How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
1. How did you use media
technologies in the construction
and research, planning and
evaluation stages
2. During planning and research I used a lot of
different programmes and search engines such as
3. Research
• To research for my trailers of my genre I mainly used the internet and websites such as
YouTube, I did this on my HP laptop, it was useful as I was able to effectively carry out my
research on the appropriate genre and find things quickly.
• Google was also another useful search engine that I used during my research, It allowed
me to search for codes and conventions of the horror genre, information about film
distributors and how to make a horror trailer effectively, it also allowed me to find out
how to make a good magazine and poster to go alongside my trailer
• Additionally, my LG G3 phone was also a useful device to use whilst I was doing my
research, My phone came in useful to do additional research when I did not have a
computer or my laptop available, as I had internet on my phone I was able to do research
when necessary
• Furthermore, another useful additional source of research was movie channels,
watching movie channels such as the horror channel allowed me to to see different types
of horror movies. Giving me an insight into mise en scene, sound, editing and
cinematography used in the horror genre
4. Blogger – Research and planning
• For the majority of the work I posted I used blogger to write it up,
Blogger was good to use as it was an easy and effective way to keep
track of my progress whilst I was working, I blogged every step that I
went along with from the introduction of the project to the
evaluation of the project
• Blogger was very useful as it allowed me to embed prezis, slide
shares, pictures and videos. I used blogger like it was diary, constantly
updating it will ideas and the progress of my work
5. Laptop and mobile phone – Planning and
research
• During my planning and research my phone and laptop were very
useful technologies. My phone allowed me to organise and meet up
with people, it made it easy on making plans and when it is best time
for everybody to film
• During filming I took a lot of pictures on my phone and I then sent
them to my laptop to use for my main product, I also used my laptop
a lot when I was not at college, It allowed me to research the many
things that I did not have time to research at college
6. Construction
• In the construction stages of my project I used a various amount of
programmes and devices. The video camera that I used was a canon
legria hf r56, this was a very useful device as it was a handheld
camera so it was easy to carry around and it shot in 50 frames per
second in 1080p, so this allowed me to get high quality shots for my
trailer, alongside the camera I used a tripod so that when needed he
camera was still to get perfect footage. After filming the footage I
uploaded to my laptop via the SD card which I used in the camera to
store it to, I imported to the programme called wondershare filmora
to edit and construct my product
7. Editing - wondershare filmora
To import files into to
programmed I
inserted the SD card
into the slot on the
laptop, clicked filed
and imported and
selected the files that
I wanted to be
imported so that I
could edit them
To edit clips I inserted
them into the timeline
so that I could edit
various things such as
the length, volume,
brightness and speed To edit the music and voice over, I simply imported the
necessary files and added them to the timeline and
moved them to the points at which I wanted the voice
overs and music, I also controlled the volume by clicking
and audio and increasing it
To edit between shots,
after adding, I simply
clicked on transitions,
selected the timing of the
transitions then added it
to the necessary clips
Also to add text to clips
I simply clicked the text
tool, typed what I
wanted, then selected
the size and font and
added it to the clip I
wanted to
9. Evaluation - Prezi
• One very useful application was Prezi, Prezi was useful as it allowed
me to present my evaluation in an effective way instead of just
posting text in a long essay format. Prezi was free, effective, easy to
use and easy to access, it presented my work in a better format,
furthermore Prezi was useful as it allowed me to import it, making it
quick and easy to use
10. Evaluation – Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• I used Microsoft excel as part of my evaluation as It was a quick easy
effective way to convert my questionnaires from digits and yes no
responses into bae charts and pie charts, these were good to use as it
helped me with my 3rd evaluation question, it allowed me to present
data effectively. I used Microsoft word to write up all of my evaluation
questions, I did this because it has a spelling and grammar checking,
so I used that then copy and pasted them into PowerPoint. I copied
them into PowerPoint cause the slides are presentable and look neat
and tidy, after I did this I added various things to the slides such as
images.
11. Evaluation - YouTube
• My video was shared on YouTube, therefore it was easy for everyone
to view it as YouTube is a very easy accessible site, anyone can view
my video, unless it is on private, it is a site in which users can view,
upload and share videos
YouTube allows me to see how many
times my video has been viewed, how
many people have liked it and how many
people have commented on it
