Evalutaion: Question Four

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

Media Technologies played a big part throughout the makings of all my media products, the film magazine, poster and trailer. I used different technologies through the research & planning stages as well as the evaluation stages.

Technologies which I have used throught Research&Planning Stages are:

• Photoshop
• Youtube
• Google Blogger
• Garage Band 
• Word it out
• SLR Camera
• Canon Camcorder
• IMovie
• IPhoto
• IShowU
• Flickr
• Solvr
• Word
• Excel
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Prezi

Technologies I have used through Evaluation Stages are:

• IShowU
• Prezi
• Powerpoint
• Google Blogger 
• IMovie 

 Google Blogger

I used google blogger to show the progression of my work throughout my A2 year. I showed all the research&planning stages I went through to complete my advanced portfolio.
I also used google blogger in my AS year while creating my foundation portfolio, which made me familar with the website and it features for use in my second year. 

Flickr

I used flickr when anaylsing existing film magazine covers to help be decide what to put on my magazine cover and how to lay it out.

It also help me decide how to show the film genre.

Prezi

I used prezi in my research&planning stages of my A2 portfolio. I used it while planning my magazine cover, to show what I was going to put on my cover, the colour scheme, layout, tagline and price of the magazine.

Word It Out

I used word it out when we was trying to decide a name on a production company for our trailer. we added lots of possible words we could use in the production companies name. From this we decided to call it Spiral Films.

Imovie

As I was in change of the editing within my group I used IMovie a lot. I used it to edit all the footage together which we had filmed. I hadn't used IMovie before my advanced portfolio so it was a new skill which I had to learn. I had to learn about all the different transition you could use, as well how to add text, sound and cut the film. The trailer was created on this program.

Photoshop



I used photoshop when creating my poster and film magazine cover. I used photoshop throughout my AS year which makes me famliar with the program so in my A2 year I more confident and could create the products faster as I knew how to use the progam good and all its features.

Iphoto

 

I used Iphoto to view the photographs which I had taken for my magazine and poster. Iphoto allowed me to view them in large so that I could chose the best ones making my magazine and poster better because the photo the most important part to it.

SLR Camera

I used an SLR camera when taking the pictures for my magazine and poster. The SLR camera takes professional pictures with lots of detail making my products better. I used an SLR in my AS year so I was confident in using one for my advanced profolio as I knew about all the different settings on it.

Canon Camcorder

 

The canon camcorder was used to film all out footage for out trailer. As I hadn't used this in my previous year this was a new technology for my advanced portfolio.

Powerpoint

 

I used Powerpoint in my evaluation stage for question one to show the links between my products and real media texts and conventions. I used it to show the use of real media text, the develop and challenge.

Word 

I used word during in my research&planning stages of my advanced portfolio. I used it to create production documents on. Such as risk assessment, shooting schedules, location recces and the script for the trailer and voice over. 

Excel 

I used excel in my research&planning stages of my A2 year, I used it to plan my time so that all my word is done on time. I create a publication plan which I was to follow to make sure I did everything I need to do. 

Youtube 

I used youtube to research trailer of current film of the same genre to help me decide which concepts I would have to add in my trailer to show the genre clearly. As well the help me with the story lines and mise en scene of horror films to make my trailer as professional as I can make. 

Garage Band 

We used garage band to create the music for our trailer.  Separately away from our group we all created a sound test to become familiar with the program but within our group I wasn't in charge of the sound so I only used garage band during the sound test stage. 

Facebook 

I used facebook the social networking website to collect audience feedback for my trailer, magazine cover and poster. This is important for our advanced portfolio so that our target audience can tell use what they like so we can shape our product around them. 

Twitter 

I also used twitter for audience feedback. I used twitter as well as facebook as twitter gives you more of a range of people to ask as you don't know everyone on twitter therefore giving us different audience feedback to take in to consideration. 

Solvr 

I used solvr in my research&planning stages as a way to write down all our different ideas for our tagline for the trailer. We could add different ideas and if there was a problem with any of the ideas which we have come up with helping us decide which one to use. From this we decided to use 'No sweeter revenge.'