Wednesday 11 April 2012
Evaluation Question 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Throughout this media process I have used many different tools and equipment. Some I have used before but others I was not familiar with. I feel that I have progressed with my knowledge of editing and using editing software such as iMovie. Before this process I had no knowledge of editing and using this software. I believe now I’m able to edit successfully.
CAMCORDER
In the production of our film we used two camcorders. For the first day of filming we used my own video camera which resulted in really bad quality footage! We were all really worried about this as we had no time to re-film and we had all worked so hard! However, the camera was easy to use and it was only when we got back to school when we realized that the quality was not great!
We used this camera; F50 Flash Memory SD Camcorder click here to go to website luckily you can charge the camera via a USB port which was handy when our camera ran out of battery half way through the day!
On the second day of filming we used the schools Sony Handy cam which was just as simple to use but the quality was a lot better! We thought that the difference in quality would be really easy to tell but in fact no-one has noticed!
TRIPOD
Both days of filming we used the schools tripod which was very useful to hold the camera steady in a shot. Panning the camera from left to right was at times quite jerky but when editing we stabilized these shots. On the second day of filming once all ready to go outside and start we realized that part of the tripod was missing! This was so annoying but luckily Jessie’s Dad had a spare. Next time we will most definitely check.
LIGHTING
In the production we decided that if we used this bright halogen lamp the shot would be a lot brighter and clearer resulting in a better shot. This did bring its complications when moving around the attic as the lights legs kept on getting into the shot also the light did get extremely hot so we had to be careful. Also when Emma (myself) went to flip on the attic light switch we had Jessie down below plugging in the halogen lamp at the same time! This did result us filming the part at least 10times to get the timing right, not forgetting how funny it was to film!
CAMERA
Taking photos of the process such as props, the set, and the crew and on the days of filming we used two cameras. These were the camera on my Iphone and ST90 Samsung Camera click here to go to website both cameras were easy to use and it was easy to upload them onto my laptop and then send them via Facebook to the group.
WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGY
We also used Web2.0 technologies Facebook and Twitter. With all members of the group having both accounts it was easy to reach everyone together instead of sending texts to just once person. Facebook was extremely handy when we needed to send each other photos to upload to our blog and also very useful when we needed to contact each other, it was easy to use and much better than giving each other memory sticks with pictures on!
EDITING
For editing our movie and our preliminary task we used two different types of MAC’s. The preliminary we used the older MAC and our main task and construction samples we used the newer MAC.
EDITING ON THE OLD MAC:
Editing on this mac was quite tricky, it was difficult to navigate and at times quite stressful! It didn’t help that we had never used it before and at times I felt like giving up! Editing our preliminary task was therefore difficult and I think in places we could have worked on our editing skills! We used the editing software iMovie. We had all used the new mac before so we wanted to Edit our preliminary task on that but as the two new MACs were quite overly subscribed we were left with editing on this one. I am happy we did have ago at editing on this MAC as we have broaden our skills and we may need to edit on this in the future!
EDITING ON THE NEW MAC:
All of us had never used iMovie before so it was a learning experience for all of us. We had used this MAC before when we edited examples of the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot reverse shot. It benefited us a lot by using this software previously when we edited our construction samples which helped as we all had had some previous experience. Through trial and error we got through the editing process and now I feel that we have all progressed with our skills and I just want to keep on editing! I have learnt a lot about editing and I now successfully know how to convey simple editing techniques such as splitting a clip, adding sound, adding titles, adding transitions, stabilizing a clip, adding a voice over and slowing down clips. The only thing that really annoyed me when working on this MAC was the simplest thing of the mouse! Countless amounts of times I held the mouse the wrong way round, happy to say I think I have mastered this slight difficulty now!
CREATING THE COURSEWORK
BLOGGER
To create our coursework we used Blogger it was quite easy to use but it did have its difficulties. Adding pictures took a long time and the position of the pictures was quite frustrating as they never went where I wanted to put them! Even in this blog post I have noticed how annoying this is! Also I had to make new posts in the order that they appeared in, which was annoying as all the time I had posted a lot of posts and then I forgot to add in a post. This left me having to copy and paste everything back to Microsoft word and then back onto Blogger. It was very inconvenient. Spell check was rather weird so I wrote everything onto Word and copied it over to my post which again was time consuming and annoying!
