A2 media technologies evaluation
- 1. During the Research & planning, construction and evaluation I have used a number of media technology to showcase and present my work, These are as follows:
- 2. During my Research& planning phase I had predominantly used Google and YouTube, this is because I had research into similar or existing products which allowed me to get a better insight into trailers as this was part of the task, I had chosen four trailers which where of different genres, following this I was able to be a critic and reviewed each trailer on genre, shot types, lighting and impact on audience, by using these technologies I was able to research products, if I did not have these technologies then I am unable to do so, to input the existing trailers, I had used Microsoft PowerPoint to showcase my findings and what my thoughts where on the overall trailer, following this to I had used slideshare, which allowed me to present my work in slides as I was unable to do it straight from Microsoft PowerPoint, the code which I copied and pasted into wordpress showed up clearly, this technology allowed me to show all my finding and put it into one blog. Another technology I had used for my research and planning was Prezi, this is a web-based presentation, which like slide share allowed me to input information but in a different style, this was key because if I did not have access to this then all my work would be word formatted.
- 3. Adobe premier pro This software allowed me to produce my trailer, if I did not have access to this then I am unable to create an effective trailer, Premier pro was the main software required, I was able to edit the clips to my liking, so if I wanted I could cut down the length of the clips to make it fast paced. I am also able to make transitions such as dip to black, dip to white, cross fade and other techniques. Premier pro offered and ensured that my trailer was finished to a high standard, it was imperative that these aspects where available within the programme, if this was not available, then my trailer would be poor and will look as they are a bunch images just placed beside each other, so by implementing the transitions I am able to make the trailer professional. Throughout the creation of the trailer there where a number of issues which I faced this includes not loading the scenes appropriately and some scenes are not appearing on the page, this was time consuming and eventually I worked out what was required to solve the issue Slideshare I have used slideshare to showcase a considerable amount of information into an easy format to view. I have used Slideshare in my evaluation and construction & development phase to show my use of shots which I have not included as well as the technology which I used in this post to show my use of ICT in research. As well as this I have included another evaluation which illustrates the similar conventions and whether I have disregarded or not.It has been extremely advantageous as I have used PowerPoint to create text and include images and then uploaded it to slideshare so it can be viewed on my blog. This made my blog look neater and professional as all the elements can be clearly seen
- 4. Prezi This was another tool which I used predominantly during my research and development, this allowed me present my work more effectively, rather than a standard piece of text, It is a presentation tool which allows me to insert information and images adequately, this was another way to format information which proved to be successful, all I needed to do is copy the correct code and paste into my blog. Adobe Photoshop This was another software which I used mainly for my ancillary texts, I had to construct the magazine and the poster as it had all the necessary tools which allowed me to create these successful products, Photoshop allowed me to develop my original plans that I roughly drafted on paper, which stated where I will locate each element , using Photoshop I was able to edit the bases of both the magazine and poster, which were the pictures I used. I changed a number of things this includes the brightness, colour and the edits itself This allowed my images to stand out more and look more suitable to the genre of my trailer. For e.g. I had to edit the title where I added a block and the inner glow which made it stand out and look attractive. Photoshop allowed me to add different layers. I added different layers to ensure that I can input all the information appropriately. Different tools also include, erasing, lasso tools, cropping and air brush tools to gain the required poster or magazine effect I wanted. I did not have much of an issue with this particular software as I had previously used this software and had an advantage when it came to creating the ancillary texts
- 5. Camera- Cannon This was used throughout the whole course and is the main technology needed, for my research and development phase I had used a camera to take images of similar products which I would gain information from, this was crucial as I would be unable to complete the task efficiently without it, the next phase I had to take images of my draft plan and take other notes which where in relation to my the constructions and development, it was important to show the stages which I had taken to from my original plans to the main product, otherwise there is no evidence to show this, following this the main trailer which was part of the task required a camera to take all the scenes, without it I am unable to take the shots for my trailer, the quality of the camera was very good as it allowed me to take the images which where of high quality, this in turn makes my trailer look as effective as possible and professional, again I did not have any issues regarding using the camera, as I have used it previously used it, all the buttons where easy to configure and work out- this being the main part of the camera. Computer and laptop This was most necessary as I had to use this for my research, construction and evaluation, this was the main element which was required as without it no information can be displayed, the laptops where also used, this is because I was able to complete work out of school time, this was imperative as I had to ensure that I have completed the task on time and meeting deadlines, I had used the standard computers for my research and development phase and had used the apple Macs to create my trailer, so this was very essential, I did not have much problems regarding the computers apart from the school ones which often froze and I had to restart the programme.
- 6. Camera- Cannon This was used throughout the whole course and is the main technology needed, for my research and development phase I had used a camera to take images of similar products which I would gain information from, this was crucial as I would be unable to complete the task efficiently without it, the next phase I had to take images of my draft plan and take other notes which where in relation to my the constructions and development, it was important to show the stages which I had taken to from my original plans to the main product, otherwise there is no evidence to show this, following this the main trailer which was part of the task required a camera to take all the scenes, without it I am unable to take the shots for my trailer, the quality of the camera was very good as it allowed me to take the images which where of high quality, this in turn makes my trailer look as effective as possible and professional, again I did not have any issues regarding using the camera, as I have used it previously used it, all the buttons where easy to configure and work out- this being the main part of the camera. Computer and laptop This was most necessary as I had to use this for my research, construction and evaluation, this was the main element which was required as without it no information can be displayed, the laptops where also used, this is because I was able to complete work out of school time, this was imperative as I had to ensure that I have completed the task on time and meeting deadlines, I had used the standard computers for my research and development phase and had used the apple Macs to create my trailer, so this was very essential, I did not have much problems regarding the computers apart from the school ones which often froze and I had to restart the programme.