how did you use media technologies in the construction , research ,planning & evaluation stages ?
AT THIS STAGE OF EVALUATION WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON THE VARIOUS STAGES OF RESEARCH CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNING THAT WENT INTO THE MAKING OF OUR TRAILER TRANZIENT AND THE VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGIES USED IN HELPING PIECE THE ENTIRE PROJECT .AS WELL AS DISCUSSING THE PROGRAMS EQUIPMENTS AND SOFTWARES THAT AIDED IN THIS PROCES.
APPLE MAC
DUE TO MACS HAVING LOADS OF STORAGE IT HAS ALLOWED FOR EASY SAVING OF LARGE FILES THE SCREEN ALSO BEING LARGE ALLOWED FOR US TO WORK ON MULTIPLE THINGS AT A TIME MAKING IT THE BEST DEVICE FOR OUR PROJECT.
FUNCTIONS / FEATURE OF THE I-MAC
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IN THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND THE FINAL PRODUCTION OF OUR TRAILER ,POSTER AND MAGAZINE THE MAC WAS ESSENTIAL AS IT ALLOWED FOR EACH TASK TO EASILY BE COMPLETED.
THE MAC HAS SEVERAL SOFTWARE'S A FEW OF WHICH INCLUDE
THESE ALL AIDED IN THE CREATION OF OUR FINAL PRODUCT ALTHOUGH IT WAS DIFFICULT AT FIRST TO USE THESE SOFTWARES WE ALL WE'RE ABLE TO LEARN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS AND COMBINE THEM RESULTING IN A REALLY GOOD OUTCOME. |
PLANNING & RESEARCH
USING THIS WEBSITE BUILDER ALLOWED FOR US TO PUT OUR PROJECT PROGRESSION FROM START TO FINISH ON A VISUAL AND ENGAGING PAGE THAT COULD BE INTERACTIVELY USED AND VIEWED BY ANYONE. WEEBLY IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE ON THE INTERNET AND ALLOWS FOR ANYONE TO EASILY MAKE THEIR OWN WEBPAGE BY ALLOWING FOR EASY DRAGGING AND DROPPING OF IMAGES ,YOUTUBE VIDEOS ETC MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO PUT OUR WORK INTO THIS WEBPAGE.
WEBPAGE :THE WEBPAGE BUILDER HAD IT OWN ORIGINAL DEFAULT IMAGES IN THE BACKGROUND IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PAGE OUR OWN WE USED VARIOUS GIFS AND IMAGES THAT WE FOUND ONLINE TO CREATE A VERY AESTHETICALLY PLEASING LAYOUT THAT EMPHASIZED THE HORROR THEME THAT WE WERE GOING FOR.
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DROP DOWN MENU: IN ORDER TO MAKE IT EASY FOR OUR AUDIENCE TO MAKE THEIR WAY AROUND OUR PAGE WE ENSURED THAT THEIR WERE DROP DOWN MENUS THAT ALLOWED FOR EASY NAVIGATION , REPLACING THE OLD BASIC DEFAULT IMAGES AND MAKING THE PAGE MORE UNIQUE GIVES THE PAGE A MORE ENGAGING AND AESTHETICALLY APPEALING APPEARANCE.
ELEMENTS: ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE WEBPAGE THERE ARE SEVERAL TABS THAT MADE IT EASY FOR US AS A GROUP TO DRAG IN IMAGES ,YOUTUBE LINKS AND VARIOUS PIECES OF WORK THAT ALLOWED FOR ALL OF THE WORK TO COME TOGETHER. THESE ELEMENTS CONSIST OF TITLE, TEXT ,IMAGE ,GALLERY, EMBED CODE, DIVIDERS ETC.
