Throughout the process of my media productions, I used a number of new media technologies in order to get the best results.
During my research, I used a lot of internet sources in order to gain information. I also used YouTube, BBC iPlayer, 4oD etc. so that I could watch other Soap trailers, like the Emmerdale 40 year anniversary. This enabled me to see how soap trailers work and the main conventions associated with them. I also used YouTube to attempt to gain some extra feedback from other users.
I used most of the major media technologies in my construction. During the construction of my trailer, with used the Panasonic HDC ST80 camera's, and this gave us a clear image which helped us achieve the shots needed, which are shown in my Shot List. The tripod we used also helped with this, as it made the images steady and got the camera height to perfection. The footage was made a lot easier to capture than last years media production, as they were both better quality, and in my opinion easier to use. I also used the camera when I was taking the picture of my characters for my other media products. As a group, we also used the cameras to get location shots, which comes under the planning category. The tripod enabled us to get a smooth, clear shot so they soap conventions could be portrayed, and the storylines and characters would be easily understood. 
The other media products I created were a Billboard poster and a TV Listings magazine, and they were both created on Adobe Photoshop. I also used the software last year, but because of the experience I have had, I believe the outcome was far better, and I ended up created media products I was proud of, and that went with the Soap genre, with could also show synergy. The hardest part of using this project was making the background transparent so that it would look appropriate for a magazine cover, but I ended up using the magnet tool, which helped me get the whole of the picture without cutting any of it out. I used the software to create my media products, and it also enabled me to get the best possible design I could have achieved through certain options and tools, such as the magnet tool, and the layers also enabled me to place my characters where I wanted them in my Billboard poster. 
To edit my trailer, I used the software 'Final Cut Pro X' on the Mac computers. This was a lot more useful than 'Adobe Premiere Pro' that I used last year, and there was a lot more options and techniques to edit my trailer. Without this software, I do not think we would have came out with result we did, as it is a far better editing software, and the icons were easy to locate and use appropriately. I ensured that the music would go with the editing pace so that it would match the target audience and Soap genre. I used the software to edit my trailer, and also makes changes when I received my feedback. 
The evaluations that I completed after my planning, research and construction was finished, was done on Blogger, so that I could get all of the information and overview it in my Blog.Blogger was also useful for noting down ideas, so that further on in my production I could look back at the initial ideas, and decide what would work best, and this was mainly taking from my research, as the Soap needed to match the genre. I used the software as a storage place, and a online tracker, so that everything I did and needed was in it to look back on and use.
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