Evaluation: Question 4

How did you use Media Technologies in the

Construction and Research, Planning and Evaluation Stages

How did you use Media Technologies in the Construction and Research, Planning and Evaluation Stages

Throughout the whole production of my

research, planning and evaluation for the completion of my teaser trailer, promotional poster and the magazine cover, I have accomplished this by making beneficial and relevant use of a wide range of media technologies.

When I finished writing out basic outlines and drafts of work

that needed to be placed on to my blog, I produced it on

Microsoft Office programs. I used Microsoft Word for

things like my film summary or analysis. This way my

work can be in an ideal format and it is more fast and

easy as there is such a thing like spell check.

I have also used Microsoft Excel

for producing question 3 of the evaluation.

On a couple of slides I decided to add in

graphs from the data I collected from the

questionnaires and then copied them onto the presentation

The third and final Microsoft Office program that

I used was Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation. I have

used this (and still am) for completing my evaluation.

As there is more to add for this part of the project, it is more easier and more functional. Also it is more of a better format for doing my evaluation in this method.


When doing my research for my project I

mainly went to the search engine Google to

receive relevant knowledge and information.

I used it for research when seeking to find

anything in relation to what I’m doing. For

example; If I wanted to find out about fairy tales

all I had to do was type it in and click on what was

found.

I also used Google as a source for finding

images such as promotional posters or magazine covers.

Google is also used as an email account service.

In order to upload my work on to blog I had to

get an email account to log in.


Blogger or Blogspotis a blog-publishing service that allows people to upload regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.

I use this to upload the whole of project within different entries. All of my work from my research on horror films to this very

presentation slide that your viewing now is

uploaded on to my own personal blog.

When using blogger I’m also able to change the

design settings so I’m able to change the way my

blog is presented to my own personal preference.


You tube acted as an important role for the

construction of the stages of my project.

I used you tube in my research as I was to find

out about different horror trailers and how they

were made and portrayed so it could inspire me in

ways of how to create my own.

Also, I created a you tube account so I was able to

upload my finished trailer online so people were able

to view it easily.


When finding music for my trailer, I had to access those of copyright free usage. I looked at many websites for music that worked well for my teaser trailer and that were legal for me to use and download.

As I used three pieces of music in my teaser trailer, I retrieved them from two different copyright free websites.

One from freeplay music.com and the others from royalty free music


To upload some of my work to the blog I used slide share. It is an online slide hosting service where users can upload files from certain format. I’ve used this to upload certain word documents and evaluation slides like this.


When actually constructing the filming of my teaser trailer I used a digital camera which I could use for both video footage and still images. Using this camera was at first complicated because I had never used it before and I had to get use to the function of it but I quickly got the hang of it. It was very efficient because I could also do the photo shoot for my magazine cover and the poster. Plus I could take as much shots as I liked because if one didn’t work well the first time I could always redo it again. The camera automatically saves footage so if I change my mind when editing I always had a wider range of choices.


After I filmed my teaser trailer it was time to edit it to the final production. By picking out the shots that I wanted and adding in text and sound effects I used imovie. Again this was another complicated piece of technology for me to use but I soon found my way around it for completing my trailer.

( not my actual footage)


As well as using imovie to refine my teaser trailer, I also needed to create my promotional poster and my magazine cover. Having already taken the pictures for them I needed to make the final production by using Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop allowed me to crop and refine my images as well as to add different things to them such as text and other images or colours. By using Photoshop for my ancillary text I could make to appeal more to the brief and to the target audience.


Throughout this whole project I have used a wide range of technology to create my finish production. Although I have had some complications with getting use to how some of them work, I now feel that my knowledge and skill of these modern technologies have improved. If I were to do this again, there is a guarantee that my project will come across as more professional as I now have assertive experience for creating it.


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Evaluation: Question 4