THESE TABS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR OUR WEBPAGE TO BE WHAT WE ENVISIONED WITH OUT TOO MUCH DIFFICULTY . |
PHOTOSHOP: WAS ONE THE SOFTWARE'S THAT WE USED MOST OF OUR PROJECT IN THE CREATING OF LOGO'S MAGAZINES AND POSTERS USING THE KNOWLEDGE WE ACQUIRED FROM AS WE WERE ABLE TO COMBINE WHAT WE KNEW TO MAKE GOOD QUALITY PIECES OF WORK.
IN ORDER FOR THE POSTER TO REACH THIS STAGE WE MADE A FEW DRAFT S WHICH WE THEN WE'RE ABLE TO COME TO A DECISION ON HOW WE WANTED THE FINAL PRODUCT TO APPEAR BY MAKING VARIOUS ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DRAFTS UNTIL WE WERE SATISFIED.
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IN ORDER FOR OUR MAGAZINE TO REACH ITS FINAL STAGE IT WAS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO CARRY OUT A SIMILAR PROCESS ADJUSTING THE DRAFTS UNTIL WE WE'RE SATISFIED WITH THE OUTCOME.
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THIS SEARCH ENGINE WAS USEFUL IN HELPING US TO SEARCH FOR VARIOUS ASPECTS OF HORROR IN WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP OUR WEBPAGE AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENRE IT ALSO ALLOWED US TO GAIN INSPIRATION FROM VARIOUS EXISTING HORROR TRAILERS MAGAZINES AND POSTERS WHICH WAS ESSENTIAL IN OUR PLANNING STAGES
USING GOOGLE ALLOWED US TO ACCESS VARIOUS DATABASES SUCH AS YOUTUBE ,IMDB ,WIKIPEDIA ETC WHICH WERE ALL USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT. BELOW ARE A FEW IMAGES OF GOOGLE IN ACTION IN HELPING COMPLETE OUR WEBPAGE AND PROJECT.
WE CAME TOGETHER AND CREATED TWO CONCEPTS USING MICROSOFT POWERPOINT THAT WE PRESENTED IN FRONT OF THE CLASS WHO WOULD THEN SELECT THE BEST CONCEPT WHICH WE WOULD THEN TRY TO BASE OUR TRAILER ,MAGAZINE AND POSTER ON. USING MICROSOFT POWER POINT ALLOWED FOR A VISUALLY ENGAGING PRESENTATION THAT ACCOMPANIED OUR EXPLANATION MAKING IT EASY FOR THE AUDIENCE TO FOLLOW AND MAKE THEIR FINAL DECISION.
WE THEN CREATED A TREATMENT TO ACCOMPANY THE SELECTED CONCEPT WHICH WE THEN USED POWERPOINT TO LATER ANNOTATE FOR FURTHER EXPLANATION OF THE TREATMENT .
WE THEN CREATED A TREATMENT TO ACCOMPANY THE SELECTED CONCEPT WHICH WE THEN USED POWERPOINT TO LATER ANNOTATE FOR FURTHER EXPLANATION OF THE TREATMENT .
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YOUTUBE WAS USED IN THE UPLOADING OF VARIOUS FOOTAGE IN ORDER TO THEN PUT THESE VIDEOS ON OUR PAGE WE NEEDED TO CREATE A GROUP YOUTUBE ACCOUNT CALLED FALLEN FILM PRODUCTION . VARIOUS VIDEOS WERE UPLOADED TO OUR PAGE INCLUDING THAT OF CAMERA MOVEMENTS, ANGLES AND PRACTICE OF THAT WHICH WE WERE MOST LIKELY TO PLACE IN OUR TRAILER. THE BENEFITS OF HAVING YOUTUBE WAS THAT IT COULD BE EASILY VIEWED BY MANY DIFFERENT AUDIENCES WHICH COULD ALSO PROVDE FEEDBACK ON OUR CONTENT . THE VIDEOS CAN ALSO BE EAILY SHARED AND IT WAS EASY TO CAPTION AND UPLOAD THE VIDEOS.
