Media A2 coursework

1. 4. How did you use media
technologies in the construction
and research, planning and
evaluation stages?
Chloe King

2. Microsoft Word / Publisher
• Research
– Writing up rough notes on conventional examples of
trailers and the ancillary products
• Planning
– Used to put together the plot, character list and the
storyboard.
• Evaluation
– Planning the notes to be presented in various ways.

3. Microsoft PowerPoint, Slideshare
• Research
– Put together brief notes and analysis of products and
presented it in a formal, neat way.
• Evaluation
– Separating technology and discussing its uses in my
coursework of separate slides.

4. Windows Movie Maker
• Research
– Presenting notes with clips and voiceovers
• Planning
– Putting frames from the storyboard into a film with
voiceover and music to produce an animatic of the
trailer
• Trailer
– Putting the final trailer together with video
recordings and music files
• Evaluation
– Presenting notes with clips and voiceovers

5. Sketchbook Pro, Office 24 Kanvus
• Planning
– Used to draw some of the frames for the trailer and
animatic as rough sketches. Some were then traced
over in Flash to make them clearer.

6. Adobe Flash / Fireworks
• Planning
– Animating and drawing up frames for the storyboard
and animatic
• Poster
– Editing images and text
• Website
– Editing images and animating the reviews
• Trailer
– Editing the texts and animating the production logos
at the start

7. SurveyMonkey
• Research
– Receiving audience feedback and information on
what is expected and desired from a horror trailer.
• Research and Evaluation
– Presenting notes and annotations as an interactive
mindmap which can be navigated easily
Prezi

8. Google Search
• Research
– Searching for trailer, poster and website examples
as well as music which may be usable in my own
work
Uploading all coursework and research to one
area which I can keep track of.
Blogger

9. Wix
Used to assemble and publish the website for the
film. Also allowed me to add pages, links and
other features such as animation.
Dafont
Used to create stylised fonts for each product. This
were often edited afterwards in Fireworks as they
were only available in black text on a white
background.

10. Microphone
Recording voiceovers for analysis of real products,
voice acting in the animatic and evaluating my
product. Also used to record an interview for the
evaluation in the studio.
Camera, studio, lighting equipment
Recording the trailer whilst also taking photos for
the ancillary products.

11. YouTube, youtubetomp3, convertfiles
• Research
– Allowed me to search for trailer examples and
download them to use in my analysis.
• Planning/Trailer
– Could search for music to download as mp3 files to
use in the animatic and final trailer.