made my blog look a lot more professional and neater. YouTube was always really helpful when I uploaded my draft trailer, as I was able to embed it into my blog and then film my audience giving me feedback on that video, and then I uploaded the feedback video to YouTube and embed that too. Another positive was that I found it really easy to email the link of my trailer to my teacher, where he could quickly watch and then give me feedback via email so that I could alter and improve my trailer. YouTube is also a really efficient software, as I can subscribe to other peoples channels in my class to keep up to date with their work, giving them feedback too, but also to inspire myself.
To conclude, if I didn't have YouTube to upload my video work throughout the course, than I would have possibly had to use a different software that wouldn't have allowed me to so easily upload from my IMovie project, and therefore would've proved even more difficult to embed onto my blog. It may not have ended up being as aesthetically pleasing as the YouTube embedded blog posts are.

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Emaze, Prezi, and Padlet (presentation websites).

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Emaze, Prezi, and Padlet (presentation websites).

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These are the three main presentation softwares I used for my coursework this year. I used these for both my theorist research, research and planning of print products (such as creating a draft final poster), and my evaluation. I knew I could use these products as I had used them in my AS coursework. I used Padlet at the start of the course for example when creating the trailer treatment. This was a really good use of the software, as it allows you to create individual boxes for each piece of information, including a section for a title, image, and possible video. This allowed me to put a lot of information into one broad sheet of work (like this evaluation 4). Due to it being free form, I could also place images and the information boxes wherever I wanted, creating different representations and looks each time that I used it. There is also no word limit on the boxes or the amount of images inserted, which is a real positive. This also makes the software useful for long writing tasks, like evaluations or explanations of work, and so it is really beneficial to year 13 coursework when three different products have to be discussed.
As well as Padlet, I also used Prezi. I have always found prezi really easy to use, especially for media work where there are loads of different sub topics inside one piece of work, such as my Target Audience task at the start of the course where I had to establish the Age, Jicnar Scale, Ethnicity etc of my audience. Prezi is also really effective for media, as you can chose a theme that fits with the presentation being created, ranging from loads of different colours like blue, charcoal, pink, purple etc, and so for my media work this year due to my genre, I chose the blue and charcoal to present my work. Another interesting thing about Prezi is that it is a really interactive software, which makes it interesting and fun to use especially if someone else is watching the presentation, as you click on the arrows at the bottom and it moves around, jumping from one information box to the next. Prezi is also really useful as you can embedd images and videos into the work, and so audience members and fellow classmates can watch each part of the presentation there and then, making it easier and less time consuming for them. There is also no limit to the amount of prezi boxes you use in the presenation, or work count. However, due to the sizes of the boxes and the way they fit with each theme, it is a good presentation software to use if you want to keep the work concise and neat and short, and so it is really beneficial for those tasks. Prezi also gives you the perfect fonts to use for each presentation, such as the best title font, the best sub heading font, and the best text font. This is really useful, as it keeps all the work looking relevant and conventional to the theme, so that it doesn't look messy and unprofessional.
My favourite presentation software that I have used this year is emaze. I really like emaze, as you can create your own theme for your work. For example, you can chose your own background for the slides to suit your genre and narrative, you can pick your own fonts and their colours, and it is really easy to insert images and crop them and resize them. I also really like emaze because of how the presentation flows when you are finished, as it makes it look really interactive and attractive to look at, hopefully intriguing people into reading the writing, as sometimes presentation softwares can get boring and dull. I also like emaze, because like Prezi, you can't write too much information on one slide otherwise it won't fit/ won't look neat. This is really beneficial, as during the media coursework there is always a lot to say on certain subjects, especially during research and evaluation. This way, I had to split certain paragraphs in half and have them going over two slides. I liked this, as it broke the writing up and didn't make it look as heavy and packed, making it a lot more efficient and softer to read.
Without these presentation softwares, I would have uploaded all my research/evaluation into standard blog posts, which wouldn't have been an efficient way of using media technologies to my advantage.