HERE WE JUST TYPE INTO THE SEARCH BAR WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND PRESS SEARCH
WE CREATED OUR OWN YOUTUBE CHANNEL IN ORDER FOR US TO UPLOAD ALL OF OUR CONTENT FROM YOUTUBE ONTO OUR WEEBLY PAGE WHICH KEPT EVERYTHING ORGANISED.
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THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF SOME OF OUR SEARCHES
FOR A MORE PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL WE EDITED THE BANNER AND ALTERED THE LOGO SLIGHTLY
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IN DEVELOPING A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF HORROR CONVENTION YOUTUBE WAS USED IN VIEWING EXISTING YOUTUBE TRAILERS FOR OUR TEXTUAL ANALYSIS AS SEEN BY THE IMAGE BELOW.
YOUTUBE WAS ALSO USED IN THE PROVIDING OF INSPIRATION FOR COSTUME AND MAKEUP AS WATCHING OF VARIOUS HORROR RELATED MAKEUP TUTORIALS ALLOWED US TO THEN USE THIS IN OUR TRAILER TRANZIENT
AUDIENCE RESEARCH
IN ORDER TO CONDUCT OUR AUDIENCE RESEARCH WE USED SOME SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS SURVEYS IN ORDER TO GAIN FEEDBACK ON WHAT OUR DESIRED TARGET AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR MAGAZINE TRAILER AND POSTER . USING THESE PLATFORMS ALLOWED FOR FAST RESPONSES AS MANY PEOPLE NOW HAVE SMARTPHONES ALLOWING FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.
WHATSAPP WAS ONE OF THE MANY PIECES OF SOCIAL MEDIA USED TO SEND OUR CREATED SURVEYS TO OUR TARGET AUDIENCE.
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IN ORDER FOR US TO RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK CONCERN OUR FINAL PRODUCT WE HAD TO FIRSTLY CREATE A SURVEY USING QUICK SURVEY THIS WAS WHAT WE THEN SENT OUT TO VARIOUS PEOPLE IN OUR TARGET AUDIENCE USING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR QUICK RESPONSE.
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DAFONT: THIS WEBSITE ALLOWED FOR US TO CHANGE THE SIMPLISTIC FONT SUGGESTION THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN PHOTO SHOPS TO ONE THAT IS MORE RELEVANT TO OUR HORROR THEME. THE SITE HAS VARIOUS FONTS THAT CAN BE USED FOR VARIOUS GENRE AND ARE DOWNLOADED FOR FREE IN ORDER FOR US TO FIND THE HORROR STYLED FONTS DAFONT PLACED EVERYTHING INTO CATEGORIES FOR EASY NAVIGATION.
ZOMBIE CONTROL
ABOVE IS AN IMAGE OF OUR POSTERS TITLE USED ON OUR MAGAZINE THE FONT ZOMBIE CONTROL WAS USED RATHER THAN USING AN ORDINARY FONT AS IT PROVIDED OUR MAGAZINE WITH A UNIQUE APPEARANCE.
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THIS IS USED AS THE MAIN MASTHEAD OF THE MAGAZINE AND USES A GLITCHED APPEARING TO REPRESENT THE LIFE OF THOSE IN OUR TRAILER TRANZIENT.
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE: IS AN ONLINE DATABASE WITH INFORMATION CONCERNING FILMS ,GAMES TELEVISION PROGRAMS AND INCLUDES PLOTS SUMMARIES CAST, PRODUCTION ,CREW ,DIRECTOR NAMES, CHARACTERS ETC WE USED THIS SITE IN THE MAKING OF OUR TEXTUAL ANALYSIS AND VARIOUS OTHER AREAS OF OUR PAGE TO DEVELOP OUR KNOWLEDGE FILMS THAT INSPIRED THE MAKING OF OUR TRAILER.
THIS IS JUST THE BASIC INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED FROM IMDB ON THE MOVIE 28 DAYS LATER THE RATINGS , DIRECTORS WRITERS AND STARS INCLUDED CAN BE PROVIDED BY USING THIS SITE AS WELL AS A BRIEF SYNOPSIS.