POWERPOINTS AND SLIDESHARE
To create PowerPoints like my genre research, and target audience feedback I used PowerPoint 2010 I had used this before so I was familiar with it. I then had to use SlideShare which I had never used before to embed the HTML code onto my blog. At times this was very frustrating as sometimes my PowerPoints decided not to work and the writing had become small and unable to read! click here to go to slideshare
SUREVEY MONKEY
When creating our Target Audience research we used survey monkey which was extremely easy to use and very good at what we wanted to do! Collecting and analysing the results was also easy to do.
YOUTUBE
I created a YouTube account for the whole group and we shared out the password to the account so that we could upload and share our videos. Youtube was easy to navigate as we had all used it before. Before this process I had never uploaded a video to YouTube but now I’m a Pro! After uploading a video I embed the code and put it onto my blog. We had to make sure that the videos weren’t on private otherwise they cannot be viewed!
PAINT
Adding in snapshots of our film, and annotating pictures such as the production splash was easy to do as I just print screened and then cropped the picture into Paint saved as a JPEG and put it either onto my blog or onto the evaluation video!
Overall I feel that after this process I have become a lot more confident in my IT and editing skills. I have really pushed and stretched my abilities in this task as a whole and I feel I have learnt long life lessons about technologies and teamwork.
I used this when typing up this evaluation question so I was sure to include all technologies used throughout this process.
Throughout this media process I have used many different tools and equipment. Some I have used before but others I was not familiar with. I feel that I have progressed with my knowledge of editing and using editing software such as iMovie. Before this process I had no knowledge of editing and using this software. I believe now I’m able to edit successfully.
CAMCORDER
In the production of our film we used two camcorders. For the first day of filming we used my own video camera which resulted in really bad quality footage! We were all really worried about this as we had no time to re-film and we had all worked so hard! However, the camera was easy to use and it was only when we got back to school when we realized that the quality was not great!
We used this camera; F50 Flash Memory SD Camcorder click here to go to website luckily you can charge the camera via a USB port which was handy when our camera ran out of battery half way through the day!
TRIPOD
Both days of filming we used the schools tripod which was very useful to hold the camera steady in a shot. Panning the camera from left to right was at times quite jerky but when editing we stabilized these shots. On the second day of filming once all ready to go outside and start we realized that part of the tripod was missing! This was so annoying but luckily Jessie’s Dad had a spare. Next time we will most definitely check.
LIGHTING
In the production we decided that if we used this bright halogen lamp the shot would be a lot brighter and clearer resulting in a better shot. This did bring its complications when moving around the attic as the lights legs kept on getting into the shot also the light did get extremely hot so we had to be careful. Also when Emma (myself) went to flip on the attic light switch we had Jessie down below plugging in the halogen lamp at the same time! This did result us filming the part at least 10times to get the timing right, not forgetting how funny it was to film!
CAMERA
Taking photos of the process such as props, the set, and the crew and on the days of filming we used two cameras. These were the camera on my Iphone and ST90 Samsung Camera click here to go to website both cameras were easy to use and it was easy to upload them onto my laptop and then send them via Facebook to the group.
WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGY
We also used Web2.0 technologies Facebook and Twitter. With all members of the group having both accounts it was easy to reach everyone together instead of sending texts to just once person. Facebook was extremely handy when we needed to send each other photos to upload to our blog and also very useful when we needed to contact each other, it was easy to use and much better than giving each other memory sticks with pictures on!
EDITING
For editing our movie and our preliminary task we used two different types of MAC’s. The preliminary we used the older MAC and our main task and construction samples we used the newer MAC.
EDITING ON THE OLD MAC:
Editing on this mac was quite tricky, it was difficult to navigate and at times quite stressful! It didn’t help that we had never used it before and at times I felt like giving up! Editing our preliminary task was therefore difficult and I think in places we could have worked on our editing skills! We used the editing software iMovie. We had all used the new mac before so we wanted to Edit our preliminary task on that but as the two new MACs were quite overly subscribed we were left with editing on this one. I am happy we did have ago at editing on this MAC as we have broaden our skills and we may need to edit on this in the future!
EDITING ON THE NEW MAC:
All of us had never used iMovie before so it was a learning experience for all of us. We had used this MAC before when we edited examples of the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot reverse shot. It benefited us a lot by using this software previously when we edited our construction samples which helped as we all had had some previous experience. Through trial and error we got through the editing process and now I feel that we have all progressed with our skills and I just want to keep on editing! I have learnt a lot about editing and I now successfully know how to convey simple editing techniques such as splitting a clip, adding sound, adding titles, adding transitions, stabilizing a clip, adding a voice over and slowing down clips. The only thing that really annoyed me when working on this MAC was the simplest thing of the mouse! Countless amounts of times I held the mouse the wrong way round, happy to say I think I have mastered this slight difficulty now!
