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

Part two.

Youtube.Youtube has been one of the main site I have used this year. I have used the site for a variety of stages such as researching existing trailers and uploading my own. This required me to have my personal login. Youtube gave me a variety of trailers to look at. At the beginning when doing my research on trailers I wasn’t sure which genre I wanted to use I researched a variety of genres, they were Fantasy, Horror, Comedy and Romantic Comedy. Youtube also allowed me to manage my own videos which was very helpful because it was another way of seeing which versions of my trailer I had uploaded. I could also give each version I uploaded a name which helped with the organisation.

Youtube.

I also used Youtube to help me design my ident. After doing some research on previous idents I wasn’t sure how to create an ident which moved. I decided to type in to Youtube the software name I was using and ident at the end. This allowed me to see a variety of results and I choose a tutorial to listen to. As I was listening to the tutorial I was on After Effects and following the individual steps. Once I had finished creating my ident I uploaded it on to Youtube and placed it in a post on my blog.

Publisher.

Publisher.

I used publisher to help create my own personal green preview screen. After doing some research I decided to make my own green preview screen so I could put my own personal touch on it. For example I have advertised my own blog at the bottom and put ‘for more information on ratings’ which is a post I have on my blog. I have also used publisher to analyse film magazines and posters. I used publisher because it is easy layout to analyse my research. Using publisher was also good because when I was ready to upload the content up to my blog I just had to change the file to a jpeg.

Powerpoint and Slide share.

Powerpoint and slide share. I have used powerpoint to help me complete my evaluation questions. I chose to use power point because it is a well presented and organised software to use. It also allowed me to annotate any of my print screens I needed to. To upload my powerpoint I used a software called slide share where I had to make my own account. Once the powerpoint is uploaded to slideshare I can place the link in a new post and place it on my blog for people to see.

Photoshop.

Photoshop. I used photoshop to design my first magazine design and my film poster design. I have had previous experience using this software and therefore felt confident using it. I felt that photoshop was more helpful with my film poster as I had a lot of layers. It also allowed me to adjust the photo that I was on the poster. Before I edited the picture I had a coloured picture but after I had a black and white version. This helped the poster fit in with the film’s theme. The software also allowed me to adjust the colours of the font which also allowed the poster to fit in with the theme. I have also put my poster I design on bus stops so I could advertise my film.

In Design

In design. After getting feed back from my target audience from the medi@chs website I decided to do a new version of my film magazine. This time I decided to do it on a different software called In Design. This allowed me to choose a existing magazine and use the layout to make my magazine look more professional. I did this by drawing boxes around the layout out of the Empire magazine which covered the Harry Potter film. The only thing I didn’t like about In Design is that there wasn’t a range of colours I could use however I am happy with the ones I have used on my film magazine.

Premire Pro.

Audacity.

After Effects.

Premire Pro.I used premire pro to edit my trailer. This software was easy to use after I had got used to it. It allowed me to piece together my filming clips. It also allowed me to add sound in and my ident which I had previously made. I also put together one of my evaluation questions.

I used after effects to create my ident. This was a good software to use as I could follow tutorials on youtube to help me design my own ident.

I also used the software audacity. I used audacity to record the voice over to add in my trailer. I had a problem using this software as the microphone wouldn’t work on my computer therefore I had to change computers. Once I had recorded the narration I was able to import it into Premire Pro and edit it and place the recording in the right places.

Audacity.

After effects.