To research a few years ago, people would have to find their information out of books from libraries, but in more recent times modern technology now lets us find information in the comfort of our own homes, now faster that ever. Web 2.0 is a term to describe the new and advanced technology. Using this, allows low budget film makers like us to browse and collect information from websites in example sites such as youtube and blogger.
Here are the following technologies I have used throughout the process of construction, research, planning and evaluation;
Blogger; This is the programme we use most frequently to add and update our coursework on. It is very good in terms of creating and re-editing posts, at any point you may go back and continue with something you've already posted. Using blogger you may also personalize your own blog and also edit posts in terms of picture and text alignment, font colour and size and ability to add photography, moving image and links to other sites and pages.
Google; By using a worldwide search engine such as Google, I have been able to research exsisting distribution products such as magazine covers, film posters and other forms of advertisement already used and created within the film industry.
Youtube; By using youtube I have been able to research exsisting trailers for films helping me to identify horror conventions needed to be re-created in our own trailer. Youtube has also enabled me to add videos to my blog thoughout my coursework unit and it has also helped us evaluate audience feedback and see how successful our trailers have been on the site. When posted on Youtube people are able to 'like' or 'dislike' videos such as our own and are also then able to share or 'favourite' the video.
Adobe Photoshop; By using photoshop I have been able to edit my own photos using different tools and effects and also re-create film poster and magazine covers efficiently. (Ancillary tasks) It also enables you to combine text and image enabling us to create our newspaper used in our trailer to a realistic standard.
Canon EOS; Using my Digital SLR I was able to take pictures for the ancillary tasks.
Video Camera; Using a video camera we were able to create our footage. We often used a tripod aswell to create a steady scene, but also we used it handheld too. This was to create a typical 'horror convention'. We found the video camera is to use.
Apple Mac; By using the Apple Mac we have been able to capture our footage from the video camera and transferred our desired clips to Final Cut Pro , where we have spent the majority of our time creating and editing our horror trailer. Although at first we found the programme quite difficult to work with, the more and more time we spent using it, the easier it became. Adding, capturing and cross fades were the easiest tools to master within the programme. The Apple Mac also had installed on it a programme named Garage Band, here you could create any type of music with a choice of beats or instruments. You could also record sounds such as your own voices. During our editing time, we only used this programme to create 'booms' and 'bangs' for our trailer. During editing we have also come across a programme named 'Live Type' here we could edit titles for our trailer and also add different effects and modes. We all found this quite easy to use from the beggining.
Final Cut Pro
As the most important media technology throughout the construction of our horror trailer, different techniques and tools helped us to create the effects we wanted for our own trailers.
Using the 'pen tool' (1st from bottom) we were able to select points from different video clips to 'fade in' or 'fade out' of the video. By doing this we were also able to create cross fades throughout frames.
By using the 'razor tool' we were able to cut clips in appropriate places for our trailer. This also was beneficial when we wanted to create flashes and pauses between frames and images.
Using final cut pro, we were also able to adjust the contrast and lighting of our frames as well as adjusting certain colours and also the speed and transition effects of each clip.
A fair annotated list of the technologies. Several points: firstly Final Cut Pro was the most important tech for the post production (and arguably the whole project) and you simply don't give it enough space. You should take the screenshot of your timeline, and either explore it with Flickr notes or crop bits of it and discuss it - focusing on particular tools and techniques that use used in order to create your final piece. Secondly, the question asks you tol explore all three stages of the production - R & P, construction, and evaluation. It might be a good idea to do this in turn. Thirdly, for the evaluation part, you should think about the pros and cons of using Web 2.0 apps like Blogger. What is better about it, and what worse, compared to more traditional methods of evaluating educational projects?
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