EVALUATION QUESTION 4

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

evaluation stages?

By Tom Harris

RESEARCH AND PLANNING STAGES• YouTube: this was one of the key websites I used to

explore and research postmodernism and genre, I did this mainly though watching film trailers and clips. Its useful because it contains such a high amount of clips and videos

• Moodle: this is the college online website, there were many online power points to help and explain the tasks and gave us websites to use.

• Past Students Blogs: through Vardean's blogging website ‘Quack Blogging’ I was able to access past work, this was useful as I was able to compare the grades they received to the quality of their work.

• Internet: the internet was key in my research and planning, we used websites like; IMDB, Moodle, Wikipedia and Google.

• Slideshare: I used slideshare as a more appealling way to present my PowerPoints

• For planning we mainly only used word processing and google drive to share recces and risk assessments between our group.

PRODUCTION STAGE

• To shoot our scenes we used a Canon 55OD. This camera was useful as it is digital, meaning we didn’t have to change film constantly, we were also able to see our shots straight away meaning we knew which shots were useable and which were not.

• We decided to use the colleges professional microphone instead of the built in one in the canon.

• We also used a track, this allowed us to get still panning shots making our film look more professional.

• The editing software we used was Adobe Premier Pro C5. the software is simple and easy to use but is specialized enough to create a professional product. Our group was made up of the three of us and we each contributed our knowledge of premier pro.

• We also used Photoshop both in the construction of the trailer and the magazine and posters, this allowed us to manipulate the images which then created hyper-real pictures like cartoon and brush-stroke effects.

• We used other websites in the construction of the trailer; Dafont (this gave us interesting and appropriate fonts) Bensound (copy-right free music, we found this has more diverse

music than incompetech) • We also used a range of sound-effects that we downloaded from our

teachers files, which he said were downloaded from the internet.

EVALUATION STAGE• I presented my work using different types of

digital technology, mainly PowerPoint and Slideshare. I used these programs because they can be simply displayed on my blog and looks appealing to those viewing it. And can be edited more easily compared to paper or video.

• The benefit of using Slideshare is also that it can be viewed on any computer with access to the internet, making it easy for it to be shared between our group.

• We also displayed our work on YouTube, this is an effective way of presenting as it can be sent and shared more easily than a PowerPoint, we shared our trailer between our class mates which is how we gained our feedback.

• We created social networking accounts for our film on Twitter and Facebook, we found twitter useful as we posted rough cuts and poster mock ups to keep viewers up to date. This is also a useful way to advertise as it is free and increases awareness among random people around the world.