Question 4
How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
Technologies used within filming and editing
During making our film trailer we learnt how to use different types of technology; what we used ranged from a camera to an iMac which we used to film and edit our work on. We had to teach ourselves how to use these but it was very easy to pick up and understand.
Sony DSLR A58 Camera
To film our trailer we used a Sony DSLR A58 camera which allowed us to use the push pull focus effect in many shots. However the sound wasn't clear and limited the things it would pick up so we used a microphone to record our sound to include over our shots. We also used this camera to take photos for our poster and magazine however we needed to use torches to focus on the models as the camera couldn't pick them up in dull lighting. |
Tri-pod
When filming our scenes which needed a tri-pod we used the manfrotto 190XDB tri-pod in order to keep the camera steady for certain shots. We learnt that the tri-pod was not needed all the time, for example when filming the shots where Ryan was using a hand-held camera the camera didn't need to be stationary. An example of us using the tri-pod was when we filmed Ryan's legs hanging as we needed that to be a steady shot with the correct angle. |
Final Cut Pro
During the making of our trailer, Cullen, we used a variety of software sites such Final Cut Pro; this is what we used to make and edit our trailer. This software was helpful and simple to use and allowed us to use a variety of different effects from video to sound and different transitions to make sure our trailer reached a high standard. We used waveform to increase the audio for most of our video clips, this helped our video and created more suspense throughout our opening title sequence. We had practice from pervious years as we have used Final Cut before to produce our own media sich as last years opening title sequences.
During the making of our trailer, Cullen, we used a variety of software sites such Final Cut Pro; this is what we used to make and edit our trailer. This software was helpful and simple to use and allowed us to use a variety of different effects from video to sound and different transitions to make sure our trailer reached a high standard. We used waveform to increase the audio for most of our video clips, this helped our video and created more suspense throughout our opening title sequence. We had practice from pervious years as we have used Final Cut before to produce our own media sich as last years opening title sequences.
Apple Macs
We used Apple Macs When using prezi, google and final cut pro to produce our trailer. They have allowed us to use final cut pro to edit our video whereas a PC doesn't provide this, it made our opening title sequence look professional and to a high standard. Overall it was very easy and simple to pick up how to use it. |
YouTube
YouTube gave us the ability to distribute our product to an extremely wide audience globally. Many people watch and upload to this website every day so we are able to get many views from the public. From YouTube we also watch other videos and trailers from other publishers to inspire us to make our own and improve our work. We also got all of our soundtracks from YouTube to make our opening title sequence more effective. We also used 'YouTube to mp3 converter' to convert the file to mp3 (sound) and mp4 (video) which we could use to add to our opening title sequence using Final Cut Pro editing software.
YouTube gave us the ability to distribute our product to an extremely wide audience globally. Many people watch and upload to this website every day so we are able to get many views from the public. From YouTube we also watch other videos and trailers from other publishers to inspire us to make our own and improve our work. We also got all of our soundtracks from YouTube to make our opening title sequence more effective. We also used 'YouTube to mp3 converter' to convert the file to mp3 (sound) and mp4 (video) which we could use to add to our opening title sequence using Final Cut Pro editing software.
Weebly
We created our website on another site called 'Weebly'. We used this website to show and explain our research, planning and evaluation. This is also where we presented our trailer, poster and magazine.
We created our website on another site called 'Weebly'. We used this website to show and explain our research, planning and evaluation. This is also where we presented our trailer, poster and magazine.
Technologies used within making our poster and magazine
When making our film poster and magazine we learnt how to use different types of technology; we used different websites such as Pic Monkey and Photoshop to edit our work on. We had to teach ourselves how to use these sites but with practice we picked up on the key tools and how to use each of them.
PicMonkey
PicMonkey allowed us to edit our photos for our poster and the magazine. We experimented with our own images of our faces to start with and PicMonkey allowed us to do this without any hassle, there were a range of different tools we could choose from and use. Without PicMonkey our work wouldn't be to a high standard as it should be, we would have wasted a lot of time trying to crop and change our photos without this website.
PicMonkey allowed us to edit our photos for our poster and the magazine. We experimented with our own images of our faces to start with and PicMonkey allowed us to do this without any hassle, there were a range of different tools we could choose from and use. Without PicMonkey our work wouldn't be to a high standard as it should be, we would have wasted a lot of time trying to crop and change our photos without this website.
Photoshop
Photoshop enabled us to create a high quality poster and magazine cover. We had to teach ourselves how to use photoshop and although that was challenging once we got the hang of using particular effects our poster and magazine cover turned out to look really good. When researching magazine covers and film posters we really wanted to create our own ones at this high standard as they inspired us to create our own at this standard. Photoshop helped us to achieve a good quality product which allowed us to create different layers of images and crop out parts of the photographs we didn't want; this created great effects and what we wanted to achieve we were able to. Below shows the layers added to create our magazine cover, each layer has been edited and overlapped to create this product: |