The student used various technologies to construct their media product and complete evaluation tasks. They used a Fujifilm camera to take photos, Windows Movie Maker to edit their trailer, and Photoshop to edit photos and add text. For research, they used Flickr to analyze conventions and SlideShare to present findings. Different presentation tools like Prezi and video were used for evaluations. Audio software helped layer sounds for the soundtrack, while the camera microphone captured dialogue. Overall, newer technologies helped create a professional trailer, though some aspects represented classical film styles. Faster editing software would make the production process more efficient.

1. Evaluation Question 4
Ryan Brown.

2. The Construction of my media product.
• I used many different media technology's in the construction of my media
products, I initially used a Fujifilm Camera to take the photos for my ancillary
tasks, to keep everything the same I then used the same camera to produce
my trailer. The same camera is used throughout the construction of the
trailer to keep things neat and tidy.
• When I was in the construction stages of creating my media product I also
used windows movie maker to edit and produce the trailer. This allowed me
to edit, add the soundtrack and add captions all on the same programme.
Although the programme was useful in these respects, however the
programme froze on many occasions and was often slow so therefore
production took longer overall, if I was to do this again an investment in new
technology would be useful so I was more efficient in the production stage of
making my trailer.
• For the construction of my ancillary tasks I used the programme Photoshop,
this was useful because it allowed me to edit the photos to make them fit in
with the classical film noir conventions. I also used this to add text to the
magazine front cover and the poster, this allowed me to link this with the
classical magazine and poster conventions. This was one of the most efficient
sections of my construction as I was able to construct all of my ancillary tasks
on one programme

3. In My Research I used technologies such
as…
• I used Flickr to analyse and evaluate different media
products and to make it easier to see the different
conventions in the poster or magazine front cover. This was
a useful tool as it allowed me to analyse and add notes to
the shots easily and it allowed me to present them well on
my blog. However I found that Flickr was quite time
consuming and you cant view it on my blog, you have to
click on the picture so notes don’t appear up straight away.
• Also I used Slide Share to present my findings into the film
noir genre itself. I have found this useful because I was able
to imbed the presentation into my blog, this was helpful
because it makes it easy to present. Slide share is a useful
tool because you can just make a presentation and just
embed it onto your blog to make it easier to view.

4. In my evaluation stages…
• In the evaluation stage I used different presentation
techniques to show my range of presentation resources I have
used, for my evaluation question 2 I have used Prezi, which is
a presentation tool which allows my to create a presentation
that is neat and takes you round the subject, it made it easier
to evaluate and analyse my work. However although a useful
tool it is also very time consuming.
• For my evaluation question 3 I have used a camera to create a
video of what I have done about my audience research. This
has allowed me to use tool such as YouTube which has helped
me to analyse my work, the beauty of this is that I can expand
on points and maybe add things I didn’t think of before when
speaking, however this is more time consuming than a normal
and it is also easy to go off the point when you are talking so
strong note taking is advised.

5. the technology I used…
• I used a range of technology in my media productions, when I was
creating the soundtrack I used a software that allowed me to add
sounds on top of each other and layer sounds to make the
soundtrack more dramatic sound and to add tension and bold sharp
sounds to the trailer. I enjoyed using the software, however it was
quite time consuming and was sometimes harder to time it all to
the editing of the trailer, however I found that in the end it was
successful, giving the product a strong professional sound. This will
help promote my film as it will look less cheap and look like a big
budget film. I was quite controversial with using this technology
because I wanted to re create the film noir feel by using traditional
recording techniques and actual instruments, this programme made
it very efficient and less time consuming, although I may have
drifted away from classical film noir genre in the sense of the
soundtrack but overall I have found that this has been successful.
• If I was to do it again I would first of all familiarise myself with the
software before I started creating because I fell that I may have
missed out on some additional software that the programme
offered. I feel that knowing how all aspects of the programme
worked I would be able to make a stronger soundtrack.

6. When in production stages…
• When I was producing the film trailer we included
some dialogue, the easiest way to do this was in my
opinion just using the microphone on the camera.
This could have mass improvement as the wind
makes the vocals less clear and it picks up lots of
interruptions, in my opinion a better microphone
would allow me to have a clearer sound where
dialogue is concerned, overall although a better mic
would be expensive I think it would make the trailer
much stronger. This will reinforce the highly
professional feel to the trailer. For example a film
microphone would muffle the sound of the wind
and make it less apparent it would also improve the
quality of the sound and only pick up the voices of
the characters speaking.

7. In conclusion…
• I used a range of materials to help aid the production process,
I used some older technology such as the camera and
windows movie maker which were quite basic, and then I
used programmes such as FL studio and Prezi which had
wider ranges of settings etc. and this allowed me to create a
more professional feel to the trailer.
• One thing I have enjoyed with the technology side of the
production is using the new technology in the production
stages and then reverting it to represent an old style of film.
• If I was to do this again I would use improved technology and
newer technology in the editing stage of my production
because I feel that this is the most time consuming stage and
could be made quicker and easier with improved technology.