MEDIA COURSEWORK

1. Ellie Galloway - What have you learnt about technologies in the process of constructing this product?
Research –
Duringresearch I usedvarioussitesthroughtechnologyaswe asa group wantedtoreearchindepthandmake a
filmopeingthatwastrue to itsconventiosandstill be original.We wantedtocreate contentthatwouldnotonly
appeal toaudiencesbutactuallybe impactful andattractattention,becoming aproductlovedbyour viewers.
Google andYoutube were keytoour reserchand evenproductionastheygave usthe opputrunitytodiscoverhelpuf
informationonourgenre andfilmsthathave succeededandunsuccededinthe pastsowe were more clearand
focusedonwhatwe had to do. Youtube wasa major helpinourresearchas that’s how we acessedslasherfilm
openingsandcompletedfilmanalysisof those openings(Halloween,Fridaythe 13th
etc).I also usedyoutube tolook
at reviewsof filmsthatwe studiedandfilmsinourchosendramatoget more of an ideaof whatdrawedthe
audienve inandwhatkindsof thingsworkand donot. Vimeowasthe othersite we usedjustincase we couldn’t
access watwe neededonyoutube aswell asfctual videosandclipsthatcouldhelpusprepare.
The other part of technologythatwasneccessaytouse in the processof creatingthisfilmopeningwasblogger.We
usedthissite to keeptrack of ourprogressso itwasn’tjut inphysicial formlikelytogetlostetc.we startedoff just
addingpostsaboutour researchto the genre as we wasn’ttoo familiaresepciallywiththe factthata slasherisa sub-
genre of horror so itis not the same as everyotherhorrormeaningwe hadto get ourfacts accurate inorder to be
true to the genre.

2. I diduse Slideshare/Prezi whentalkingaboutditrivutioncompaniesandproductionscompaniesaswell asshowing
our researchandknowledge intothe slashergenre.We usedthese sitesforpreparationforthe ope ningandgeneral
mediaknowledge aswe were leariningkeythingsabouthow filmsare plannedandorganizedandthe structuresand
ideasthatcreate the perfectslasherfilm.
We alsocreateda slideshare presentationthe slashergenre aspartof our researchbasiciallysummingitupshowing
us whatto include inourtype of film.Thisuse of technologywasvital inourresearchandplanningasit showsthe
examinersthatwe knowaboutthe topicand itsdetails.We understandthe conventions of ourgenre andhopefully
that showsinour official opening.
Afterproductionandcreatingouropeningwe
usedclipconvertertoconvertthe filmopenings
intosmallerclipssowe couldtransferthemto
iMovie andeditthemintoan evaluationtask
showinghow ourfilmopeningfollows
conventionsandissimilartootherslasherfilms
to prove we had followedimportantstructures
and ingeneral justtocompare the various
openingstosee similaritiesandmaybe whatwe
couldhave improvedon.