How did you use media technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages?

From day one I have constantly been using different types of media technology.
One of the first things that i felt it was important to do was to set up this very blog as a method of keeping track of ideas, my thoughts and in a way help me to progress because i was able to see everything in one place. The blog has been the one of the most useful pieces of technology for me. As previously stated it helps with the flow of ideas and also the flow of production. Also the fact that it is on the Internet means that it is much easier to access all of my work and also receive feedback from my target audiences. It allows anyone around the world to be able to view any of my designs and final outcomes.

When it came down to actually coming up with a concept for a film it became obvious that we would need to be able to research at the touch of a button. so that's exactly what i did. YouTube and Google were vital for me when doing research. For example i would research trailers from 'YouTube' and then i would use 'Google Images' to research Magazine front covers and Posters.

When it came to the times when me and my co-creator were apart we both used social networking sites e.g. 'Facebook' as a method of communication. This also became vital as there were points where we would desperately need advise from one another and to discuss certain things about the project.

When it came to actually constructing both the Teaser Trailer and the ancillary texts we both knew that this would be the point in which we would use the most varied types of technology. For example in construction of the Teaser Trailer we would have to use a Video Recorder to obviously capture the footage and then we would use editing software in the Mac Suite to compile the film together. We used such software as 'LiveType'; a method of creating text that appears on the screen, 'FinalCutExpress'; the software which was used to put everything together, allowing us to cut clips, add music, add text etc.

Then for the construction of the ancillary texts I used multiple different technologies in order to create these pieces. For the most part I used 'Photoshop' for importing images and text on to the Poster/Magazine as well as using images that we took from 'FinalCutExpress'