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THIS WAS THE INFORMATION PROVIDED WHEN SEARCHING DISTRICT 9 AND GAVE US THE DIRECTORS WRITERS A BRIEF SYNOPSIS THE STARS USED IN THE FILMING ETC.
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WIKIPEDIA IS A FREE CONTENT ENCYCLOPEDIA THAT IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AND OPEN FOR ANYONE TO EDIT THE CONTENT ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE AN UNRELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION USED ALONGSIDE IMDB WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THE CONTENT WE USED WAS AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE WE WERE ABLE TO USE THIS SOURCE FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT STAGE.
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THE SCANNER WAS USED TO SCAN IN PIECES OF WORK THAT WERE DRAWN AS WELL AS HANDWRITTEN THIS INCLUDED ARTWORK , FEEDBACK SHEETS DRAWN DRAFTS OF OUR MAGAZINES AND TRAILERS.
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TREATMENT
THIS WAS CREATED DURING OUR DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES AND WAS ESSENTIAL IN GIVING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR SYNOPSIS.
DRAWN STORYBOARD
WITH OUR STORYBOARD WE HAD TO DRAW UP THE STAGES BY UPLOADING IT USING THE SCANNER WE WERE ABLE TO USE IT AS A GUIDE FOR OUR TRAILER.
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CALL SHEET: THE SHOOTING SCRIPT WAS ESSENTIAL IN US BEING ABLE TO PLAN OUT HOW THE DAY RUN DURING THE DAY OF SHOOTING.
DRAWN DRAFTS OF OUR POSTER WERE UPLOADED TO OUR WEBPAGE USING THE SCANNER.
DRAWN DRAFTS OF OUR MAGAZINE COVER WAS ALSO UPLOADED ONTO OUR WEB PAGE.
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IN ORDER TO GAIN SOME INSPIRATION WE WATCHED VARIOUS HORROR MOVIES BY DOING THIS WE WERE ABLE TO ANALYSE SEVERAL CONVENTIONS WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO PICK UP ON CAMERA MOVEMENTS ANGLE STOCK CHARACTERS AND CERTAIN SITUATION SO WE COULD BRING FORWARD A REALISTIC CONCEPT FOLLOWING THE NECESSARY CODES AND CONVENTIONS.
CONSTRUCTION
CAMERA EQUIPMENT
CAMERA: BOTH THE EOS 7D AND 600D WERE USED IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING OUR TRAILER, POSTER AND MAGAZINE BOTH CAMERAS ALLOWED FOR GREAT QUALITY IMAGES AND FOOTAGE OUR ABILITY TO USE BOTH CAMERAS DEVELOPED OVER TIME AS INITIALLY WE HAD NO UNDERSTANDING OF ISO APERTURE OR SHUTTER HOWEVER WITH TIME WE DEVELOPED THIS ALONG WITH OUR ANGLES AND MOVEMENTS LEADING UP TO THE FILMING OF THE TRAILER. WHICH HAD TAKEN PLACE DURING TUTORIAL SESSIONS.
KINO FLOW
THIS LIGHTING EQUIPMENT WAS USED IN THE TAKING OF PICTURES FOR BOTH OUR MAGAZINE AND POSTER IN THE PLANNING AND RESEARCH STAGES AND DEPENDING ON THE POSITIONING IT WOULD CHANGE THE APPEARANCE OF THE MAIN SUBJECT . THIS ALLOWED FOR US TO USE RATHER THAN RAISING THE ISO ON THE CAMERA WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN GRAINY FOOTAGE.
NO KINO FLOW
THIS IS ONE OF MANY PICTURES TAKEN AT THE OUR PHOTOSHOOT FOR POSSIBLE IMAGES THAT COULD BE USED IN OUR MAGAZINES AND POSTER HERE IS AN IMAGE WITHOUT KINO FLOW WHICH MAKES A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN HOW THE IMAGE SHOWS UP.
