Evaluation 4 - Technologies

Photoshop - One of the main technologies I used during the A2 media coursework was Photoshop, I used this for several things such as the two ancillary texts, practicing Photoshop with the copies of film magazines and also creating the title and production company logo. Some things I learnt during the coursework on Photoshop was how to use things such as contrast and brightness to make an object look like it belongs in a different background, I did this on thee film magazine as I used a different background to the original. The different filters I used are shown in the picture below.

FL Studio - Another technology I taught myself how to use during this coursework was FL Studio which is a music producing software. I did this so I could tailor the music perfectly for the trailer we wanted to make rather than using pre-made music. I taught myself how to do this through YouTube tutorials and just playing around with the software and making other music. I go more indepth into how I made it in the post about the music itself and why I made it how it is. Some of the main things I learnt on FL Studio was how to mix different parts of the soundtrack so they sound about the same levels and nothing it overpowering, this helped make it sound much more professional. Below is a screenshot of part of the soundtrack.

Sony Vegas - I used this to edit the trailer. I had to teach myself a lot on this software as I have rarely used it before. Some of the things that I have learnt on this during the coursework include how to create the flicker effect on the text throughout, this was surprisingly hard to do and took a while to learn bu the finished product looked professional and effective for the genre. I also learnt how to put things in slow motion during the trailer which helped the timing with the music. Below is several screenshots of the different parts of the trailer.

Snapchat and Facebook - These were two of the main communication methods during the production of the trailer. Snapchat was useful as it was easy to send across pictures and videos during the editing process even though we were not together, this allowed the production to sped up massively.  Facebook was also useful as I could get feedback from friends to see what they liked and what to change. I have included sime screenshots of conversations below.

Youtube - Youtube was mainly used to learn how to do things, such as create the music and help with the editing of the trailer. It was also used to upload the drafts of the trailer and some of the evaluations and research that required voice recordings.

Blogger - Blogger was used to write up all the research, planning and evaluation of the media. Even though it was slightly awkward to use it was easy to layout and made the writeups were easy to read.