Monday, 25 April 2016

(Question 4 ) How did you use Media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

below is a list of technology i've used and widened my experience in while creating my final pieces.

  • I Movie
  • Photoshop
  • Youtube
  • Google Chrome
  • DSLR Cameras
  • HD Video Recording Cameras



IMOVIE

i have during this project used IMovie a lot, as this was used to create my final film trailer one which included me learning as i went how everything worked with imovie even though at first i through i would never be able to work it out , i go therein the end with the help of my media teacher and fellow media students who where quicker at learning and more skilled than i was with imovie.

this is screen shot of me during the creation of my The GraveWalker Trailer
when using imovie i found out there was a lot of useful tools to make my film trailer look more professional and cooler such as the different backgrounds, text types and presentations as well as the free audio that is copyright free.



as well as being able to store your film in separate folders for your different projects so that when you load up you Imovie there already there for you.

 
overall i found that Imovie was the most helpful in process of making my film trailer and probably wouldn't been able to do it without it.



PHOTOSHOP













during this is project i have also used photoshop a lot when creating my ancillary tasks which where my magazine cover and film poster. photoshop like Imovie i found challenging first but i got the hang of it eventually with the help from Allan and my teacher i was able to learn quickly how everything worked with photoshop.


while using photoshop i found many useful tools to aid me with editing and enhancing my photographs and layout of my poster and film magazine cover.















YOUTUBE

youtube was another useful tool when doing my research into film trailers i helped me a lot when looking for infuence or inspiration. as well as providing me with useful audio and green screen effects that are copyright free. such as the bullet animation that i have used in my film trailer intro along with the audio i used they where both copyright free sounds and green screen effects.

film trailer research of the horror film "The Boy" 
the audio that i used "lorelei's Lullaby" which is copyright free audio

the green screen effect that i used as part of my intro which was free stock footage


Google Chrome


google chrome helped me with most of my research alongside youtube , if i needed help with any conventions or looking for research into film poster of magazine covers google was my best source of information and media infuence research. i found it very handy if i need to do some inspiration hunting for my final pieces.












DSLR CAMERAS

When taking photographs for my final ancillary tasks i used DSLR Cameras a lot when taking photographs i would think about how i would want the image to look and take a couple of different angles and shots probably a lot more than i needed but it gave me a variety of images to choose from instead of just one or two .

as you can see below are some of the photo i took and almost all of them i didn't need.




VIDEO CAMERA

i used a video camera quite a lot when making my film trailer and just the same as with taking photos more is better than not enough so i made sure when filming i recorded a lot more footage that i would ever need so that i had a variety of shot angles and scenes that probably only under half would have been used and put into that final piece.

below are some of the videos that i took and most of them where not put into the final piece well at least not the whole clips.