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KINO FLOW
THIS IS ANOTHER IMAGE TAKEN AT THE PHOTOSHOOT WITH LIGHTING FROM BELOW TO ADD TO THE HORROR ELEMENT OF THE IMAGE WHILST ALLOWING US TO ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE THE SUBJECT SHOWING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF USING THIS EQUIPMENT
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TRIPOD
THE TRIPOD WAS USED AS A STABLE REST FOR THE CAMERA IN ORDER TO CAPTURE STABLE FOOTAGE IT'S HEIGHT IS ALSO ADJUSTABLE TO ALLOW FOR CAPTURE OF VARIOUS ANGLE WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR FILMING PROCESS.
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SHOULDER RIG
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TRACK
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MIC
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THIS ALLOWED FOR US TO CAPTURE STEADY FOOTAGE IN MOTION ALLOWING FOR PROFESSIONALISM WHILST FILMING OUR TRAILER AS WELL AS PRACTICING USAGE DURING THE SESSIONS LEADING UP TO THE TRAILER TO GAIN BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ITS FUNCTION.
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HAVING THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ALLOWED FOR A STABLE CAPTURE OF FOOTAGE IN MOTION WHICH WAS ESSENTIAL IN OUR FILMING . IT WAS EASILY ASSEMBLED FOLLOWING A FEW SESSIONS OF DEVELOPING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF IT FUNCTION.
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THE RODE MIC WAS RARELY USED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS BUT WHEN USED IT WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE VERY GOOD QUALITY SOUND TO ACCOMPANY THE FOOTAGE THAT WE CAPTURED. THIS EXTERNAL MIC WAS ATTACHED ABOVE THE CAMERA AS THE CAMERA'S ABILITY TO CAPTURE SOUND WAS QUITE POOR
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PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION
WITHIN THIS STAGE WE USED THE CANON EOS 600D AS WELL AS THE KINO FLOW IN ORDER TO CAPTURE IMAGES FOR BOTH OUR MAGAZINE AND POSTER IN ORDER TO GET A GREATER GRASP OF HOW ALL THE EQUIPMENT ACCOMPANIED ONE ANOTHER IN HELPING PRODUCE A PROFESSIONAL QUALITY FINAL PRODUCT.
VARIOUS ANGLES ,CHANGES OF LIGHTING AND DIFFERENT SUBJECTS WERE USED IN ORDER TO GET A FEEL OF WHAT WE LIKED MOST.
VARIOUS ANGLES ,CHANGES OF LIGHTING AND DIFFERENT SUBJECTS WERE USED IN ORDER TO GET A FEEL OF WHAT WE LIKED MOST.
GOOD PHOTO TAKEN
HERE ARE A FEW OF THE PHOTOS TAKEN THAT HAVE DECENT LIGHTING AND FOCUS WITH A VARIETY OF ANGLES ALLOWING FOR US TO CAPTURE SOME REALLY GOOD PHOTOS THAT COULD BE USED FOR OUR MAGAZINE AND POSTERS.
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BAD PHOTOS TAKEN
HERE ARE A FEW PHOTOS TAKEN DURING THE SESSION THAT WE'RE NOT AS GOOD DUE TO POOR ANGELS AND LIGHTING , FROM MAKING THEEE MISTAKES WE WERE ABLE TO ADJUST THEM ALLOWING US TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS FOR LATER PICTURES TAKEN
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POST PRODUCTION
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SIMPLISTIC AS WELL AS COMPLEX POSTERS AND MAGAZINES WERE CREATED IN OUR PRE-PRODUCTION DRAFTING STAGES IN ORDER TO HELP US BEGIN TO VISUALIZE WHAT IDEAS WE WOULD WANT TO PUT TOGETHER TO CREATE PROFESSIONAL POSTERS AND MAGAZINES DUE TO NOT HAVING VERY MANY IDEAS AT FIRST CREATING VARIOUS TEMPLATES WITH DIFFERENT LAYOUTS AND RANGING FROM SIMPLE TO COMPLEX ALLOWED FOR THE CREATIVE IDEAS TO BEGIN TO FLOW. IN OUR SIMPLISTIC TEMPLATES WE SIMPLY NAMED WHERE THINGS WOULD APPEAR ON THE PAGE PLACING THEM IN BOXES BUT IN THEM BECOMING GRADUALLY MORE COMPLEX WE BEGAN USING SILHOUETTES TO ALLOW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO VISUALIZE WHAT IT IS WE WERE TRYING TO GO FOR .
