Evaulation_Task_No.4: Media_Technology

Camera:
In my A2 production the most valuable item was the camera. This was new media technology as it was a upgraded camera from my last year. we where given this camera from a friend mate who was already in the film making industry. He learnt me his camera for a 2 weeks as he had his own duties to for fill. This gave us a good amount of time to film and if need to make adjustments if needed. By having such a high quality camera it means that when i was filming I was able to film at more of a professional level, thus meaning we are able to have our desired camera shots, movements and angles. This is all down to the camera quality. By having such a high quality camera it allowed us to use different camera techniques such as accurate panning and tracking shots, we also used a shoulder mount for a more steady shot and allowed us to get in better positions than a tripod offered. The shoulder mount allowed our camera man to get in better positions for high and low angles, this so that we can get real detail. This is so that we could show authority dominance with the low angle and in the high shot to show what the girlfriend is vulnerable to our main characters domain.

Adobe Photoshop:

I had some experience with Photoshop before, however I wasn't familiar with the load out and the software. this was an issue to start off with. This meant I had to put some practice in to improve my skills on it. This is because I wanted to make the best film and magazine poster I could. Throughout the making of both poster and cover I asked people for feedback so I could make improvements to get a better cover and poster. In Photoshop it has many tools some I didn’t know what they are but ones that have improved my skills was the magic wand, this is because I needed to cut out the main character so I can place him on my poster and cover. Then I had to create titles for these posts I’ve made and there was a range of titles I had to try and use. To start off it was all trail and error based. The titles I ended up with helped the poster achieve the connotations needed. to make it professional looking I had to use a tool called ‘bevel and emboss’ tool, this allowed me to make the titles look sharp and clean. For example when I made a title that had one on top and one below there would be a big gap by using this tool it allowed me to squeeze the titles together meaning more space on the poster and the titles look good. Finally using Photoshop I was able to change the brightness and the colouring of the poster. this meant I could achieve linking dark colours to match my genre.


Adobe Premier Pro:

This was the software that we used to edit our film trailer. This was a hard step for me as I am not use to the load out or any tools inside. this meant it was a struggle for me to have any input on any editing. This meant I had to take the back seat of the ride. As I didn’t know any technical requirements I was able to advice on when to cut scenes and when to add in fade to blacks in. by using this basic skills it allowed me to be involved with key decisions and also watch my fellow member use tools to make the clip seem even better.

IMovie:
As a group we only used iMovie because they had titles that we could use. This meant we can have our production company logo. One of my partners had iMovie installed already thus meaning I was able to play around with the titles to match our production name. I went with a tree with a sunset. That matched our name of twisted tree vines production.

Blogger:

This was an easy website to use. it is very simple so that it was easy to move around and found things like creating posts etc. It was very accessible this was because it was a simple format, this meant I was able to find my way around and easily post.

Social Media:
I used social media to help organise filming dates in the best way possible. This was an easy tool to use as communication, such as "Messenger" allowed us to message the actors individually and then once we had organized it we made a group chat that meant we could make sure everyone was up to date with the production.

Using Facebook to create a page to promote and advertise the film, we also put behind the scenes photos on the page to let the audience be taken in by the whole production.





Gmail:
I used Gmail many times as its my personal account so it was easy to use and operate. This meant it was easy to communicate with what work that was being shared between us and using it to send across our production logo and the title of the film.