- Digital Technology:
- The digital technologies that I have used in the past week and before half term have been the video cameras and the software in which you can edit the footage that has been filmed. We were set mini projects to carry out and my group had the task of creating a mini film in which a person was seen to be eating something and we had to do it in a maximum of 10 shots. It was to help us become more creative and be able to make the sequence flow without just filming it all in one go. It made us become a lot more specific in the shots and the overall end result we wanted to make. Also we used the editing software to enable the sequence to flow properly as the tape had other footage on it which got in the middle of ours so we needed to delete it.
- By using these digital technologies it has enabled me to become more creative as I can now use more specific shots instead of one long one. Also it has made me more aware of the different shots which can be used to make the film more interesting to the audience and they can create a different affect on what is happening within the film.
- The new skills which I have developed have been to use the video camera more confidently as before this I had barely ever used one. In addition I learnt to use a number of different shots instead of just holding the video camera while someone carries out an action which shows that I have developed my filming skills. Also, I was able to use the editing software for the first time. I now want to build on the skills I have got from that so i can then be able to use it more efficiently and create better results.
- Research and Planning:
- The resources that I have used in my research have been gathered from the internet and include two film posters and one magazine front cover that is advertising a film.
- I chose these resources as they are two out of the three products we have to produce ourselves for our coursework. The other members of the group managed to look at film trailers for our genre we have picked and when we put all our research together we will have a clear picture as to what we need to create and how to do it. It helps us to see the conventions of these products for our genre and then we will be able to recreate something along the same lines for our own film trailer which we also produce.
- The research has helped with the planning by showing that on the film posters, the picture is the main focal point and it is always seen to be quite surreal or unusual. So this means that when we create our poster we will need to pick out one main focal point and get a picture which we think best fits. However, the picture does not always seem to go with the title of the film which again makes the audience become more intrigued as to what the film is about.
- The audience feedback which I have used has been very minimal as there is not a lot that we can ask people to give us feedback of. Our initial idea of the storyline of our film was told to our teacher in which we asked for her feedback as to if it would be a good route to follow. She approved of it and then we had a basis to start collecting our research and resources to enable us to create products which the follow the conventions of that particular genre to their fullest extent.
