EVALUATION 6By Adam Cook

INTRODUCTION

Within this evaluation I will be analysing the technology I used during the research and planning stage, construction-video stage and the evaluation stage. The technology can be both hardware and software but on the majority it will be software. By the end of the evaluation I will be able to show what I have learnt, this I will share with you by screen grabbing areas and doing a step by step guide on how to use certain websites e.g. Prezi.

RESEARCH AND PLANNING (TECHNOLOGY USED, HOW AND WHY/WHAT FOR??)

During the stage of research and planning we used a variety of technology to help with our research and plan our ideas ahead of making the film opening. Within the computer we used Prezi and blogger to research and plan our ideas. For example with Prezi we produced certain tasks to help appeal with the audience and allow us to develop our ideas an example of this would be our generic conventions work. We also used blogger to keep track of our research which enabled us to look back and see if we could use certain ideas. Furthermore, we also used a camera in our research and planning as we did a video of our Target Audience Interviews. This allowed us to understand what our target audience preferred with our genre and what they disliked so then we know how to appeal to them and engage them in our film opening. Therefore, making the film opening a success with the Target Audience.

HOW TO USE BLOGGER

1. To use Blogger you need a Gmail account

2. When you first login you will see all the posts you have published

3. Click new post to publish onto your blog

4. Type the title of your post5. Click HTML if you want to embed a Prezi etc.6. Paste Embed code

into the HTML section

7. Click Compose and you will you work appear from Prezi or Slideshare

8. Click Publish and your work will be posted onto your blog9. Click View

to see post on blog

10. Post will be on your blog

HOW TO USE PREZI

1. Log into Prezi using any email and password, may have to register

2. It will come up with previous Prezi's you have done unless you haven’t been on Prezi before

3. Click ‘Create a new Prezi’

4. Choose a template for your Prezi

5. It will come up with your Prezi and the path to the left. Produce the work

6.To insert a YouTube video or image click insert at the top toolbar.

7. Click image or YouTube video. For YouTube video copy and paste address from internet. For image save the image and upload it.

HOW TO USE PREZI CONTINUED

8. Click Exit in the top right corner

9. Click Embed in the bottom right

10. Click the code and copy it then look at slide 2 and paste the code into the HTML section.

RESEARCH AND PLANNING (WHAT YOU LEARNT)

I have learnt a lot within the research and planning stage which will help in the future as in certain aspects I will need the things I have learnt. Firstly, I learnt how to use blogger as I had never used it before and it turns out its very useful as it keeps all my work into one blog and I can look back at my work and see the mark and corrections I need to make. I learnt how to publish a post onto my blog which was very important to know as I would be making many publishes during my AS media coursework. In addition to posting on my blog I learnt how to view my blog and see the work I have produced. As well as blogger I learnt how to use Prezi and how to use the different tools within Prezi and finally how to embed the Prezi onto my blog.

CONSTRUCTION-VIDEO (TECHNOLOGY USED, HOW AND WHY/WHAT FOR??)

Within the construction stage we used a variety of software that enabled us to progress and create the final product itself. To begin with, we used Movie Studio Platinum which enabled us to edit the video and make it ready to watch. We also used a bit of Photoshop which allowed us to create a Studio Logo and titles for the film and then we would have to transfer them over. Furthermore, YouTube was a large factor which helped with research and planning and also allowed us to upload our video on our YouTube accounts. For a short period we used Soundation to create our music and this allowed us to create tension within the film and made it more realistic.

Logo created in photo shop

Music created in Soundation

CONSTRUCTION-VIDEO (WHAT I LEARNT)

I have learnt a lot during the construction stage and this has helped myself to develop on certain aspects and make parts of the video better than others. I learnt how to edit on Movie Studio Platinum which is a major factor in creating a successful media product. Adding a filter to the video was a small feature however I learnt how to add it and the video now has its own unique look. Fading in and out of clips was used in the first clips and the end, to give it a pristine look and allow the audience to identify the ending and beginning. I learnt how to do this feature and it has helped majorly as now I can add the fade in and out into other clips in the future. As we were using YouTube I finally learnt how to upload a video onto my account so the public can see and watch what I had to share. Following up from uploading videos onto YouTube it wouldn’t be possible if we hadn’t rendered the video which I had learnt to do while using Movie Studio Platinum. Linking to slide 2 and 3 I learnt how to embed my work onto my blogger by copying and pasting the embed code into the HTML section. I learnt how to split a clip into two which would allow us to get rid of one section or to allow us to get the correct part of the clip we want. Furthermore, I learnt how to dissolve clips by over lapping them in Movie Studio Platinum. We didn’t use a dissolve within the video but I had learnt this from the preliminary task and it means I can add it to any other work in the future. Moving onto hardware, I learnt how to zoom in and out on the camera which enabled us to shoot the dead body scene and I also learnt how to frame the camera using the tripod which would allow us to have good framing and not having to edit the framing during the editing stage. Finally, I learnt how to slow down a clip on Movie Studio Platinum which would allow the video to breathe. We did this with the panning shot from right to left after feedback from our target audience.

Fading in

Added titles that are faded in and out

Good framing from tripod

Right click on a clip then click split (how to split clips)

EVALUATION (TECHNOLOGY USED, HOW AND WHY/WHAT FOR?)

Within the evaluation stage we used a variety of software to evaluate our piece. We used Prezi, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word and lastly Emaze. We used all these software to look at our media product and compare it to our preliminary task or to see how we promote our film. I have already mentioned Prezi as slide 4 and 5 show how to work it and how to produce your evaluations. Emaze is very similar to Prezi but was also good for our evaluation 4. How evaluations will allow us to see what we did well and how we would improve upon our work if we were asked to perform the same task of creating a 2 minute film opening.

EVALUATION (WHAT I LEARNT)

From my evaluations I have learnt a few things which can help in the future. Firstly, within my evaluations I have learnt what was good and bad about my media product and this will allow myself to improve upon my work the next time I perform a similar task. Furthermore, I have learnt how to use Emaze which is similar to Prezi and it allowed myself to learn another piece of software which is just as good as Prezi or PowerPoint. Also from my evaluation I have learnt that I do make mistakes which I can improve on and therefore produce better work for myself which will help for the future.

Evaluation 1

Evaluation 3

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, I have learnt a variety of things within the research and planning stage, construction-video stage and the evaluation stage. Many of which link in with one another but overall I have seen what I need to improve for next time and have learnt how to use certain software/websites that will aid myself in the future. I have also learnt how my media product has become a success and seen how it could be improved and therefore appeal more to the target audience. Most importantly I have understood how to use equipment like the camera and allow myself to use the tripod to get good framings for the film opening.