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When using sketch, I couldn't find appropriate fonts for my credits or magazine masthead. I then searched on the internet for free fonts, where I found the website dafont. dafont is an incredibly useful product, as it has loads of different categories to chose from such as: Old School, Comic, Medieval, Calligraphy, Alien, Ancient, Halloween, Hand Written, New Fonts etc. This was really useful, as I found both Steelfish and Lemon Milk through Dafont, which helped to improve the quality of my work as my products become more professional with the use of them. Downloading these fonts from the website also meant that I could easily access them in the drop bar of fonts on Sketch, as that is where they had been saved. This meant that I could use Sketch to import the font onto different pieces of writing across my media products, for example the credits at the bottom of my front cover used the font Steelfish, as did the font as the end of my movie trailer. This was an improvement from last year, as on last years magazines the fonts had to be copied and pasted from one piece of work to another, which hindered the quality and took a lot more time. Dafont was a really good choice of media technology to use, as it offers a wide range of fonts for the media products, which also makes it unique. If I didn't have these two fonts available to be to benefit my work, I would've had to use the fonts that came with Sketch, which wouldn't have given me a variety or originality as they are quiet generic fonts, unlike Lemon Milk that features as my magazine masthead.

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Last year I used survey monkey for audience feedback, and so I knew it would be good to use this year. I used survey monkey as a way of collecting audience feedback to improve my work and to gather my target audiences opinions. For my first survey, I used it to gather initial ideas, such as the type of genre my audience would like to see, the length of the trailer, the most important aspects of a trailer etc... These are all really important factors to know when creating a trailer, and so I used survey monkey to figure these out as it was the most efficient way. All of this would enable me to create a trailer, movie poster and movie magazine appealing to my audience. Another good thing about Survey Monkey is that I can easily embedd it into blogger after I have created it, and so for pupils in my classes they can click on my blogger link and go straight to the survey and fill it out. I can also email a link out to the survey for people outside of school, which enabled me to further my target audience research. This gained me a lot more answers and opinions from various different people. These surveys were also efficient at furthering my research and progress because I could embedd images (like my print products) and videos (like my trailer) into the questionnaire so that all the resources my audience would need to see would be right in that survey, and so they wouldn't have to click any additional links to take them to places to view those products. A positive and a negative of survey monkey is that the target audience remain anonymous, so unless you ask who they are and their age you can't be sure who it is, and so that makes it more difficult when analysing the results as you don't know what type of person it has come from. However, this is also a positive because it means that people will be a lot more honest with their answers, and so that makes the feedback more real. Without Survey Monkey, my audience feedback would be hindered and weak, as it was a really easy way at getting opinions, and so I found it very efficient and useful.

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For my final print products, befunky has been incredibly effective and useful for creating the perfect images for my narrative and genre. When I got my pictures of Patrik at the lake, I found BeFunky through a recommend site for the best editing websites. When I first uploaded my image to BeFunky, I pressed the exposure tool. I then brought the brightness of the image down, as I wanted to create that gloomier and dull look with the surroundings, and then I took the contrast up. This was a good idea, as it made the sunset a lot brighter and the darker tones a lot darker, and so the quality of the image was really enhanced. As well as this, I adjusted the shadow tool, which also created a darker tone to the image. Befunky was a really effective website at enhancing the best aspects of my image and making it conform more to the thriller genre, through the dark tones. With the image, I was also introduced to a levels tool for the lake image that I had never used before. I really enjoyed using the tool, as the lake image had green and blue tools, and the levels tool allowed me to take down any red tones in the image, and adjust all the green and blue to make the image unnatural and mysterious, which are two things that really conform to the genre. I really liked this effect, and so I kept it on the image. What I also did to the image was add a vignette affect. I added this to the top of the image, in a dark blue colour, so that the top of the sky would be a lot darker in contrast to the sunset, but would also suit the silhouette of Patrik. This helped my image become more effective and appealing. Due to this experimentation with the website, I also used the software to edit the image of Spencer used over Patrik, using the levels took the enhance her blue tones to make the image look a lot more miserable and sad, conforming to the genre. I also edited my movie magazine front cover with Befunky. To do this, I brought the brightness up and the contrast down, and instead of using the levels, I decided to place a filter over my image. Due to my research, I wanted to have a black and white image for my magazine front cover like the Vanity cover of Rosamund Pike. To do this, I used the filter 'Black and White 1' to create the perfect black and white look to enhance the image. This was the perfect filter, as it created a deep and melancholy vibe. I chose Befunky to be the editor of my images because it was the most appealing and useful website to use, it offered really viable and useful tools that helped me to enhance and better my images.

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Blogger has been an incredibly useful tool that I knew was reliable because I used it for the coursework in year 12. Due to this, I was familiar with the website and so I already knew how to make separate blog posts. Within these posts, I also embedded images, you tube videos, presentations and more to make my blog look more lively and interesting with the coursework. Using blogger makes my work look a lot more professional. For year 13, my genre was psychological thriller across my products, and so using blogger I was able to edit the layout of the blog to one that's a lot darker and gloomy like my products. I made the background dark and the title red, as this conformed to the genre and made the whole blog feel really connected and relevant. Blogger is also really useful, especially with the coursework this year, as it allows me to keep everything in one place and therefore stay organised. Blogger is also really effective as blogs can be linked together, and so it is really interactive for other people to see each others blogs and view each others work through embedded thinglinks, prezzis's etc. Blogger has also been useful this year due to other students and audience members being able to leave feedback under posts in the comments, so that I can keep their ideas there and improve my work. Without blogger, my work would not have been as organised and neat.

