Post on 02-Dec-2014
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Evaluation Q4How did you use technologies in the research and planning, construction and evaluation stages?
Research & Planning
The Weebly website has helped me and made it easy to post all my work such as my research and planning. It has different ways on how you can present your work, such as JPEG images, texts, html links, documents, YouTube etc.
It also allowed me to add pages on my blog therefore I was able to organise my work in order. This made it easier for me to find my work as
well.
Research & Planning
For my research, I used PowerPoint as it was one of the easiest way to present my work. It also allows you to have a concise design to present your work throughout
doing so.
In order to present my work on the Weebly website, I made an account on
Slideshare and uploaded the presentation that I wanted. I then
copied the embed code and pasted it on the website so I could display my
presentation.
Research & Planning
YouTube allowed me to find existing soap trailers in order for me to analyse them as
well as to do my preliminary task.
It also allowed me to upload the video to the Weebly website easily therefore it can
also be viewed easily.
Research & Planning
As part of my planning, I have used Word to do some paperwork before we could film our trailer, such as the Shooting Script. I then
posted this on the Weebly website.
Construction
Equipment we used:
A tripod to allow the
footage taken to be steady
and to allow to pan the
camera from left to right
A digital video camera
to film high quality videos
A DSLR camera to take pictures for the
ancillary products at a
high quality for a professional
look
Construction
For both of my ancillary products, the front cover
magazine and the billboard poster, I have used Adobe
Photoshop to edit the images and to create the
products.
Construction – Magazine Cover
Firstly, I opened the images we took at a studio
that I wanted to use
I then used the Eraser Tool and the Quick Selection Tool to get rid off the background
Construction – Magazine Cover
I used the Horizontal Type Tool to add texts on the page. I then double-
clicked the layer of a text to add effects. E.g. for the title of the
magazine I added the ‘Drop Shadow’ effect to add a more professional look
Construction – Magazine Cover
I clicked on the Rectangle Tool and chose the Line Tool, Ellipse Tool and
Rectangle Tool to make all the shapes that I wanted on the magazine. I then used the Path Selection Tool to
change the colour of the shapes.
Construction – Magazine Cover
I added the rest of the images and texts to make sure that the
whole page is covered and that I followed the
conventions
I also rotated some of the texts by selecting the layer of the text and going to Edit >
Transform > Rotate
Construction – Billboard Poster
Firstly, I edited all the images that I used one by one before creating the actual poster on Photoshop. I have
done this by using the same tools for erasing the background as when making my magazine cover, which
is the Easer Tool and the Quick Selection Tool
Construction – Billboard Poster
Here are the images of the characters before and after:
Construction – Billboard Poster
I flipped this image by going to Image > Image Rotation > Flip
Canvas Horizontal in order for my poster to look better
I then put all the images together and added a brick wall background that I got
from the internet by clicking File > Open.
I also then added the
rest of the texts by using the Type
Tool, and changed the colour and
added effects on them.
Construction – Trailer
The music I have used in my trailer came from the Incompetech website. I clicked on Royalty-Free Music and
chose ‘intense’ and ‘mysterious’, and then downloaded it.
Construction – Trailer
I have added sound effects to my clips in my trailer by finding the sound effect I wanted on YouTube.
I then copied the link of the video
Then I went on the Video2mp3 website and pasted the link to convert the video into mp3
Evaluation
Prezi is one of the easiest and the most creative way of presenting your work therefore I have used it to present one of the evaluation questions.
It has allowed me to present something in a certain way that I want by adding paths. This enabled me to move from one location to another, e.g. from a text to an image.
Evaluation
It was easy for me to add different frames and to add arrows to present my work more
creatively by just clicking the Frames & Arrows box.
Prezi has also allowed me to insert images easily by clicking the Insert box.
Evaluation
For my evaluation, I also used PowerPoint to present my work. It was
an easy and simple way to present screen shots of my work and to annotate them.
Just like in my research & planning, in order for me to put it on my blog I had to
upload it on Slideshare and get the embed code so I could post it on my blog.
Evaluation
I have also used the Weebly website to display my
evaluation work. I made a page for each evaluation
question so that it was easy to access.
Evaluation
I have used QuickTime Player to do a short screen recording of how I used iMovie to create my trailer
for one of my evaluation questions.
This has allowed me to
easily demonstrate how I used iMovie and
what I did in order to create
my trailer.