1. 1. Luke McCarthy Evaluation Question 4: How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
2. 2. Ways of research - We gained ideas through watched a number of different trailers and Swedes on YouTube, this was beneficial as we found different codes and conventions and types of things we could use for film We gained ideas for Movie Posters and Magazine Covers through looking on a number of websites, such as: www.pastemagazine.com and http://www.creativebloq.com/movies these were good to use as it gave us a wide range of ideas we could take ideas from and offered a range of different posters, so we could find ways to make our posters look different We also used the film education website in order to further expand our knowledge on genres, this was key as it let us know what types of things we could include to establish our film as a subgenre of thriller and teen drama We also watched videos of using Final Cut Pro, so that we would be more used to using it when it came to editing our trailer and would be able to do more enhanced things with our editing, so overall our trailer would be better We collected all the information we found through research and
3. 3. Planning We planned out a number of things, such as: Making a storyboard on Amazon Storyteller and then uploaded that to YouTube to gain feedback, these were both helpful as it allowed us to show people the idea of our film and gain feedback so we knew if there was anything we needed to change and ways to improve it even further We also created our own call sheets and risk assessment using Microsoft Word before putting it onto Google Docs, these were good to use as it meant we knew what shots we wanted to take and the location of the shots too, so we knew where to go to take those shots, plus the risk assessment was key as it stopped people getting injured and also made sure everyone stayed focused and worked hard to get the shots we wanted to take We used Pinterest to create our mood board and also to create our pitch for our film, this was important as established a number of things for our films, such as outlining the genre and the storyline, so what the film was about We also used Moodle to gain information on for different tasks we completed , so this was good as it meant we kept on working and never went off task, so we could complete all the work quicker and to a
4. 4. Construction We used the canon EDS DSLR 550D digital camera to film our trailer , I enjoyed using this camera as it allowed as to get a number of shots we wanted and was much more advanced compared to the camera we used last year We edited our trailer by using Final Cut Pro, this helped as we could add a number of effects to improve our trailer, such as changing the colour of the shots, chnaging the speed and duration of shots and adding in things like jump cuts, also here we added our tittles and we were able to put everything together here, by adding in things like the sound, montage and company ident to the trailer that were already there To create our film poster and Magazine cover we used both Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, these were good to use as they both in completing our final poster and cover, as we could do things like adding the effects to create the type of poster which we decided we wanted to make We got the sound for trailer by using GarageBand and through using Freesound.com , this is important as sound is a very important thing to a trailer, espcially ours as for the montage it made it seem more realistic and also things like the music we
5. 5. Evaluation For Question 1 I decided to create two different things to answer the questions, firstly I created a YouTube video with annotations to explain how our trailer used or went against codes and conventions, I did this as I thought that it was easier to show by comparing the two clips by playing one after another so the reader can clearly see what I am trying to explain. For the second part of that question I used a PowerPoint to explain who we sued or went against codes and conventions for our movie poster and magazine cover, as I thought using still images would benefit the reader and they can easily compare our to the others and clearly see what I am talking about and thoroughly the similarities and differences that there
6. 6. Evaluation I decided to create a Prezi for Question 2, where I talked about how our main products and ancillary texts are effective, I did this as I thought it was a another good way to present my work and it was easily to change the look of the Prezi and was also easy to add in many images and videos, so it was much more visual. For question 3 I once again decided to use a Prezi to present my work discussing audience feedback and once again I could easily add images and videos to help become more visual and less tedious to read. And I just enjoyed presenting it like this as its easy for the reader to read and understand. And finally for this question, question 4 I decided to do a PowerPoint once again, as I thought it would be beneficial and this question I thought required a lot more analysis and explain, so I thought doing a PowerPoint like this would be suited for that, plus I have changed the them compared to the last PowerPoint and added in different images to make it different.