This presentation shows the different technologies used whilst making my trailer, poster and magazine cover. It shows how I used them and how they benefited me.

3. Although Google is viewed as a basic search engine, its
simplicity makes it easily accessible to those of all
intellects and ages. I have found Google extremely
helpful throughout my course as it offers fast results
and an endless amount images which I have used to
make my blog stand out. I mainly used Google for
researching film trailers, which I then put on my blog.
An example of the research is below.

4. Edublogs is the world’s largest educational blogging
platform. It allowed me to present my work electronically
and respond to helpful feedback from my teachers and
peers. Compared with other popular blogging sites, such
as ‘Wordpress’. Edublogs is able to aid teachers and
students with educational support and ‘features’. Edublogs
has enabled me to place my work in categories. This
organises my posts and makes them easy to find. Through
the use of this website I have been able to display my
ideas which I have kept updated throughout the school
year. The site has made it easy to share ideas in a creative
way for example, I have been able to post videos, images,
ideas, polls etc. My blog has really helped my planning and
construction of my trailer, magazine cover and poster. I
have used it to look back through my ideas in order to see
the progress that has been made and visually see how
much my work has improved.

5. YouTube has been a key part of my media coursework as I
have used it to analyse other film trailers, posting my final
products and carrying out evaluation questions. Throughout
the documentation of my trailer, I can see how much my
final trailer has developed. As well as offering a good way to
document my progress it also makes my blog visually
exciting and provides me with alternate ways to present my
work. Through the use of other programmes such as
Premiere Pro I have been able to upload high quality
versions of my trailer and evaluation questions to YouTube.
Similar to my blog YouTube also has a commenting and
‘Like/Dislike’ system which makes it easier to gather
feedback. As well as showcasing my trailer to potential
viewers I was also able to watch tutorial videos and trailers
from other students. One YouTube tutorial I used enabled
me to create a title in After Effects.

6. I have used social networking sites such as
Twitter and Facebook to gain feedback from
others. After posting my trailer publicly on
Facebook I received some short responses
which I was pleased with although I needed
something more constructive. I then used the
direct message feature on Facebook to ask my
target audience for their opinions.

7. By expressing my thoughts on Prezi I have
been able to present my ideas in an interesting
way. The benefits of this ‘free online resource’
is that it includes the ability to use video,
images and text all in one. This allowed me to
create a professional, organised and
imaginative piece of work whilst integrating
different technologies. Prezi enables the user
to experiment with many different
backgrounds and dimensions.

8. Slideshare is an easy way of creating effective and
simple presentation accessible on my blog.
Slideshare is easy to use and I commonly present my
ideas in this way. By looking at other people’s
slideshare documents that are relevant to me, I was
able to understand about different things such as
the codes and conventions of trailers. This assisted
my research and influenced me to create my own
Slideshare on the ‘Target Audience of Horror Films’.

9. Polldaddy is an ideal way of receiving audience
feedback. I primarily made a questionnaire to
find out what target audience is most ideal for
a horror film. By doing this I was able to decide
who to aim it at. This method was quick and
easy, I embedded the questionnaire on my blog
which made it easy for people to do.

10. Thinglink is a software I used primarily for my
evaluation. It makes annotations more
interesting and interactive however, it is also
simple to view. It has aided me in analysing the
different shot types used within my trailer.

11. For the filming of my trailer I used the
Cannon FS11 and to take pictures for my
magazine cover and poster I used the Fujifilm
HS50. The high definition quality of these
cameras allowed me to show the close ups of
each characters face. The focusing button on
the camera allowed me to show the emotion
of the character.

13. Premiere Pro has been a vital piece of software in
the creation of my trailer. Initially it seemed an
overly complex programme and I was worried that
I would not be able to understand how to use it
correctly or effectively. However, after looking at
tutorials and other online resources I was able to
confidently use this software to edit video and
audio. The zoom feature made it easier for me to
apply detailed transitions and get rid of any music
continuity. The timeline based video editing
software allowed me to edit individual clips and
then place them in order for my film trailer.

14. After Effects is a digital motion graphics and
composition software package. I used it to
create a typing effect for my title and layering
it onto my trailer which I was making in
Premiere Pro. In order to help me I looked at
tutorials on YouTube which made it much
easier. I used the animation presets that After
Effects already offers and I chose Decoder Fade
In as I felt it fit appropriately with my trailer.

15. I used Photoshop to edit and compose my
magazine and poster images. I found that
Photoshop is much easier to edit singular
images to a high quality. Photoshop gave me
the ability to digitally alter a picture using
image editing software.

16. The use of these programmes alone can lead to high
quality work although by linking them together I am
able to create exciting and interesting work. For
example, my trailer would have been impossible to
produce if it were not for technological convergence.
To execute a high quality trailer I:
• Captured the video
• Uploaded it to my computer
• Edited in premiere pro
• Created a title in After Affects
• Upload to YouTube
• Share on social networking sites
• Embed on my blog