How did you use media technologies in the construction

and research, planning and evaluation stage?

Megan Finch

Research and Planning

• GOOGLEGoogle enabled me to search just about anything I needed to know through its online search engine. It was a very valuable resource and provided me with key information I needed such as genre research at the beginning of A2 and convention research for me to gain precious information and influence on real media products I am mimicking.

• EDUBLOGSEdublogs is an educational website for student and teacher blogs. It allowed me to organise my work all onto one personalised page which I could call my own and present my work neatly and efficiently. I could post anything from text and images to PowerPoint presentations and videos to show the process and development of my coursework which was really useful when it came to handing everything in on time.

• YOUTUBEYouTube was a major help when it came to researching and gaining experience of conventional movie trailers. Not to mention the hundreds of tutorial videos I could watch on Adobe programmes so that I could achieve skills I didn’t have before the course began. It was a massive help to use these tutorials to make my products as professional as possible.

Editing Software

• Indesign is a graphic editing software which allowed me to create, edit and arrange my images into magazine form. I used this application to create my cover page, I was able to easily arrange and tweak the design to perfection using this software.

• PremierePro is a timeline based video editing software which allowed me to edit and arrange the clips I gathered for my trailer into the correct sequence. I found at first that the application is very complex but now looking back on my development, I feel very confident using PremierePro. I wouldn’t have been able to create my trailer so successfully without this application.

• After Effects is a digital motion graphics and composition software which allowed me to explore my skills further in making different and interesting special effects. This application was the most difficult to use, the complex layout and unfamiliar aspects of the software resulted in my having to watch YouTube tutorials to learn how to use it.

• Photoshop is a popular graphics editing programme used to adjust and edit images. This application was very useful when making my movie poster, I learnt how to use the dodge/burn tools and magic wand effect which I was unfamiliar with before the course began. The software simple to navigate around and I enjoyed making my products here.

Technilogical Convergence

• After spending so long creating my three products I can see and understand how important technology is not only in presenting and making my work but during the research and planning phase. From simply taking a photograph to filming a clip for my trailer I have used a numerous amount of technology methods, none of which would have worked without the editing software (adobe applications). Every aspect of technology I have discussed on this PowerPoint has converged and added majorly towards finishing my products to a high standard.