Question 6 presented

Question 6 presented

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  Q U ES T I O N 6 : W H AT H AV E Y O U L E A R N T A B O U T T E C H N O L O G I E S F R O M T H E P R O C E S S O F C O N S T R U C T I N G T H I S P R O D U C T ? BY S A R A H H E A R N
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  INSPIRATION 8 This wasthe first technology I used. I used it to show my first ideas in the form of an ‘initial ideas mindmap’ and it allowed me to plan out my ideas effectively and consider which was the most achievable one. As it was so easy to use I could get my ideas down quickly and spiral off other ideas giving me more detail to work with when I further developed the plan for my opening.
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  GOOGLE I used thisas my main search engine. This gave me access to facts and figures about my target audience, for my genre research and genre conventions. It also lead me to sites such as IMDB and thenumbers.co.uk which gave me information on reviews, release dates, actors, directors and box office taking for other romantic comedies. I found this resource invaluable as it gave me a range of sources to find lots of information and help ensure my opening would suit the target audience.
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  SLIDE SHARE In termsof uploading my work onto my blog, most of my files needed uploading to Slide Share first specifically documents such as Power Points. I had not worked with slide share before this point. After having learnt how to upload my files to slide share, I had to use the embed code to put the document onto my blog.
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  BLOGGER Continuing from this,I learnt to use blogger. Again, I had no previous experience of it. The main learning came with having to work out how to navigate the website and upload my work to it. Most of this included using the embed code in the html section of the new post area. To help increase ease in terms of navigation, I used labels to categorise my work. With a category for pre-production, coursework, media theory and preliminary task it is easier for both me and others to find what they are looking for.
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  BLOGGER CONTINUED It allowedme to track my progress and the development of my plans as well as giving my actress access to resources such as the script which made the filming process easier. Furthermore, it was helpful to have all my work on the internet as if I needed to refer to it during filming or other work towards my film it was easy to access from anywhere and I could use it to show my actress what I was thinking. Also it was beneficial not having to worry about taking all my information with me on paper and my work being accessible from my phone.
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  MICROSOFT OFFICE Microsoft Office wasalso useful in the presentation of my research from pre- production as it helped to present my information on actors, props and costumes easily and add images to help increase detail and help me later on in the filming process to quickly refer back to my plan. It was an easy way to quickly write out my ideas and edit them without any messy presentation saving me time when it came to uploading my pre-production to my blog.
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  PREMIERE In the postproduction stages my knowledge of Premiere increased. I worked hard to use transitions within both video and sound to enhance the comedic side of my opening. Also, I have become more experienced in imputing sound and adjusting their sound levels to make sure they match and sound natural.
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  PREMIERE CONTINUED I usedthe brightness tool to ensure all my shots had identical light levels after experiencing difficulties with changing natural light during filming. Although I used Premiere in my GCSE film I believe this time I had more opportunity to experiment leading to me using more of the tools available and therefore growing my knowledge and confidence of the software.
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  PHOTOSHOP Another skill setI developed was in my use of photoshop. I used this to edit my institutional logo to invert the colours. This meant that when I applied it to my opening it could be placed on a black background instead of having to change the background to white. To do this I had to use the ‘quick selection tool’ and the ‘fill tool’ to change all that was black to white and vice versa.
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  PHOTOSHOP CONTINUED Without doing this,the opening credits may have seemed to not flow as well with an abrupt change from my institutional logo to the Lionsgate logo. Although a fade transition could have helped this, I feel as if not inverting the colours would have considerably reduced the fluidity of the opening credits.
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  YOUTUBE Another source ofresearch I used was Youtube. This allowed me to look at the openings and common conventions of other romantic comedies to help incorporate things that will enhance attraction of my target audience in my film opening. Furthermore, I was able to use it to upload my film to allow access to a wide audience with the majority of my target audience being contemporary and active online. It also makes it easy to see how many people have seen my film so I can assess how successful I have been in making audiences aware of its existence.
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  CAMERA To film myfilm, I used a DSLR camera (Canon 60D) of which I have used before to film my GCSE piece and my preliminary task but found that this time I was more comfortable in using it. As a result of my confidence I used manual focus to create any specific effects I wanted to, playing around with depth of field instead of relying on auto focus like before. Also, I changed the settings on the camera depending on the light in the room to keep light levels as similar as possible which made it easier when I came to edit.
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  CANVA AND PREZI Preziand Canva were both online types of software I used to present my questions. Being similar to PowerPoint I found them easy to navigate and this helped me quickly present my questions in various ways making my evaluation more interesting. I was able to use different designs for each and with access to the embed code of the finished products I could easily upload them to my blog via the HTML section of Blogger. This made it easy for me to make my evaluation questions accessible.
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  POWTOON AND EMAZE Thesewere another two ways I presented my questions which resulted in more of an interactive video form. Although these were slightly harder to navigate and use, I prefer the result produced compared to Canva and Prezi. It was easy to add images to enhance the detail of my evaluation and make it easier for people to refer to what I am talking about. I think these two types of software are very visually appealing to a modern audience.