The research and planning phase of the evaluation required the most effort as ideas had to be effectively formulated into an initial one. When researching film trailers I made extensive use of YouTube in order to look at trailers in depth using the high resolution of the platform. As YouTube is the worlds largest video sharing site the highest quality film trailers are broadcast on to the site which allowed me to seamlessly access the content. My analysis of 6 trailers that are already on my blog had supplemented the genre conventions that were found in my film trailer.
Above are examples of the high resolution found on YouTube which I utilised extensively to analyse Split, The girl with the dragon tattoo, Se7en, The departed, Flight and Inception.
During the research and planning phase of the A2 coursework I produced a film poster for my AS film trailer, The Prowler using Photoshop which was a very useful program that showed me the value of changing small details in my work that will make a substantial difference in the quality of that work. In addition, I recreated the magazine cover used for Sherlock Holmes: A game of shadows, which allowed me to hone my Photoshop skills in order to further develop my ability to use the software. As part of my A2 blog which is the blog that this post will be accessible on I produced two ancillary texts which were for my new film Delirium in the post production phase. These texts were both produced on Photoshop in addition to my previous work. However these texts were of a much higher quality, features more advanced effects and I demonstrated use of complex tools within the program such as the lasso tool and the magic wand tool as well as a greater understanding of the genre's typical conventions such as colours, fonts and general theme of thrillers.
The software proved to be invaluable as it allowed for the different layers of an image to be altered with a huge variety of effects and distortions. This resulted in detailed layers of text and effects that made up the posters and magazine covers to a good standard which I myself was very satisfied with. The most common layer effects that I utilised on Photoshop were: Outer glow, Inner glow, drop shadow, bevel and emboss, satin and colour overlay. All of these effects were useful in structuring the text and font of the words on each ancillary text.
I made use of PowerPoint presentations to showcase that I have used the program throughout the research and planning phase. I have used the program more frequently in my A2 blog than my AS blog as I have desired to show more versatility in the way that I present my tasks. The program offers a creative edge as it encourages the use of transitions between slides to make it more engaging for a target audience. It also has an exceptionally diverse range of background colours which I used in tandem with the sombre mood of my film genre.
This is a picture of my group and I using Sony Vegas pro to edit our film which we felt would be more effective than Adobe Premiere Pro as it had different features which allowed for unwanted content to be trimmed away easier but also we were able to instantaneously transfer copyright free sounds directly onto our footage which made the editing process so much quicker and smoother. This was mainly achieved due to the software's advanced tools such as the multi camera editing tools and the customisable window layouts to rearrange clips of footage. Also independent audio sequencing in real time allowed us to see the effects of our editing. Furthermore our group used Version 14 of the software which is the most recent software as it was published in September 2016. This allowed for 4K resolution upscaling and more visual effects than previous versions.
In the construction of our film I decided to use sound cloud as the source of our music for our film. Due to the vast array of different sounds on the website my group and I were able to easily acquire adequate music for our film. The music that we used consisted of progressively more intense conventional music and very vibrant white noise effects at particular sequences. These sounds can be heard in a film trailer which is also on my blog. Experimental changes in the sounds used can also be heard in my first two drafts of our film before the final cut of our production.
Finally, in the evaluation phase of my A2 coursework, I used Sound Cloud to record and embed on to my blog a voiceover of my second evaluation task which would provide a more audience orientated format of viewing the post. For audience members that are deaf, there is a transcript of the voiceover below it so those people can still enjoy the post.
Throughout all 3 phases of the coursework process I have made use of my personal IPhone to take the vast majority of the photographs that have been uploaded to this blog which has been a very fast method for uploading the photographs which would be more effective than relying on camera chips which could easily be lost during filming. It has also been a great tool for communication between myself and my media group outside of school for organisational purposes. We all used the facebook messenger app for this level of communication.
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