CREATING THE COURSEWORK
BLOGGER
To create our coursework we used Blogger it was quite easy to use but it did have its difficulties. Adding pictures took a long time and the position of the pictures was quite frustrating as they never went where I wanted to put them! Even in this blog post I have noticed how annoying this is! Also I had to make new posts in the order that they appeared in, which was annoying as all the time I had posted a lot of posts and then I forgot to add in a post. This left me having to copy and paste everything back to Microsoft word and then back onto Blogger. It was very inconvenient. Spell check was rather weird so I wrote everything onto Word and copied it over to my post which again was time consuming and annoying!
POWERPOINTS AND SLIDESHARE
To create PowerPoints like my genre research, and target audience feedback I used PowerPoint 2010 I had used this before so I was familiar with it. I then had to use SlideShare which I had never used before to embed the HTML code onto my blog. At times this was very frustrating as sometimes my PowerPoints decided not to work and the writing had become small and unable to read! click here to go to slideshare
When creating our Target Audience research we used survey monkey which was extremely easy to use and very good at what we wanted to do! Collecting and analysing the results was also easy to do.
WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER AND AUDACITY
To create evaluation questions 1,2,4,5 and 7 I used Windows Movie maker to edit and Audacity to record my voice. I had previously used Windows movie maker before a long time ago so I wasn’t too sure on how to work it! Finding software to record my voice took ages and in the end I had to ask my computer whizz brother on what to do! Saving the voice recording and putting it onto windows movie maker was tricky but in the end I managed to sort it out. Also saving the evaluation onto YouTube took ages as I had no idea what I was doing. By about the last evaluation question I am now a Professional at Windows Movie maker and publishing onto YouTube!
YOUTUBE
I created a YouTube account for the whole group and we shared out the password to the account so that we could upload and share our videos. Youtube was easy to navigate as we had all used it before. Before this process I had never uploaded a video to YouTube but now I’m a Pro! After uploading a video I embed the code and put it onto my blog. We had to make sure that the videos weren’t on private otherwise they cannot be viewed!
Adding in snapshots of our film, and annotating pictures such as the production splash was easy to do as I just print screened and then cropped the picture into Paint saved as a JPEG and put it either onto my blog or onto the evaluation video!
Overall I feel that after this process I have become a lot more confident in my IT and editing skills. I have really pushed and stretched my abilities in this task as a whole and I feel I have learnt long life lessons about technologies and teamwork.
I used this when typing up this evaluation question so I was sure to include all technologies used throughout this process.
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Friday 6 April 2012
Tuesday 3 April 2012
Plot Summary and Denotation of 'Emma's Dilemma'
PLOT SUMMARY OF THE OPENING
Emma’s Dilemma is about a regular teenage girl who goes up into her attic to search for something, the audience is not aware of what she is looking for. Whilst looking she comes across an old chest which has various items in such as old picture albums and a modern day gas mask. Also within is an old letter addressed to her, she opens the letter and she discovers that it was from her great grandma Violet also along with the letter is a Ring. Emma puts the ring on and she then starts to feel ill. Next thing she knows she is in the middle of no-where in a field. This is then when she realizes that the ring had transported her through time to a different place.
Our final idea had developed slightly from our first initial idea which was instead of using a ring it was an old pair of glasses. This change I think has added more meaning as a ring is more personal and valuable which leaves the audience wondering where this magical ring came from; maybe passed down through the family from centuries ago or maybe even from a magical parallel world?
Denotation of Emma's Dilemma:
Emma’s Dilemma is about a regular teenage girl who goes up into her attic to search for something, the audience is not aware of what she is looking for. Whilst looking she comes across an old chest which has various items in such as old picture albums and a modern day gas mask. Also within is an old letter addressed to her, she opens the letter and she discovers that it was from her great grandma Violet also along with the letter is a Ring. Emma puts the ring on and she then starts to feel ill. Next thing she knows she is in the middle of no-where in a field. This is then when she realizes that the ring had transported her through time to a different place.
Our final idea had developed slightly from our first initial idea which was instead of using a ring it was an old pair of glasses. This change I think has added more meaning as a ring is more personal and valuable which leaves the audience wondering where this magical ring came from; maybe passed down through the family from centuries ago or maybe even from a magical parallel world?
Denotation of Emma's Dilemma:
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