MAGAZINE + poster DRAFTs
USING OUR PHOTOSHOOT IMAGES WE TRIED TO BRING TO LIFE OUR DIGITAL TEMPLATES USING INFLUENCES FROM EXISTING MAGAZINES AND POSTERS WE WERE ABLE TO PLAY AROUND WITH WHAT KIND OF MAGAZINE/POSTER LAYOUT AND IMAGE WE WANTED IN OUR FINAL RESULTS.
MOVIE MAGAZINE
BASIC IMAGE PRIOR TO ANY TEXT HERE WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION OF OUR MAIN IMAGE.
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HERE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST HAS BEEN USED TO ALLOW THE IMAGE TO STAND OUT TO THE VIEWERS.
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MASTHEAD ,SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS A FILMS STRIPS PRIOR TO ANY IMAGES .
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FILM STRIP IMAGES ARE NOW ADDED AS WELL AS COVERLINES TO BRING THE PAGE TO LIFE.
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A SMALL IMAGE OF OUR MAGAZINE AND THOSE FEATURING WITHIN THE MOVIE AS WELL AS A DATELINE AND SUBLINES TO BRING THE ENTIRE PAGE TOGETHER.
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NO CONTRAST
ABOVE IS THE MAGAZINE WITHOUT THAT OF ADDED CONTRAST WHICH EVIDENTLY IS NOT VERY EYE CATCHING AND DOES NOT REALLY DRAW IN ITS AUDIENCE.
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CONTRAST
ABOVE IS THE MAGAZINE WITH ADDED BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST HAVING THE MAGAZINE IN THIS WAS IS MORE EYE CATCHING AND ALLOW FOR OUR TARGET AUDIENCE TO INSTANTLY SEE THE MAIN IMAGE.
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MOVIE POSTER
HERE IS THE IMAGES FEATHERED AND PLACED ABOVE FROM ONE ANOTHER
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HERE THE IMAGE HAS HAD CONTRAST ADDED TO IT AND A SLIGHT HUE HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE TOP IMAGE.
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HERE THE HASHTAG AS WELL AS THE CREDITS (STEEL TONGS) AND PRODUCTIONS LOGOS HAVE BEEN ADDED.
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HERE THE MAIN TITLE OF THE FILM IS ADDED BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE TOP AND MIDDLE IMAGE .
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THIS IS THE FINAL MAGAZINE THAT ADDS OUR NAMES ABOVE THAT OF THE HASHTAG AS WELL AS REVIEWS AND ALL THE OTHER CONVENTIONS THAT MAKE OUR MAGAZINE.
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FONT USED
IN ORDER TO GET FONTS THAT WE FELT WOULD FIT OUR MAGAZINE WE USED DAFONT AS THEY ALL FIT THE ZOMBIE THEME VERY WELL AND WENT VERY WELL WITH OUR MAIN IMAGES THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF TRIAL AND ERROR INITIALLY IN FINDING WHAT FIT THE PAGE WELL BUT THE FONTS -SCARY HALLOWEEN - BEBAS NEUE - STEEL TONGS ETC OVERALL ALLOWED FOR AN ALL TOGETHER PROFESSIONAL SLEEK APPEARING MAGAZINE AS WELL AS POSTER.
