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- 1. Evaluation Question 4 Ryan Brown.
- 2. The Construction of my media product. • I used many different media technology's in the construction of my media products, I initially used a Fujifilm Camera to take the photos for my ancillary tasks, to keep everything the same I then used the same camera to produce my trailer. The same camera is used throughout the construction of the trailer to keep things neat and tidy. • When I was in the construction stages of creating my media product I also used windows movie maker to edit and produce the trailer. This allowed me to edit, add the soundtrack and add captions all on the same programme. Although the programme was useful in these respects, however the programme froze on many occasions and was often slow so therefore production took longer overall, if I was to do this again an investment in new technology would be useful so I was more efficient in the production stage of making my trailer. • For the construction of my ancillary tasks I used the programme Photoshop, this was useful because it allowed me to edit the photos to make them fit in with the classical film noir conventions. I also used this to add text to the magazine front cover and the poster, this allowed me to link this with the classical magazine and poster conventions. This was one of the most efficient sections of my construction as I was able to construct all of my ancillary tasks on one programme
- 3. In My Research I used technologies such as… • I used Flickr to analyse and evaluate different media products and to make it easier to see the different conventions in the poster or magazine front cover. This was a useful tool as it allowed me to analyse and add notes to the shots easily and it allowed me to present them well on my blog. However I found that Flickr was quite time consuming and you cant view it on my blog, you have to click on the picture so notes don’t appear up straight away. • Also I used Slide Share to present my findings into the film noir genre itself. I have found this useful because I was able to imbed the presentation into my blog, this was helpful because it makes it easy to present. Slide share is a useful tool because you can just make a presentation and just embed it onto your blog to make it easier to view.
- 4. In my evaluation stages… • In the evaluation stage I used different presentation techniques to show my range of presentation resources I have used, for my evaluation question 2 I have used Prezi, which is a presentation tool which allows my to create a presentation that is neat and takes you round the subject, it made it easier to evaluate and analyse my work. However although a useful tool it is also very time consuming. • For my evaluation question 3 I have used a camera to create a video of what I have done about my audience research. This has allowed me to use tool such as YouTube which has helped me to analyse my work, the beauty of this is that I can expand on points and maybe add things I didn’t think of before when speaking, however this is more time consuming than a normal and it is also easy to go off the point when you are talking so strong note taking is advised.
- 5. the technology I used… • I used a range of technology in my media productions, when I was creating the soundtrack I used a software that allowed me to add sounds on top of each other and layer sounds to make the soundtrack more dramatic sound and to add tension and bold sharp sounds to the trailer. I enjoyed using the software, however it was quite time consuming and was sometimes harder to time it all to the editing of the trailer, however I found that in the end it was successful, giving the product a strong professional sound. This will help promote my film as it will look less cheap and look like a big budget film. I was quite controversial with using this technology because I wanted to re create the film noir feel by using traditional recording techniques and actual instruments, this programme made it very efficient and less time consuming, although I may have drifted away from classical film noir genre in the sense of the soundtrack but overall I have found that this has been successful. • If I was to do it again I would first of all familiarise myself with the software before I started creating because I fell that I may have missed out on some additional software that the programme offered. I feel that knowing how all aspects of the programme worked I would be able to make a stronger soundtrack.
- 6. When in production stages… • When I was producing the film trailer we included some dialogue, the easiest way to do this was in my opinion just using the microphone on the camera. This could have mass improvement as the wind makes the vocals less clear and it picks up lots of interruptions, in my opinion a better microphone would allow me to have a clearer sound where dialogue is concerned, overall although a better mic would be expensive I think it would make the trailer much stronger. This will reinforce the highly professional feel to the trailer. For example a film microphone would muffle the sound of the wind and make it less apparent it would also improve the quality of the sound and only pick up the voices of the characters speaking.
- 7. In conclusion… • I used a range of materials to help aid the production process, I used some older technology such as the camera and windows movie maker which were quite basic, and then I used programmes such as FL studio and Prezi which had wider ranges of settings etc. and this allowed me to create a more professional feel to the trailer. • One thing I have enjoyed with the technology side of the production is using the new technology in the production stages and then reverting it to represent an old style of film. • If I was to do this again I would use improved technology and newer technology in the editing stage of my production because I feel that this is the most time consuming stage and could be made quicker and easier with improved technology.