Evaluation question 4

How did you use media technologies in the construction,

research, planning and evaluation stages.

I used a variety of media technologies in order to create my film trailer and my two ancillary texts.

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Research and Planning

This is the stage where I planned everything and looked at real media

products to help direct me in the right way.

In this stage I used YouTube as the main source of watching other trailers

and analyzing them to help me establish codes and conventions of a thriller

genre.

I analyzed three real life media products. Captain America, The taking of

Pelham 123 and Inception. This three films allowed me to see the codes

and conventions used in real media products as well as identify the timeline

of a trailer. Although the timeline of the trailer often change in each movie

they all pose the to the audience in the same manner.

YouTube

YouTube was the biggest contributor in helping me in the research and planning process. It helped me access real life media products which helped me gain ideas and thoughts of what I wanted my trailer to look like. At first I research conventions of a thriller film using the popular search engine Google. I then got YouTube videos which were about codes of conventions of a thriller genre and viewed them to help me gain broader knowledge of the thriller genre in general.

Web Browsers

• I used Google chrome and Safari to access the

internet. It helped me view real life media

products for example Hollywood trailers, Posters

and magazine cover. These two web browsers

also helped me access my blog.

CameraThis is the camera I used to film. It is a standard camera I borrowed from the college. I filmed on two occasions mostly occurring outdoors. I used the camera only during day time, This allowed me to get clear shots and not put myself or the camera in danger of taking a fall.

I used a camera in my AS year to film so I was comfortable filming and getting good camera angles however I wasn’t entirely comfortable using this particular camera. The first reason for that is because there was no microphone attached to it so I had to use a microphone attached to a boom pole which made the process of filming harder.

Camera angles

Over the shoulder shot

Birds eye view

Wide shot

My end result has been changed as I was looking to

make my trailer appear as a Hollywood production but

the quality of the camera changes that. However with

the resources I had available I managed to do a

significant amount. I managed to get a variety of

camera angles to have as much raw footage available

which helps me In the editing process as I have a larger

selection of camera shots. This allows my trailer to be

well rounded and appear professional

This is the different stages of creating my sound

I am finally checking my sound

In this box I am about to create my sound on garage band

I have made my sound and I am exporting it from garage band to final cut pro

It is finally on final cut pro

Picture Editing software

• I used Photoshop to edit my two ancillary texts. I did not

feel comfortable with this software at first as It was my first

time using it. However I soon began to realize it was a user

friendly software which made it easier for me to create my

poster and magazine cover.

• The software allowed me to create an entirely new shot

from a number of images

Film Poster

Production credits

Release date

Actors names

Main image

Film name

• Overall the software has enhanced my product entirely

as it made my film poster seem more glamorous which

was, what I was after as I tried to emulate it from

Hollywood film poster inspiration. Without this software

my poster would look very insipid as it wouldn’t have

professional elements about it. Without this software I

would not have been able to manipulate the lighting of

my product as well as not being able to create the

thriller aura about it.

Magazine cover• For my magazine cover I also used

Photoshop. I used this software made

it easier for me to create my

magazine cover as I was already

familiar with the layout as have

already used it to create my film

poster.

Magazine cover

This is the first layout of a magazine cover I have seen. I then did further research and saw first hand all magazine covers have the same elements but have some minor changes in position. So in my magazine cover I replicated this layout.

Masthead

Main Image

Bar-code

Main cover line

Selling line

Cover lines

Dateline

Film name

• For my magazine cover I used standard photo of the main

actor. This was because he would be most recognized. I then

uploaded it on Photoshop. After uploading it I used an image

of the empire logo from Google images. I used the empire

logo as a masthead and the image of the main actor as the

main image. I included text on both sides of the image as

part of my cover lines. Finally I added the film name at the

bottom, the bar-code at the very bottom on the right hand

side and the selling line above the masthead. This was very

simple to do.

Wordpress

• I used Wordpress to record my media coursework.

Wordpress is user friendly as the layout is simple.

As a class we had one log in which we all had our

individual posts. This helped me categories my

work which made it easier to access.

YouTube

• I used YouTube to upload a video open to public

viewing. This in turn allows me to gain audience

feedback. YouTube is recognized world wide as it is

the most popular video-sharing website in the world.

With YouTube being very popular and With me

putting my trailer on YouTube it helps me reach my

target audience quicker. It helps raise awareness of

my trailer and reach a broader audience.

Provocateur official trailer

Here is my final video which is uploaded on YouTube.

It now has 16 views and 3 comments in the first couple of hours which isn’t too bad. This is the top comment

Motion

I used motion to create texts and my ident. This was effective as both of these elements can be found in every trailer. These conventions have to be included in a trailer to make it seem and appear as a trailer. For my trailer they were very effective as it distinguished my trailer from a film opening

This is me using motion to create my ident

This is the text in my film. I also used motion to create this text.

This is also another convention i followed which I created in the software motion. In every film there is production credit which again makes it appear as a trailer. I too have followed this convention