HOW DID YOU USE NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH, PLANNING AND EVALUATION STAGES?

Daniel Joda

List of all media technologies that we

used

Nikon D610 DSLR Adobe Premiere CS6 Adobe Photoshop CS6 Adobe InDesign CS6 YouTube Prezi Slideshare KiteLearning VEM Machine (Video

Editing Machine)

Nikon D610 DSLR

Using the “Nikon D610 DSLR” has been critical in filming our short film because the quality of the camera adds a level of professionalism because of the 1080p videoing. Whilst we were filming I had to bring a pack of rechargeable energizer batteries. The reason for this is because we would be filming for a long time, so it would only be wise for us to bring two packs of fully charged batteries.

Another benefit from using this camera is by the type of shots we were able to take, for instance we were able to focus on certain characters, to show the characters importance. For instance, when the main gangster is walking and the rest of them are in background attacking one of the mafia members.

Adobe Premiere Pro CS6

I used Adobe Premiere Pro in order to edit our footage. The first screenshot is of when I had put the footage together and then exported it.

The second screenshot is when I had inserted a voiceover of the antagonist speaking.

The third screenshot is when I reduced the speed of that specific shot in order to maintain the suspense.

Adobe Photoshop CS6

Photoshop was the software I used to create my short film poster, masthead and also my mood boards.

When creating my film poster on Photoshop I knew that there were many requirements that I had to fulfil. This could only be done using Photoshop. For instance, the silhouette element was done using “colour overlay”. Another element that I used was the use of the steel tongs font which is important when creating a film poster because it is a typical convention. Furthermore, using this software was not as difficult as other because I had been using it for 3 years. In addition.

I used Photoshop to create my mood boards because Photoshop is the best way of grouping images and also much more flexible in terms of the sizes I want to the images to be.

Adobe InDesign

I used Adobe InDesign because it is the conventional software to use create a double page spread and in terms of the technical aspects of the software it is good to use because I am able to control the size of my margins, columns and gutter. This is important because it would look specialist which was one of my initial intentions I was trying to get across. In addition, looking at the screenshot below what I was able to do is include images and graphics I created using Photoshop and simply insert it on InDesign.

Presentation Software

YouTube – YouTube is an integral part of this course because everything I did during the process of filming is I put on YouTube, for instance all the development work, where we filmed and also why we filmed.

Presentation Software

Slideshare – I used Slideshare for the planning and evaluation stage as it straight-forward to use. In addition because it is free and online it is easily accessible all the times. Furthermore, I can embed it on my blog which improves the way my blog is presented.

Presentation Software

Prezi – I also used Prezi for my planning and evaluation. Prezi once again is a free online based application which means I can use it all the time. In addition, the application is much more interactive this is ideal because it is important to be using interactive software's to show my flexibility with different software's. I also used Prezi to present our pitch to our teacher, the reason for using Prezi is because of the interactivity.

Using The VEM (Video Editing

Machine)

We used this machine because it is ideal for the task we are doing. For instance looking at my screenshot what I was doing was going on YouTube to see how to create sound effects and whilst I was watching it, I was applying it within our short film. This is why having a two monitors side by side is so effective.

Conclusion

To summarise, to complete this Advanced Production to a very good standard there needs to be a diverse amount of software's that should be used in order to create a film and also all the planning and evaluation. I believe I have achieved this as I used different presentation software’s and when it came to creating the film and the ancillary task I used the specialist programme Adobe. As it was specialist however, I knew I still had many skills to learn so going to people for help and watching videos was very beneficial and that is seen through the products I have created.