AS Media Studies Evaluation

1. Media Studies AS
Evaluation Foundation
Portfolio – Question 6
By Zakaria Bougouizi 13STE

2. 6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
I have learn about several technologies during the construction of
my media product. Primarily my knowledge of ICT systems in
general has expanded greatly and my knowledge of how to create
these types media product has improved drastically. My
experience with using the editing software (Adobe Premier
Elements 11) to create short films (film openings) has been
limited in the past due to not much experience using the software,
but from having the opportunity to complete this coursework I
have learnt to use Adobe Premier Elements 11 to add titles which
are used to show the name of the film, the roles that certain
people had within our group and to add the names of the people
who featured within the film. The film editing software also
allowed me to add transitions, music (To create/to set the mood
for a scene) and to cut and edit the length of certain shots within
each scene, all of which have contributed to the success of the
film. Once I got used to using Adobe Premier Elements 11, I was
able to carry out more complex forms of editing which included
Freeze framing and time stretching which extended the frame in a
certain clip to add effect and speeding up the tempo of certain
clips for example during the chase scene in our film we sped up
the clip to create both excitement and adrenaline.

3. 6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing
this product?
Furthermore as well as the software we used to edit, the hardware we used
was an HP 22/0 work station that was purpose built for multi and interactive
media technologies, this gave us the opportunity to use equipment that would
be able to help us create a successful film opening. Despite some of the
drawbacks and limitations that the software had I cant imagine completing my
media product using a different software package, however some of the
limitations to the software that I had to overcome when completing my media
product where the fact that on many occasions its would lag/freeze whilst I
was working so I had to learn to be patient and to manage my time well
enough so that I could complete my work despite the lag and freezing. Also
there was a limited variety of transitions that we could use throughout our film
(Between clips). Another form of technology I learnt about was the recording
camera I used to record our film (Along with the Tri-pod which the camera was
mounted on for some shots). I especially learnt a lot about the camera (Which
was a HD Legria camera) and I learnt to use different camera movements due
to my role as director and camera man throughout the filming process. Some
of the key features of the video camera that allowed me to create my best
possible work are, The Zoom in and Zoom out features, the focus feature and
the feature which allowed me to look back on previous clips that I had
recorded to see whether they where up to the correct standard or whether
they needed re-shooting (Media Library).