1. How have new technologies been used through the research planning and evaluation stages? Niaomi Twiss

3. Research and planning I created two different storyboards as I changed my mind of the script. My first one was done on Microsoft PowerPoint and uploaded to slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/nemo94 For my second storyboard I hand drew it. To get it onto the blog I used my friends HP Scanner to put the images onto Adobe Reader and then emailed the images to my home email address. These images were then put straight onto blogger.

5. Production When editing my trailer I was able to use a number of different programmes to create the finished piece; I edited my movie on Imovie; this was on a applemac computer. The programme allowed me to upload the footage to the computer and edit and order the clips to create the story of the trailer. Imovie also allowed me to insert sounds and text to my trailer hence allowing the use of sound effects to make it more dramatic. I also used the programme Iphoto in convergence with Imovie to insert my institution logo into my trailer. My soundtrack for the trailer came from an Audio CD that had been inserted into iTunes, this was then converged with Imovie to upload it to my trailer. Imovie allowed me to edit the footage, record my personal voice over via the programme, upload tracks from ITunes and insert text and slide transitions. It also allowed my footage to me put into slow and fast motion. I could also manipulate the sound effects so that the audience could hear the volume of the voices/voice over's in relation to the volume of the soundtrack.

7. Production Once my trailer and ancillary tasks were produced I was able to upload them to Blogger in various different ways; My trailer was firstly uploaded to YouTube http:// www.youtube.com then using convergence I uploaded it to blogger through YouTube. My ancillary tasks were originally created in Publisher the images were then saved as an image file in paint then uploaded to blogger. My draft ancillary tasks were hand drawn and then images of them were taken by myself on my blackberry mobile phone and uploaded to blogger.

8. Evaluation For my evaluation I used Microsoft PowerPoint to produce a lot of my work. I then uploaded this to the website slideshare. I also used YouTube to find images of other trailers that I could relate to my own. I was able to use the website Facebook http:// www.facebook.com/ntwiss?ref = tn_tnmn to produce and send a questionnaire for audience feedback. I was also able to use Google images to gather images of Film company magazine covers and Posters to compare to my own.

9. How well did I use new technologies? In order to improve my use of technologies I don’t think I could have used many more programmes or conventions to make my work quality. However the use of garage band could have been used to produce my trailer soundtrack. I originally attempted to make the soundtrack in garage band but found this difficult as I don’t have good enough music composing skills to make the track sound effective. I also tried to create my Ancillary tasks in Adobe Photoshop. I did find this programme useful and effective however I found that Microsoft publisher was more accessible to me as it is installed on my home computer. I could therefore spend more time on the ancillary tasks hence making them look better.