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In year 12, I used my Fujifilm camera to the photos used on my music magazine print product. For this year, I decided to use the same camera because I knew it was reliable and produced high quality images. Without the camera, I wouldn't have been able to get as many shots as I did at various different places, with various different characters. I had organised photoshoots with Patrik, Sally, Lopez and Spencer for the print products, using the Fujifilm camera and its different functions, such as blurred background, beauty enhance, and filters. However, due to research happening and personally advancing with the camera, my ideas changed all the time. For my final product, I knew I wanted images of Patrik and Spencer. The images of Patrik next to the lake were incredibly successful due to the camera used and my familiarity and ability to use it. To create the lake images of Patrik, I turned down the exposure and turned up the contrast, creating that really dark feeling with the water and grass, but it brightened up the sunset and trees in front of Patrik, whilst shadowing him. These were some really successful images, that I was really proud of as it really helped professionalise the final product. When taking the images of Spencer to put over the images of Patrik at the lake, I turned on a two shot mode that would take one picture without flash and one with flash. The reason why I did this was because that way I would have different options for every shot I got, and would allow me to see what feature worked better for my print products. I was really proud of the result of these images due to the camera used, because they were really bright images and so I could alter and edit the images to fit the background of the Patrik image. I was really pleased that the camera adapted to loads of different locations and provided me with a bunch of useful images to chose from. I would not have been able to get such successful images using a phone camera, and so I am really pleased that I had this piece of technology available to me.
For filming the trailer, I used the Canon Camera. The reason for this was because the movie trailer is a really important aspect of the coursework, and so I wanted the best quality available for that. My Fujifilm camera was not as high quality as the canon camera. The high pixel canon camera allowed me to film in loads of separate locations, such as in school, at night, in homes and by roads and successfully have the right lighting and sound output. This really helped me when editing, as all the shots looked consist and professional. The combination of the camera and the tripod allowed me to get some really successful sequences for the trailer, like the car park scenes between Lopez and Sally. There, I was able to film them having their discussion, as well as keep elements of cars passing by and the wind to give that natural feel to the scene, to make it feel more realistic to the audience. This was a really beneficial aspect of the camera, that it could enhance the right things in a shot. The use of the tripod with the camera also allowed us to move the camera around, but keep the same level with the characters to keep a consistent look. If it weren't for this camera, my media trailer may have been of worse quality, and therefore wouldn't have looked as professional as it does. It was also really easy to export the images and videos from the cameras, using their SD card and inserting it into the IMac, as they imported quickly to IMovie and Sketch.

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In year 12, I used a Windows computer and Fireworks to create my music magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread. This year, we used the IMacs and a software just for that make; Sketch. Due to it being a new software, I was uncomfortable at first with its uses, and so my products that I created at the beginning lacked originality due to them being so easy and uncomplicated. However, as the year went on I become a lot more comfortable and aware of how to use it. I learnt that I preferred this piece of software over Fireworks, especially when creating my final poster. When I inserted the images of Patrik and Spencer, I double clicked the image of Spencer and used the magic wand tool to erase the background. This was really useful, as I couldn't have the background of Spencer's image in the same as Patrik. I then placed the image of Spencer over Patrik's, and in the side bar I turned down the opacity of Spencer's image from 100% to 16%, to create that transparent invisible effect. This was really useful and proved to be a very professional look for my poster, as well as my narrative. What I also found really good about Sketch is that when I added images and altered them like the latter, the quality of the images were not affected, and so I didn't have to worry. Once the image was done, I was also able to add text using the drop down menu. When I added the text (that I had got off Dafont), I could resize the text and change the writing to loads of different options such as: Normal, Bold, Italic, Medium Italic, Regular Italic, Bold Italic etc which gave me a really wide range of options for creating my final print products. Because of this, my final title could be saved on one Sketch file (such as the Poster), and when I started creating my magazine it was really easy transfer the writing between the two so that the theme stayed consistent on both. What I could also do on Sketch that was really useful was add drop shadows to the writing. This helped important writing stand out, such as cast names, anchorage text, cover lines, titles etc. This also made the text clear against the background in case they blended, such as the 'Is feeling ever enough?' on my magazine cover. I could also add shapes onto my sketch creations, which I used mostly on my movie magazine when making the cross and pug. This helped to create a more skillful looking cover. What I also found useful with Sketch was that I could create my own colours for fonts and save them, like I did with the Century masthead. This helped me to save important colours that I would use across print products, especially for the title colour.
What I also used Sketch for was creating the credits at the end of my movie trailer, which was useful for making my trailer conform to the conventions of existing products, but also allowed information to be passed to my target audience easier. I also made my company logo that featured in my movie magazine, which helped create the sense of realism and professionalism again.
I think if I had used Fireworks like last year, my product would not have ended up looking the same due to my getting along better with Sketch due to it being a lot more simplified and helpful. The software enabled my products to be of a high quality.

