New Media Technology

I feel that we used new media technology very well within our research and planning stages, particularly research, as we used the Internet very often, finding out about films of the same theme, age ratings, magazine and trailer conventions - the basis of our film was built on new media technology.

The internet was very useful in discovering how teaser trailers varied from full length trailers, which was very important to us, as if we do not follow the conventions, then the audience may confuse it as a full length trailer, so we must be sure to keep our trailer short, with many quick cuts. The internet has also been useful in keeping up to date and noting down all of our research and planning through these blogs - this has given us the idea to use the internet, after we have finished filming and editing, to gain audience feedback, purhaps through YouTube.

Another key piece of equipment was the camera, which we were used to from last year, but still needed to gain some practice with them again. Having access to the camera before we started actual filming was extremely useful as we were able to see what certain shots would look like - an example of this is when we went to the church and were offered a trolley for the tracking shot. Being able to record a test shot allowed us to see that the trolley and location would be suitable.

Having used the equipment last year, we were able to plan what technology we would be using for our actual filming. We plan to use an Edirol for our anamatic filming and microhone for recording voiceovers. All of the film editing will be done on Pinnacle Studios.