media

1. WHAT HAVEYOU LEARNT
ABOUTTECHNOLOGIES FROM
THE PROCESS OF
CONSTRUCTINGTHIS
PRODUCT?

2. Before I started my media coursework I had not used
‘Blogger’ before. Blogger helped me to organise my
work in a precise way, it also made my work look
creative and professional. Whilst using blogger
throughout my coursework I quickly learnt how to make
and publish posts. Also as I became more confident
with blogger I was able to edit the layout and design
of the page making it better suited to the genre and
then later better suited to the production itself
with the use of the picture of the mask.
I also figured out how to make different pages on my
blog. This meant that I was able to organise my page
better and also made it easier to navigate through
for people looking at my page. I also figure out how
to add myself and Alice’s production company logo to
the sidebar of the page and then below that a link to
Alice’s blog. This is also useful for people visiting
the blog.
LOGGER

3. POWERPOINT AND SLIDESHARE
Throughout the duration of my coursework during planning and
research I used PowerPoint as a way to present some of my work. I
did this because PowerPoint has some designs that can make
information look more appealing and less boring to look through.
PowerPoint is also simple to use as I had use it before however
throughout my coursework I was able to experiment with different
designs to make it fit the design of my blogger with dark colours
and accents of red. However I couldn’t directly upload my
PowerPoints to my blog so instead I had to upload my work first
onto slide share. Slide share was a new programme for me to use
but I quickly learnt how to use it and found it was a quick and
easy way to get my work onto my blog by embedding the link from
slide share.

4. A software I used many times throughout my coursework
was Prezi. Prezi enabled me to make my work more
interactive and therefore more enjoyable for anyone
looking at my work. I hadn’t used Prezi before so I was
at first quite confused. However as I used it more I
learnt quickly how to do certain things. The software
is straightforward in terms of putting information
however when it comes to editing it becomes
increasingly confusing at times. I was able to
completely change the looks of the Prezi and then the
pathways and transitions that were used as I became
more confident. I was even able to create my own
template when writing about the subgenre’s of the
horror genre. However a problem with Prezi's could be
that they sometimes lack detail when there is too much
focus on the design, however I hope I overcame this as
I went back and added more detail to some of my Prezi’s
when I found I had spare time.

5. IMOVIE
Myself and Alice used IMovie to edit our production. We decided to
use IMovie because we both had past experience with the editing
software and felt we would be able to use it more confidently. On
IMovie we were able to firstly make a rough edit of our production
and trim clips down and also mute all the volume. We were then
able to in more detail go through the production and then make
more exact changes to our production. We then added sound from
freesound.org such as exact sounds we wanted like a door opening.
After this we were then able to create the non-diegetic sound to
create an eerie soundtrack that would add to the atmosphere of the
scene and make it more frightening for the audience. Whilst using
IMovie we were able to edit our production fully including final
trimmings, slowing some clips and the saturation and brightness
except the title sequence which we decided we would do on Final
Cut Pro. One of our shots does seem still a bit too bright which
is something we could improve if we went back to it.

6. FINAL CUT PRO
When we had finished editing on IMovie we both decided that we
did not like the fonts available to make titles for our
production. As well as if this we didn’t like the transitions
that were available with the titles as we simply wanted them
to appear as they looked more professional than if they
dissolved in or flew in from outside of the frame. Because of
this we decided that we would import our IMovie project into
Final Cut Pro to complete the titles. When we did this we were
also able to convert these clips that we were adding the
titles to, to black and white to make it look more
professional and effective and striking. For our title we
decided on two simple fonts in grey and white that made them
look like they blended into the colours of the background but
at the same time they stood out without them looking too
obvious. When we moved our production to Final Cut we were
also able to add our production logo with a transition that we
were unable to do on IMovie.