Evaluation Question 4

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Making a film takes a lot more than using a camera and editing software.  I have demonstrated this by using so many different types of software to complete all the aspects of the making of a film. I used prezi to aid me in analyzing horror films. I found that prezi was very helpful when it came to organizing my ideas in a way both I, and an audience could understand. As well as prezi I used Microsoft PowerPoint in tasks such as comparing my film to others.  Although it takes a bit longer and is a lot more complicated than PowerPoint, I preferred using prezi because it was a lot easier to show the order and flow of my ideas, as they do not form in a linear fashion.

Word was used to write the films treatment and we used ‘writer duet’ an online website which helps write screenplays with the correct formatting. There is not much to say about Microsoft word. It does the job and has no obvious flaws. I really liked using writer duet for the screenplay because it meant we could make the screenplay quickly and also edit it really easily. And we also didn’t have to worry about getting the font and formatting correct.

One thing we found about having a film idea, which required seven main characters, is that it is very difficult to find a day that everyone could do for filming. This is where we found group chats and excel spreadsheets very helpful. We made a group chat on Instagram and added all our cast members. We gave out different dates until we found one or two that everyone could attend as well as noting down on  a spread sheet which people could do certain dates. We used the spreadsheet to keep track of what scenes were shooting on certain days, as well as what props we might need, and what locations we would be shooting at.

When it came to editing our footage I used premier pro. I really liked this software and liked how similar it was to some industry standard editing software like ‘Avid’. It was really easy to pick up on how to use premier pro to edit the footage. I also used audacity to put different effects on the music I was using.

For the print media I used Photoshop. I really like using Photoshop and was already very familiar with it already. I enjoy the creative freedom you have with Photoshop. All you need to do is search for a YouTube tutorial to find out how to do something that looks professional.

To evaluate the film trailer I used survey monkey to construct a survey on the film trailer. I really like how simple it is to use survey monkey, and how easy it is to get people to answer the survey with a provided link.