I used Media Technologies in the construction and research stages of my media project in many ways, to create my actual media project, I started with the research mainly, and this was done with the internet to start, and knowledge from my previous Media School Lessons. The internet was used in many ways, from using different websites to gather information and reading blogs which was about different theories and how to succeed in trailer and project creation. The technology I used was a Dual Core iMac and a Dell Vostro 200s for the internet research, at one point I also used my iPhone to get information from sites which were blocked at school. I did this as the website, I knew had information what I could use towards my project and that it would help me, so I had to get access to the site.
I think that the internet was a great success to helping me with my research task, I got really far with it and it helped me greatly.
Next were the Construction and production stages, for this I used different technologies, however some the same, this being the Dual core iMac, to produce my film I used the Final Cut express video editing software. This was very successful in editing my trailer as it had every feature I needed to use and was very easy to navigate. I think that the iMac was a very successful approach to editing my trailer as it was the easiest and most efficient way to get my project finished on time and to a highest standard on which it works. The iMac is also a very great way to edit moving images as they are dual core, this made the editing and rendering stages very fast to complete. I used this in such a way that I wouldn’t fall behind in my work and that it would be done to such a standard that it met the criteria of the project and the likability of the target audience who watched it.
Other things used in the construction and production stages of the filming also includes a Tripod which was used to elevate the camera to a suitable height what gave the audience the best view to see what is going on in scenes. I think that the tripod was a very successful way to get the best moving image from the camera from the correct heights and angles. Another useful thing what I used was the camera itself. This was a Canon HV30 HDV Digital camcorder. This is one of the best cameras what my school has to offer so I chose this since it was very simple to use and gave good standard quality video. I feel that this was a great choice of camera to use for my filming as the overall finished product which it gave was a very good quality and worked with the audiences to a great standard. This camera was also taken out on test runs before the actually footage was to be shot, this was to see how the camera performed in cases of, volume and lighting. The footage from the test runs were never included in the trailer but they were never going to be hence why they are test runs.
What I used to create my ancillary tasks were such things as Adobe Design Premium CS5, which software what I used included Photoshop CS5 (For my Poster) and Dreamweaver CS5 (For my website).
I have used both Dreamweaver and Photoshop in the past and I feel that they were great choices to use again for this project. I feel that they were very successful choice as they got the project finished and with easy enough navigation to create the products of which I created. To get the picture for my poster I also used a Nikon SLR D3100. This was placed on a tripod right next to the camcorder which was filming the scene at the time, making my poster image a live image. This is because it was taken whilst the character was filming. I also feel that this camera was an excellent choice which was made as it is a very high quality still image camera and I feel that it was very successful in the creation.
Finally, to create the planning such as story boards I have used standard paper and pencils; this was the most obvious choice to draw out drafts. And for this very evaluation, I wrote it out on a Dell Vostro 220s and half of it on one of the Media departments Dual Core iMacs. Using Microsoft Word Processor to create it. This was a very successful choice to make as it is pretty much the standard processor in which word Documents are created.
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