PREMIERE PRO
ADOBE PREMIERE PRO WAS NEEDED IN ORDER FOR US TO PIECE TOGETHER FOOTAGE TO CREATE OUR TRAILER THIS SOFTWARE ALLOWED US TO NOT ONLY MAKE OUR TRAILER BUT ALSO OUR ANIMATIC. INITIALLY USING PREMIERE WAS DIFFICULT FOR US AS IT WAS NEW TO US HOWEVER THROUGH SEVERAL MISTAKES WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN SKILLS THAT ALLOWED US MAKE A GREAT FINAL PIECE OF WORK.
PRIEMERE PRO LAYOUT
HERE IS A BASIC LAYOUT OF PREMIERE PRO DURING THE EDITING OF OUR TRAILER AT FIRST IT APPEARS TO BE VERY COMPLEX HOWEVER THROUGH THE USE OF VARIOUS YOUTUBE TUTORIALS AND PREVIOUS USE DURING OUR ANIMATIC WE WERE ABLE TO GRASP HOW TO USE THE SOFTWARE TO THE DEGREE NECESSARY FOR US TO CREATE A PROFESSIONAL APPEARING TRAILER.
PROJECT PANEL
THIS IS WHERE WE KEPT ALL THE FOOTAGE AS WELL AS AUDIO THAT WE WOULD THEN LATER ADD TO THE SEQUENCE TIMELINE FOR EDITING. HERE WE COULD PUT THEM IN FOLDERS AND KEEP THEM ORGANISED.
TOOL PANEL
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CANVAS
THE CANVAS ALLOWS US TO VIEW THE VIDEO FOOTAGE THAT HAD BEEN EDITED JUST BELOW IN THE SEQUENCE TIMELINE WHICH ALLOWED FOR US TO SEE WHETHER THE ALTERATION WE MADE TO THE AUDIO AS WELL AS FOOTAGE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE LIKED.
SEQUENCE TIMELINE
THE SEQUENCE TIMELINE IS USED TO EDIT THE VIDEOS THAT WE DRAG OVER FROM THE PROJECT PANEL HERE WE USED VARIOUS TOOLS SUCH AS THE BLADE TO CUT UP THE FOOTAGE TO SPLIT UP CERTAIN SCENES KEEP THE ONES WE WANTED ETC.
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BEING ABLE TO ADD TEXTS TO OUR TRAILER WAS ESSENTIAL IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THE NAMES OF STARING CAST MEMEBER OUR TITLE ETC SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS THROUGH EXPERIMENTING WITH PREMIERE PRO AS WELL AS WATCHING YOUTUBE TUTORIAL IN ORDER TO DO THIS
THE LIGHTING IN VARIOUS SCENES ACROSS OUR TRAILER WAS DIFFERENT DUE TO VARIOUS LIGHTINGS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENT AT THE TIME , NATURAL LIGHTING OR THE USE OF THE KINO FLO RESULTED IN INCONSISTENT FOOTAGE . ALTHOUGH THIS WAS NOT A MAJOR ISSUE IN ORDER FOR CONSISTENCY AND A MORE CLEARER AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL APPEARING TRAILER WE HAD TO CHANGE THE BRIGHTNESS AND HUE USING THE EFFECTS CONTROL IN THE EFFECTS PANEL.
MORE EXAMPLES
HERE WE HAVE MORE PLACES IN WHICH THE LIGHTING IN OUR TRAILER WAS NOT PROFESSIONAL IN APPEARANCE SO WE ADJUSTED THE SATURATION AND TEMPERATURE FOR A SHARPER APPEARANCE.
IN ORDER FOR THE FILE TO BE A FORMAT THAT COULD EASILY BE ADDED TO OUR YOUTUBE PAGE AS WELL AS OF GOOD QUALITY WE EXPORTED THE PREMIERE PRO FILE TO QUICKTIME FORMAT WHICH ALLOWED US TO SAVE IT TO OUR DESIRED LOCATION AND RENAME IT PRIOR TO UPLOADING THE FILE TO YOUTUBE.
