Evaluation - How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
List of Technology used throughout production of 15 minutes of Fame.
Software
Adobe photoshop - Photoshop is a powerful editing programme developed by Adobe. It is a very popular programme within the magazine industry and we used it to create our magazine cover, billboard and film poster. As mentioned earlier in the blog photoshop requires a lot of time practicing and getting used the the functions available within the programme, however once you have a good handling of the programme we were able to create a very effective poster that close to industry standard.
imovie - We mainly used imovie to import our footage from our camera as we found it easier to oraganise on this programme. We then used the clips we wanted and were able to drag them straight into final cut to edit. Although we used imovie for AS and were comfortable using it we felt we wanted to you a more advanced programmed for our A2 media which is why we chose final cut.
Final Cut - Developed by apple this was the programme we decided to use to edit our film. The main reason was it allowed us access to more complicated editing processes that weren't available on imovie and so produce overall a better looking trailer that was closer to an industry standard.
itunes - This was the software we used to import music from CD's and transfer them to Final cut for editing. Having itunes at home to organise my own personal music meant it was very easy to use during the production of our film.
Livetype - Livetype allowed us to create excellent text sequences that could then be imported straight to Final Cut. I found livetype incredibly frustrating at times when I couldn't change the timings on the effects to the correct settings.
Hardware
Mac Computer - Mac computers are the preferred choice from editors in industries such as magazine and fashion. In our media department we are fortunate to have a mac suite that we can use to use for our media project.
Storage devices (usb and CD's) - We used these to transfer data between macs.
Camcorder - We used my partners video camera as I experienced previous problems with the school cameras during my AS project.
Camera - I used my own personal camera which had 10.2 mega pixels which was more then adequate. I used the camera to take still shots to use in the film poster.
Others
Tripod - Very useful keeping the camera still and was very important in some of the shots in our trailer.
Blogger - I had never used a blog before until media A2 but now i can really see the benefits of using one. Google has produced an excellent tool to upload anything you really want onto it and allows anyone with an Internet connection to view it. Blogging has become increasingly popular and has allowed media producers to share there productions all round the world. As standard with many applications now there is a built in spell check which is very useful for me!
Overall Evaluation of Media Technologies
This year I was very pleased to have very few problems during the production, unlike for AS where I experienced many problems. The only problem that was a major issue was in the second term of school the media department changed the mac systems from server based to localised. This meant that before work was saved on the school server but this was then changed to the local hard drive of the mac. In the process of this some work was lost as it was not properly saved. Fortunately not much was lost and the work that I had lost had already been posted on the blog. This illustrates how new technology's such as the shift to cloud computing (blogs) has really helped me as i can constantly update it with all work that i have produced.
During planning and research stages new media technologies have been very helpful. For example the use of the internet has allowed us to gather inspiration very easily by looking at videos from the horror genre on youtube for example. Using website such as wikipedia and BFI we were able to research very quickly other films in our genre.
During production one new media technology we used was the use of a green screen. A green screen allows a background to be imported behind the person creating the illusion that the actor is actually there. In this case we created a very realistic looking BBC news room. To get the news report onto a real television was possible from very recent advancements in technology. Many TV's produced now are able to connect to the Internet, from the Internet we were able to access the news report from youtube and play the clip in full screen, this gave a very realistic effect with relative ease.
From the evaluation point of view it has been a lot easier to gather feedback using modern technologies. By using blogger I can post a real time progress of our production where the target audience is able to continually give feedback after every post I make. As mentioned youtube allows us to upload potential clips we plan to use and then post them on facebook. Facebook allows us to immediatly reach hundreds of people within are target audience and we our able to get feedback posted belowimmediately. We also used online polls and surveys to help in the planning and evalutation stages.
Software
Adobe photoshop - Photoshop is a powerful editing programme developed by Adobe. It is a very popular programme within the magazine industry and we used it to create our magazine cover, billboard and film poster. As mentioned earlier in the blog photoshop requires a lot of time practicing and getting used the the functions available within the programme, however once you have a good handling of the programme we were able to create a very effective poster that close to industry standard.
imovie - We mainly used imovie to import our footage from our camera as we found it easier to oraganise on this programme. We then used the clips we wanted and were able to drag them straight into final cut to edit. Although we used imovie for AS and were comfortable using it we felt we wanted to you a more advanced programmed for our A2 media which is why we chose final cut.
Final Cut - Developed by apple this was the programme we decided to use to edit our film. The main reason was it allowed us access to more complicated editing processes that weren't available on imovie and so produce overall a better looking trailer that was closer to an industry standard.
itunes - This was the software we used to import music from CD's and transfer them to Final cut for editing. Having itunes at home to organise my own personal music meant it was very easy to use during the production of our film.
Livetype - Livetype allowed us to create excellent text sequences that could then be imported straight to Final Cut. I found livetype incredibly frustrating at times when I couldn't change the timings on the effects to the correct settings.
Hardware
Mac Computer - Mac computers are the preferred choice from editors in industries such as magazine and fashion. In our media department we are fortunate to have a mac suite that we can use to use for our media project.
Storage devices (usb and CD's) - We used these to transfer data between macs.
Camcorder - We used my partners video camera as I experienced previous problems with the school cameras during my AS project.
Camera - I used my own personal camera which had 10.2 mega pixels which was more then adequate. I used the camera to take still shots to use in the film poster.
Others
Tripod - Very useful keeping the camera still and was very important in some of the shots in our trailer.
Blogger - I had never used a blog before until media A2 but now i can really see the benefits of using one. Google has produced an excellent tool to upload anything you really want onto it and allows anyone with an Internet connection to view it. Blogging has become increasingly popular and has allowed media producers to share there productions all round the world. As standard with many applications now there is a built in spell check which is very useful for me!
Overall Evaluation of Media Technologies
This year I was very pleased to have very few problems during the production, unlike for AS where I experienced many problems. The only problem that was a major issue was in the second term of school the media department changed the mac systems from server based to localised. This meant that before work was saved on the school server but this was then changed to the local hard drive of the mac. In the process of this some work was lost as it was not properly saved. Fortunately not much was lost and the work that I had lost had already been posted on the blog. This illustrates how new technology's such as the shift to cloud computing (blogs) has really helped me as i can constantly update it with all work that i have produced.
During planning and research stages new media technologies have been very helpful. For example the use of the internet has allowed us to gather inspiration very easily by looking at videos from the horror genre on youtube for example. Using website such as wikipedia and BFI we were able to research very quickly other films in our genre.
During production one new media technology we used was the use of a green screen. A green screen allows a background to be imported behind the person creating the illusion that the actor is actually there. In this case we created a very realistic looking BBC news room. To get the news report onto a real television was possible from very recent advancements in technology. Many TV's produced now are able to connect to the Internet, from the Internet we were able to access the news report from youtube and play the clip in full screen, this gave a very realistic effect with relative ease.
From the evaluation point of view it has been a lot easier to gather feedback using modern technologies. By using blogger I can post a real time progress of our production where the target audience is able to continually give feedback after every post I make. As mentioned youtube allows us to upload potential clips we plan to use and then post them on facebook. Facebook allows us to immediatly reach hundreds of people within are target audience and we our able to get feedback posted belowimmediately. We also used online polls and surveys to help in the planning and evalutation stages.
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