What did I use for the research/planning?
Lets start with Blogger- the website I'm using to record all this work! Originally, work had to be hand written, you had to create a portfolio for yourself and it was sent separately to the examiner. Now however, you can easily record what work you've done without the paperwork! It also means you can upload pictures and videos to the assigned piece of paper- this way you show more creativity than just a hand written piece of work. Another way of expressing yourself- some people find it easier to write essays, others talk to a camera.
When it comes to media, Youtube possibly has to be the most useful website ever! Throughout my research I would go onto youtube and search for teaser trailers, normal trailers and compare them. For instance, when analysing trailers I posted videos onto blogger, then wrote about them, without youtube you wouldn't be able to have the clip accessible for everyone to see! Youtube was useful when it came to uploading your own videos as well, it meant I could just film myself talking, then send it to everyone I want to. There's not many cons to using youtube apart from sometimes the audio can be a bit out of sync with the video, but this happens rarely. The pros being that you can easily search for anything you want!!
Televisions were very useful when it came to research and planning- more importantly adverts! Even though most people think that adverts are the most annoying thing in the world, you'll be suprised when a trailer comes on during the adverts how much people are engaged to watch them- a bit like a mindless robot. But it was useful in my planning as it meant I could watch what times certain trailers came onto the TV,
for instance for a film such as Happy Feet 2, it was often shown about 4 o'clock on channels such as CITV- this captivates their audience being children who just came home from school, watching childrens TV. Whilst a film such as Sherlock Holmes 2- although it is not scary as such, it tends to be shown on channel 4/E4, at about 8 o'clock, as their audience is older teenagers, young adults.
Media Technologies I used for Construction-
Lets start by talking about the cameras I used.
For filming of the trailer itself I used:
A Sony Handycam dcr-sx30!
It's a really good video camera!
*Simple to use
*Very few buttons (adds to it's simplicity)
*Compact- so when you are filming in public places (such as when I was filming in Norwich City) it doesn't draw attention to you filming- which is always good as people will be more likely to act naturally within your film (passers-by).
*Good quality film for it's price
*Last, but not least, it has a memory card slot, which is SO much easier for uploading videos from camera to computer (especially if you have a SD slot on your pc!!)
For taking still pictures (such as Tick and Tock)I used:
Lumix G1-
Pros of this camera!
*It produces good quality pictures!
*Has a good zoom lens on it
*Many settings that you can change on your camera, e.g. grayscale, take pictures at night etc.
*Because of the quality of camera- it's really easy to edit (pictures aren't pixalated)
Here's some pictures taken with my camera (click on the photo to see the quality of them
There's hundreds more photos I could of posted...but there's a limit to the amount you can/should upload!
Cons of this camera
*You couldn't just pick it up and instantly use it- it's pretty complicated due to the fact it has many settings.
*It's compact in a way. But in comparison to newer models, it's huge. However if you like the feel of the SLRs, you'd probably prefer this model to the newer ones.
*Again, in comparison to newer models it's not quite as good (new models can film HD, this camera takes still pictures only)
All round though, it's very good! And the pros completely outweigh the cons!
What I used for photo editing (this is for the magazine cover, film poster and photos in general for media):
I used Photoshop CS2- this was used to "manipulate" photos, as you can tell in my poster- I've made lots of different parts of people's faces into one big face- this creates the effect that there are an equal importance (this is explained in more detail in my film poster). Photoshop CS2, is easy to use...when you know how, it takes a few days when you get the hang of it, but I have used it many times in the past so it didn't take half the time making my poster as it would have if I didn't know how to use it!
What was used by my brother for music:
I don't have too much information on this media technology, but the program that was used to make the music is called Logic Pro! Here's a screenshot of the program, sometimes pictures are better explaining than words!
Last but not least! I used Sony Vegas to edit my video!!! Much like the rest of the media technologies I've used- once you know how to use it, it's simple- if not, it'd take ages!! However, I used this for my last (AS) media project, and I've had much experience before that as well.
Pros:
*It's a good quality video editing software
*Lots of different effects!
*Lots of different transitions!
*Alongs you know how to use it, you can literally make anything that you think of, want a lion in the background? Done. Green Screened!
Cons:
*Expensive!!!!
*Takes a long time to learn how to use it!
Again, pros outweigh cons!
And with that, it concludes this evaluation question!
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