In this question my aim is to explain how I used and made the most of different media technologies in the construction of my media product and also in the research, planning and evaluation process. I will do this by defining the term media technologies and I will explain how I used them during the different stages.
The word 'media' simply defines as a means of communication, and the term 'technologies' generally refers to a physical object that has been engineered for a specific role. In reference to this, the technologies will include cameras, editing software and internet software.
In the Research and Planning stages I used the Internet to:
Research numerous trailers, magazine covers and posters in my genre and other different genres. I got alot of my help from YouTube and Google. YouTube was great because I could open up different teaser trailers and watch them and then pause one and then open another tab and watch another one. It was also really useful that I could find lots and lots of different teaser trailers in the same place!
Google was also very useful because I could search for images of different magazine front covers and different posters to look at the different conventions that you find on them.
The internet also allowed me to use Blogger, one of the most important parts of my media project. Blogger alowed me to record my research and planning stages. It allows you to embed pictures and videos easily and quickly. I used blogger like a diary, constantly updating it with ideas and progress.
I used a Panasonic HDC TM900 camera to film my shots.
I used three types of software in my research, planning and editing stage of the project.
Adobe Photoshop:
Is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems. I found Photoshop a really important part of my research, planning and editing stages of my project. Photoshop allowed be to edit,crop and write things where ever I wanted using the text box. I also really liked Photoshop because you could drag things and drop them exactly where you wanted them to go and also you could open another file and crop that onto your work. For instance if you wanted to put your billing and credits onto your poster you could open the file and drag your billing and credits onto your poster rather then having to type it all out again. Another useful thing that I found in Photoshop was the colour picker tool. This meant that if I used a certain colour and wanted to use it again so that something matched up correctly I could pick the colour off the original text and then pick the colour to type the new text. In general I found Photoshop really useful and easy to use and access.
Avid Media Composer:
Media Composer frequently referred to as the AVID is a type of computer software application known as a non-linear editing system. It is a flagship product of Avid Technology. Avid allowed me to edit my shots and put them all together to produce my finished teaser trailer. Being able to edit my shots easily and efficiently helped me greatly as I could use parts of lots of different shots to make up my teaser trailer in the exact way I wanted it. Avid also allowed me to add extra sound effects of music to my trailer to make it more effective and it gave it the finishing touches on it that I wanted it to have.
Adobe Audition:
Is a digital audio workstation from Adobe Systems featuring both a multitrack, non destructive mix/edit environment and a destructive approach wave form editing view. Adobe allowed me to edit sound and songs to have the bits that I needed. For example if I wanted to use only the first 15 seconds of a song Adobe allowed me to crop that 15 seconds and use it, rather then having to use the whole song. Adobe was effective in this way because it meant that I could have different bits of different songs for different parts in my teaser trailer.
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