How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evlauation stages?

iMovie














The iMovie version 6.0.4 was the editing program I used for creating my teaser trailer, despite the program having limited option compared to other more advanced editing programs it still was a very useful and standard quality software for making my trailer. There wasn't a immense disadvantage to the point that made the quality of my editing seem inadequate. I used editing features such as fades and slow motion to create a melancholic atmosphere to reflect the characters emotions, and pushes which emits a faster pace and conveying convention of a teaser trailer which are relatively fast and quick cuts. However since this version of iMovie was an older version the newer versions of iMovie Version 8.0 (released 2009) such as more options and features to alter videos and aim for a more professional and creative films. Some of those new features they have introduced was more movie titles which was one of the issues I had with the current iMovie with the limited and uncreative standard titles. Also having more bars for clips and sound and many new transitions.

iTunes


















I used itunes to put my soundtrack on the iTunes library so that I can access the songs from the imovie which only gave me itunes as an option to import songs from to use it for my trailer.


Photoshop 

Photoshop was the software I used for my ancillary project the magazine and poster, at first I had found it difficult using phtotshop as it was new and complicating however I have used other resources to help me take advantage of photoshop such as youtube as tutorials were proivded giuding me through what the symbols and icons mean and how I can create different types of effect. I also learned things in photoshop just by experimenting and seeing what i can create just playing with the types of effects, cutting and colouring techniques.

Microphone

I had a few complications with audio, for my teaser trailer I had used the camera’s microphone to record the voiceovers which was on stereo. The stereo meant that the sound came out from two independent audio signal channels. For the dialogue, I used the boom microphone to get a clearer sound. I had to use that although it was mono which meant all the audio signals are mixed together and routed through a single audio channel, this affected my trailer as the audio channels were switching between the dialogue and voice over. I did however have an alternative which was to use the radio microphone however can only record one person at a time, which would have been time consuming, given the limited time the actors were available I had to just use the boom microphone. 

Digital Camera

I used a Digital Camera for my poster and Magazine photos which was Sony Cyber-shot model DSC-H9, it was really good quality as I am satisfied with how the poster image has turned out. The poster obviously with the work of photoshop looks professional and clear, this was also due to the lighting which was natural daylight 

Microsoft Office 

To construct my questionnaires, tables and graphs I used Microsoft office software, I used excel publisher and word.

Poster and Magazine Frontcover

I have decided to turn my magazine genre into tabloid rather than lifestyle because I have forgotten about my target audience, as I was thinking about making a lifetyle magazine which included healthy living fashion and prizes. But I have realised that that isn't some of my audiences preferences since they are teenagers and early twenties. The psychographics isnt really healthy living and high end fashion clothes. That generartion is celebrity obsessed the magazine therefore to add celebrity news and gossip the genre of the magazine became tabloid.

Editing Poster On Photoshop

During the making of my poster I made many changes to the original picture. I blurred the background (by going to filter then blur and the blur I chose to use is Gaussian blur) to emphasize the two figures. To make the two figures stand out I created another layer and created glow which made the figures brighter.

More Analysis On magazine Front covers

While creating my magazine front cover I couldn’t decide on whether I wanted to have a mid-shot or a close-up of the image, therefore I did some research as to which shot I should use.


I have added more content to my magazine frontcover and still cant decide on which shot would work with the front cover.

Changes in Magazine Front Cover Using Photoshop

I decided here to make the image bigger and see
how it looked by dublicating the layer and pasting
it. Which then I used edit to tranform the image
and enlarge to the size of my choice.
























I also experimented with the various pictures i took to see which would look good and suit best for a magazine fornt cover. From these images its visible i have different shot from close-ups to mid-shots, also I took planned and thought out the body posture and facial expression.

Problems and Solutions So far

With filming I have had a few problems such as getting my actors to show up at certain times. However it was okay since it was not a consistent absence. Also remembering to get the props right in the scenes.

For editing I had realised that me teaser trailer's pace is too slow and that is not the conventions of a teaser. In an attempt to correct that I had to shorten many clips and cut some in half to had other clips in between them. This made the pace certainly faster which was a solution for the pace. But this forced me to get rid of some of the music I had in the background as it didn't fit too well with the quick second clips. I went from originally having four songs to three I might get rid of another one again, since I haven't finished editing, the songs might have to be changed around depending on how much changes I will make.

The magazine front cover photo has given me a few problems as the camera I used and the lighting has caused the image to become pixalated meaning that the pixels were shaped like a square instead of circles . Which wasn't good news as it made using Photoshop harder I had to spend a large amount of time cutting around the image to get it onto the background I wanted to use. I have done cutting and created a background now I am spending time adding texts and shapes to the magazine front cover.