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Question 4
Whilst producing my media texts I used many different forms of technologies.
An example of this is the Adobe Premier Pro which I used to create the radio
trailer and 5 minute extract from the documentary. This particular piece of
software allowed me to edit and create professional looking media texts that follow the codes and conventions of a
documentary and a radio trailer.
Although I did have previous experience with this software I believe that I really
gained a thorough understanding of how to use it quickly and efficiently whilst
producing my radio trailer and documentary. Also it was extremely easy to transfer clips from my documentary to the
radio trailer which made producing the radio trailer straightforward.
Adobe Photoshop was used to create the print advert, which I had also had experience
with so I was able to create a professional looking print advert very quickly as I had
taken the picture of the Liverpool skyline and the welcome to Liverpool sign which I
thought worked very effectively together and these coupled with the slogan really
conveyed the subject matter which in turn would of engaged and influenced the
audience into watching the documentary which is the purpose of the print advert.
The equipment that we used a group included several video cameras, a tripod, a still SLR camera and a microphone. However we did face several
problems with the microphone as during the interview with the leader of Liverpool city council the microphone stopped working so we had to re film the interview although this did cut time a bit
short. Furthermore, problems with sound where also evident in many of our voxpops as they were done in
Liverpool city centre which is extremely noisy and busy, because of this we were unable to use them.
We had several problems with shaky camera movement at first particularly when filming cutaways despite using the tripod however we recorded them all several time
until we thought we had a professional looking shot.
The still camera was used to not only take photos of Liverpool for
the print advert but also of photos of us filming and editing as
evidence for our blogs. Furthermore, I used the schools recording studio to record the
voiceover and radio trailer.
Whilst planning our documentary we needed to gain a lot of information of what we could include and look into several
topics, we also needed to get contact details for our potential interviewees. Internet explorer allowed me to do all of these as
I could use Google to find out information and hotmail to contact the interviewees and also get permission to use songs in
the documentary. Also YouTube was used to get archive material such as the ‘how to make scouse’ interview and Harry
Enfield sketch which we unfortunately had to remove as the quality was not very good. Also to gain audience feedback
Facebook was used so that i could show people my finished media products and ask their opinions on them to help with my evaluation. Finally, I also used BlogSpot to present my work to
the examiner.
I have used PowerPoint, Microsoft word, prezi, slideshare, windows movie maker
and premier pro to present work creatively on my blog. This work
includes analyse of other documentaries, codes and conventions,
planning, evaluation and more.
In conclusion I was able to create a professional documentary, print advert and radio trailer
with the use of different forms of technology which were at my
disposal.
