Evaluation: Question 4

 How Did You Use Media Technologies In The Construction And Research, Planning And Evaluation Stages?

Research and Planning

 I used Blogger again this year to document everything I have done. All the research and planning that was carried out went on my blog as is my evaluation. I have decided to create some other posts independently and upload them on here to add to my work.

Firefox is the internet provider I used to get hold of a lot of my research and planning.  

Word it out was used this year to create a kind of collage of words to inspire us with our production company names.

 Prezi was used again this year to provide a platform to create clear presentations of my

ideas. I used it to show who I think my target audience is and my plan for my magazine.


 Slideshare was used to put my PowerPoints onto my blog. Although I hadn't had experience with the software, I found it was very easy to use and to understand.

                     

Solvr was a program we used to give us ideas for the film title. We used this to show our ideas that could potentially be good or bad.

I used garage band during a task in class but I did not use it for my final piece as Pippa made the sound for our work

We used Ishowu a little last year to show how my work was achieved through pod-casts ect. I used this program for the same reason this year to keep updated on my work and my ideas.

Excel was used this year for the same reason I used it last year, to create my production schedule. This meant that I had to type out all of my tasks in regards to my trailer, magazine and poster and set a date and time frame for it to be completed.

 Powerpoint was used to present my pitch at the beginning of the project and also to present my response to evaluation question 1.

We used a Sony cyber shot camera to record our audience interviews and take quick pictures such as make up or costume ideas.

Construction

Imovie was a new piece of software introduced to me this year to edit my film trailer. I had previously used windows movie maker to edit short films or videos I had made in the past so the tools were really simple for me to grasp.

 The SLR cameras were used to take the pictures for my magazine and poster. We were familiar with the cameras as we had used them last year to take the photographs for my music magazine.





The HD camcorders were borrowed from the other media group as there were only two of them. We used this to record the whole trailer. We had no tripod so we had to be careful with our shooting. We also changed the settings so that our clips had a blue filter.

Photoshop was a program we were familiar with after using it last year to make my music magazine. I did however get to use some skills that I had not been able to use last year such as the colour balance tool.

Production Documents: Completed Editing Log

Research and Planning: Finished Film Trailer

Research and Planning: Completed film poster

Research and Planning: Completed magazine

Research and Planning: Title Voiceover

This was our final consideration before finalizing our trailer. We tested this voiceover as it is typical of most blockbuster films and thought that it would work well with our trailer. However we chose not to use it as we found that our trailers soundtrack already had a lot of punctuations and adding this voiceover ruined the effect towards the end when the zombies appeared.

Research and Planning: Social networking feedback

 To gather more feedback for my work I uploaded my images to Facebook so that my peers could give me feedback. It seems that more people 'liked' the image than gave any helpful feedback.

 Chloe however is a photographer so I trust her opinion. I'm glad that she likes my work

I am very grateful of this constructive criticism and I will definitely be taking it on board.

Research and Planning: Magazine and Poster Location recee 2

Research and Planning: Magazine and Poster Location recee 1

Research and Planning: Production Company logo

Today I created my production company logo on Photoshop, this will be added to my trailer to make it look more realistic.

Research and Planning: Magazine and Poster risk assessment

Research and Planning: Actor Release Forms

Today I went to all of my actors and asked them to fill out an actor release form.

Research and Planning: Rearranging

Today I rearranged the layout of my magazine after finding an example of Empire magazine which I took a particular shine to. I am currently trying to decide if I like it better this way.

Research and Planning: Trailer so far

This is my trailer at its current stage with added clips, sound effects and transitions. There is very little that needs adding to it at this stage. The most crucial thing to add at this point is the voice over.

Research and Planning: Magazine so far

This is how my magazine looks currently, I changed the image for the photo I had originally used for my poster. I think that it looks better here.

Research and Planning: Poster so far

I decided that I needed to show a little more narrative in my my poster so I changed my original image and used it on my magazine instead. I have also added in one of my zombies to show more of the genre. I have also been able to add my background now which I think adds extra dimension to my poster

Research and Planning: Location photo's

Today I took a DSLR camera over night so that I could visit my main filming place and photograph the area to provide a suitable background for my magazine and poster. I think this will make a suitably creepy background.