6 NEW TECHNOLOGIES

RESEARCH

Pinterest- I used Pinterest on multiple occasions mainly for audience research. It allows you to group and caption photos. I found it very useful when presenting different social groups and target audiences. I created two Pinterest's. The first one is showing our films target audience. The second is a location recce. 

Blogger- Blogger has provided me with an easily accessible tool for presenting my work. It also provides me with a way of constantly updating my work and so it is clear for the examiner. 

Pictochart- Pictochart is a tool that provides me with an attractive and interesting way to present data that in some cases can appear to look dull. By using Pictochart I could carry out research for example on exit poles numbers of films and present them in a way that is clear to both the examiners and me. I created a Pictochart to show the exit poles data of previous films that would have a similar audience to our film. 

Slide Share- Slide share has allowed me to present information creatively on my blog with out it being a long wordy paragraph. It also allows me to present my work publicly. I used Slide share for clearly showing information on given Case Studies such as the Hunger Games, this way I could also ass images to my text. I made a slide share to show information in a more creative way. I made one showing the research I had done on our Target Audience and the other is a case study on the Hunger Games showing how they distributed their film.

Twitter- Twitter is a social networking tool that easily has provided me with a way of carrying out research on other films and case studies. 

PLANNING

Trello-I have used the site Trello to keep myself organised and up to date on my blog and for the rest of the As course. I created one with three columbus labelled to do, doing and done so that I can move the cards once I had completed and posted that piece of work. 

Facetime- I have use face time on my mac laptop and my  iPhone to communicate with my fellow group members when we need to discuss elements about our film opening. It has been very useful as it means we can have everything prepared and organised before we come in to film.

WhatsApp- My group and I have a WhatsApp group so we can remind each other when we are filming, what we need to bring and to share picture that we have taken of our set or during filming. 
iPhone- I have used my I phone 5s to take photos and videos that I can then easily upload to my laptop. Also I have used apps on my phone, for example Fipagram and snapchat.

CONSTRUCTION

Camera- when filming my group and I used the Cannon D550 digital camera. It was easy to use and produced very clear footage. It was also useful that it could produce moving footage as well as stills.

iStop Motion- I used istop motion software to create an ident for the opening of our film.  I used the onion cutting technique to create moving animation. By using this method it allows the ident to be smooth and professional.

iMovie- I have used iMovie with my group to edit the footage that we have filmed for our opening. This software allows us to crop of footage, add music sound effects and voice overs and also change the colour composure.

MacBook Air- I have used my MacBook air to almost every activity, to update my blog, research and edit footage.

PowerPoint- I have used power point to create distribution pictures and website pages.

EVALUATION 

YouTube- I have used YouTube to upload and present my work for example my ident and preliminary exercise.

Snap chat- I used snap chat to upload photos and information in a fun and creative way an example of this would be uploading photos of the different sets that we filmed.

Facebook- Facebook as been ideal for gaining feedback from my friends and family on our film opening.