ONCE WE HAD OUR QUICKTIME FILE WE WENT TO YOUTUBE AND UPLOADED OUR TRAILER ADJUSTING THE DESCRIPTION TITLE AND THUMBNAIL ,WAITED FOR IT TO PROCESS BEFORE WE PUBLISHED THE VIDEO ONTO YOUTUBE THE PROCESS CAN BE SEEN IN THE ABOVE IMAGE.
SOUND
SOME OF THE SOUNDS THAT WE USED IN OUR TRAILER WERE ON THE DESKTOP ON THE MACS IN ORDER FOR US TO FIND WHAT WAS MOST SUITABLE TO US WE LISTENED TO A VARIETY OF WHAT WAS SUITABLE AND CAME TO THE NECESSARY CONCLUSION . DUE TO OUR GENRE BEING ZOMBIE WE LISTENED TO WHAT SOUNDED VERY DARK AND BROUGHT ABOUT THE ELEMENT OF FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN. WE ALSO USED SOUNDS THAT WERE DRAMATIC AND FAST PACED HIGHLIGHTING THE CHANGE IN ZOMBIE SPEED
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ABOVE ARE SOME OF THE SOUNDS WE USED IN THAT OF OUR ANIMATIC AS WELL AS TRAILER IN ORDER TO MAKE THE DECISION THE SOUND WAS FIRSTLY HEARD ALONGSIDE THE ANIMATIC TO SEE IF IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT WAS BEING DISPLAYED AND SUITED OUR GENRE.
THESE SOUNDS WERE ALSO USED OVER OUR ANIMATIC IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR US TO HEAR WHAT IT WOULD IMPACT AN AUDIENCE ALONGSIDE THE STORYBOARD THAT FOLLOWED IT WHICH ALLOWED US TO ADJUSTED WHAT SUITED ACCORDING TO THE VISUALS .
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WE LOOKED THROUGH YOUTUBE TO SEE IF THEIR WAS SOUND THAT SUITED THAT OF OUR TRAILER BUT WAS ALSO SUITED TO THAT OF AN APOCALYPSE AS THE CONCEPT WAS ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE WE USED THAT OF SIRENS WHICH CONNOTE URGENCY CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE OF PANIC AND NEED TO ESCAPE. THIS WAS USED DURING OUR TRAILER TOWARDS THE END.
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SEQUENCE AND SOUND
BY DRAGGING IN THE AUDIO ONTO THE SEQUENCE TIMELINE WE ARE ABLE TO ADJUST THE SOUND ACCORDING TO THE FOOTAGE AND SEE WHAT IS MOST SUITED THIS BECAUSE QUITE EASY TO DO AS WE HAD SPENT TIME WITH FOOTAGE WHICH MADE USING PREMIERE FOR AUDIO NOT TOO DIFFICULT .
CONCLUSION
OVERALL THE USE OF MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES WAS ESSENTIAL IN THE PLANNING ,RESEARCH AND CONSTRUCTION OF OUR FINAL PIECES AS WE WERE ABLE TO USE WEEBLY ALONGSIDE OUR GAINING OF KNOWLEDGE MAKING IT EASY FOR US TO PUBLISH AND SEE OUR DEVELOPMENT IN EACH STAGE. HAVING THE INTERNET WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP OUR UNDERSTANDING OF MEDIA THROUGH VIEWING EXISTING WORK ,IT ALSO ALLOWED US TO DEVELOP OUR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HORROR CONVENTIONS , A FURTHER ADVANTAGE WAS HAVING MACS PROVIDED WITH THE SOFTWARES PHOTOSHOP , PREMIERE PRO ETC THIS AIDED IN THE CREATION PROCESS AS WELL AS HAVING FEEDBACK IN THE AUDIENCE AND RESEARCH STAGES TO CREATE FINAL PIECES THAT ADHERED TO OUR AUDIENCES. THIS ALONGSIDE MANY OTHER THING ALLOWED FOR US AS A TEAM TO DEVELOP OUR OVERALL USE OF MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES .