Technology played an important role in creating the trailer by enabling research on YouTube, high quality digital recording using a camera and tripod, editing footage and adding visual effects and text on a Mac using software like Final Cut Express and Photoshop, and including recorded sound effects by importing audio files into the trailer on Final Cut.

1. How has technology played a part in
the production of your trailer?

2. • Technology played an important part in bringing
together our trailer, before we could begin to make the
trailer we needed to carry out some research. We used
sites such as YouTube to watch real media products,
this gave us an idea of an ideal trailer and the entire
components which come together to make it effective.
• To create the trailer we used a HD digital recording
camera, this produced a high quality image. In order to
create the right angles and shot types we used a
tripod, this enabled us to create canted angles without
damaging the camera. Once we were happy with the
footage, we uploaded the shots using a USB cable onto
a Mac

3. • Once the shots were on the Mac the files needed to be
converted using xilisoft, then using Final cut express we
were able to edit the footage. For example we could
control the volume of the sound, add transitions and
add effect such as a vignette. As we found in our
research trailers often include some text, to recreate
this effect we used Adobe Photoshop. A transparent
background was used and the text was layered on top,
this meant that the file could be placed into Final cut
file.

4. • Now that all the visuals were in place we looked at
adding sound, I gathered sounds such as a phone ring,
cinematic boom and children laughing. For a more
naturalistic sound we used phones to record the
humming, we felt that this was better than a
professional recording as it sounded more realistic.
• To transfer these sounds onto our trailer we uploaded
them using a USB onto iTunes, from there we imported
them into the trailer on Final cut. Now that we have
both the visual and the sound files on Final cut we
could slot them together to fit the construction of our
story board.