Task 4 - technology in pre production

New media technology was used throughout the process of the coursework, including pre production. This tchnology was important in assisting the research and planning throughout the process. For example, we used the internet on countless occassions to research into our chosen topic of the 20's. Obviously, internet sites such as youtube and google were particularly useful for researching other artists of that era and typical costume for poeple staring in our video.  



This is a link to sone advantages of using Google:  http://www.brighthub.com/internet/google/articles/81403.aspx



A pinical stage where we used new media technology in pre production was when we used the NX5 camera to shoot our pre visual animation storyboard. After sketching out our storyboards we filmed them before putting them onto final cut pro and syncing the images in time to the music. By doing doing this process we were able detect anything that we wanted to change before we shoot our final music video. Blogger was another Media technology that i used a lot throughout the process. Blogger was used as an online diary throughout the process but particularly in the stages of pre production as it enabled me to document everything that we decided to change or edit before making the final video. It also enabled me to maintain organisation in pre production so our concept was clear and accessable.

Development in technologies such as mobile phones were also particularly helpful throughout the process of pre production. We used an iphone to help us with the development of research and also to get photos of our cast members etc.   This technology helped us to efficiently choose costumes for each person and remind ourselves as to what each person looked like. This media technology we found to be not only useful but also time saving. Instead of having to find professional camera and people to take picture we could simly do it ourselves, while also researching something on the internet at the same time.

All these examples of new media technologies made our pre production process much easier and more efficient.