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

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I have used many media technologies to help me in the stages of production. Firstly i used YouTube and Vimeo to help me research the genre which i would be using in my trailer. I decided that it would be a logical decision to create a proforma's (a list) of 20 trailers following my specific genre and write down the full length of the trailer. This gave me something to base my trailer around in the early stages of pre production and i feel this gave me a head start in the creation of my trailer, using this research i discovered i found the average of all the lengths.

http://www.imdb.com/ was a good way for my to find specific ideas and research for my film trailer along with audience feedback and other planning

From my audience research i found media technology extremely useful, it played a vital part in the useful results which i received. To receive feedback i used websites such survey monkey and easy poll to ask my target audience questions  such as questions related to location, plot and narrative, all vital parts in production. To find my target audience i used social networking websites such as Facebook and twitter, i contacted fan pages of the action/thriller genre and sent the page surveys and polls and waited for answers, in their answer they put their age, using this i found out the dominant ages of my target audience and throughout production i have tried to make the trailer appeal to them by taking on their criticism and thoughts, therefore creating a positive rapport with them.

While constructing my ancillary tasks and advanced production i used high tech programmes to make them seem professional and acceptable for an A-level piece of media. These programmes include iMovie, Photoshop and Garage band. I also used a website called Da Font to download a wide variety of fonts until i found the most acceptable one to fit into my pieces.