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Question 4
- 1. How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stage?
- 2. BLOGGER In order for our 5 minute film to be made, we had to gather information and www.Blogger.co.uk helped us to put these information in to different blogs/ posts. We used blogger frequently as it helped us to link back to just one website with our posts, furthermore the website allowed us to separate our independent work via tags Blogger has allowed our work to become more personal, as it gave us a choice of changing the format and adding our film title “PURGORTORY” to the background, this is very beneficial as it would allow people who would view our blogs to distinguish which group we was and what our film is. We have gotten more confident with using blogger and it has been a useful tool throughout our film making.
- 3. Rotten Tomatoes & IMDb Throughout the year, we have had to do in-depth research into other films with similar genres/plots/storylines/ characters, this gave us the right information as it showed us what would be expected from these types of films. Furthermore it helped us to see what types of feedback’s the films that were similar to ours got from the mass audience. This was very beneficial as it allowed us to get an idea of how the audience may perceive our film and what we should add more so that they would enjoy it. The website that I frequently used was Rotten Tomatoes and also IMDb, I believed that the two websites provided me with in-depth information and enabled me to access different media platforms
- 4. Celtex After writing a rough draft of our script, we copied into celtex, this was one of the main tools that helped our script look more professional and also made it easier to read when we was shooting our film.
- 5. Social network sites Social media is a big part of today's society and we took advantage of this as; Social network was a very important part of our film getting advertised, it helped us to reach out to the mass audiences and the group of people that we had targeted our film for. We also posted a picture of our script on twitter for our followers to read, and to give us comments back on the things that they like and don't approve of. This was helpful as it made us tweak and change a few things to improve our script and the whole film.
- 6. Adobe Photoshop Elements This software allowed us to create our film posters, so that we could advertise our film. We was able to create our film logo for our fictional production company. Furthermore this software allowed our poster too look more professional as it allowed us to add different effects and fonts, it also endorsed us to collaborate our ideas and all had a chance to take part in creating it.
- 7. Premier pro Premier pro was a vital tool as it enabled us to bring all of the shots that we had took and bring it together via editing. It also helped us with; the credits, sounding and visual effects. Furthermore premier pro has allowed our final film to come together and look professional, as this software has many feature, such as different editing techniques, audio transitions.
- 8. Free music websites Websites that allowed us to access free music and sound effects when we was editing our film. We found it very easy to download music and uploading it to premier pro, this enabled us to edit the songs that we had chosen into our film. By being able to access free music websites, it helped us with our whole production of the film, as I believe it made our film come together. Overall sounding helped our film product to be more professional and effective ,as it helped the audience to visualise and feel more connected to our film. Theses are some of the websites that we found useful. Freesound.org proundmusiclibary freemusicarchive incompetech
- 9. Zoom recorder We used the zoom recorder during our production of our film, it helped us to record the characters voices for the radio trailer as well as our film. We felt that the recorder was very easy to use, it was quick and very efficient. For example there was two dialogue’s that were done with the zoom recorder, this helped our film as it meant that the final product made sense. We added the audio transition to the premier pro, at first we found it hard working with the Zoom recorder however after a while we found it easier to use and would use again,
- 10. Camera/ Tripod When we was producing our film, we used digital camera and tripods . We connected the camera to the tripod, this was to ensure that it was stable and secure when filming. Due to the fact that we had used these cameras and tripods in the first year, I felt comfortable when I was given the chance to film. I was also more aware of the different functions that the camera had, for example night vision, manual auto and auto focusing. Whilst filming we ensured that we used manual focus button and focused each shots individually to ensure good quality. Furthermore the tripod enable us to make our shots look more sharp, for example we were able to do pans, high/low angels and tilts. The tripod had handles that were retractable this meant that when carrying our tilt and pan shots, they looked professional and not shaky. Last year when we was filming, we only filmed the shots once, which meant that when there was a mistake we had to redo a shot, this year we included more shots even if they wasn't necessary, as it may have helped us more with the editing. For example if a match on action didn't match up in different frames , or if a shot did not look continuous , we took extra shots just for precaution.