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The first time I had to use IMovie this year, was when we learnt how to create continuity shots. With this, two shots were put together of a knife being thrown into someone. This was a good starting point to introduce me to the technology, as I had never used it before and so this made me more advanced and familiar. What I had to do first when creating my final trailer, was to import all of the filming. This was easy to do, and helped me to keep organised with my shots, and the ones I had used and not used. I also learnt how to move the clips around and put them into order, to create a narrative that flowed. What I also found incredibly useful and helpful with IMovie was that I could trim the filming I had done, by dragging the yellow bar and pressing delete, getting the shot perfect and precise so that it didn't drag too long. What I could also do with my shots was split them in half, this way I could place other clips in between them to make a more interesting and visually appealing sequences for those shots. This was evident with my character Detective Lopez talking about Spencer's disappearance, where in between I placed shots of Jason's case file and Spencer's ring. This helped to give more of an insight to the audience, as I was able to split the clips. What I could also do on IMovie when splitting the clips was detaching the audio from them too, so that a characters dialogue could flow over separate clips where no speech was. I did this over the sequence at the end of my trailer, were there were loads of short and fast clips complimenting by intense lines by my characters. IMovie has also been a really effective use of technology because I was able to use transitions between clips, to help my narrative and trailer flow smoother. This also helped to build tension in my trailer, as it created mystery and suspense. Another thing that I learnt to do through IMovie was green screen. As I didn't like the intertitles that were already available on the software, I used Microsoft PowerPoint to create a green background, with my movie title 'Think Twice' placed over it. I then screen shotted this, and imported this into IMovie. I then placed this over the clip at the end of Sally screaming, and pressed one of the effect buttons above the clip to allow the green screen to work. This placed my chosen writing that I made in power point over the clip, which made it very visually appealing and professional. Over the clips of Spencer where her bruises can be seen, I added an effect using IMovie over the clip to make it look a lot darker and gloomy for a greater effect. This was really beneficial, as it created more of an impact with the darker look.
Due to my filming being taken from various different locations with different characters, I had to be able to adjust the volumes. With IMovie, I was able to enhance the voices in the clips, and reduce the background noise. This was really useful for scenes shot outside and by roads, as the noise would have distorted my trailer and therefore ruin the intense tone. I was also able to stabilise the shakiness of any videos, to make sure they looked as tidy as possible. With other clips, I had to lower the volume due to the sound being picked up better than others. IMovie also allowed me to import music from my ITunes to use in my trailer. I could also fade music in and out of my trailer using the tools on IMovie.
Using IMovie was the best option for creating my trailer, as it was the most professional piece of software available to me. Other softwares, such as Windows Movie Maker would not have helped to create such a professional looking trailer, as IMovie is more modern and has a lot more helpful aspects and factors on it. Due to myself and my media partner using IMovie, I could gain advice from her on what things to use on IMovie and how to fix things, and so it was a lot easier that way.

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Evalution Question 4: How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?:

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Evalution Question 4: How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?:

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What is a new media technology?:
-Most technologies described as "new media" are digital, often having characteristics of being manipulated, networkable, dense, compressible, and interactive. Some examples may be the Internet, websites, computer multimedia

Technologies I have found the most effective during the course:
-IMovie- Used for Continuity shot edit, Preliminary Task, Draft Trailer Edit, Final Trailer edit, Audience Feedback Print product video and Directors Commentary
-Sketch- Used throughout the course of print products, intertitles and company logo.
-Fujifilm and Canon camera- for all filming and images during the course.
-Blogger.co.uk- Where all coursework has been uploaded for my three products.
-Befunky- Used for the editing of all images and final images for print products
-Survey Monkey - For all audience feedback
-Dafont- Fonts for all products
-Emaze and Prezi and Padlet- To present work on blog
-Youtube- upload work and get feedback