~~~~~~~~ MAIN TASK- FINAL MOVIE TRAILER ~~~~~~~
Saturday, 2 May 2015
QUESTION 4
How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
During the construction of my media products, I used various media technologies in order to achieve the main goal for my products- being able to tell of its genre and seem realistic.
For my main task, I had decided to use iMovie when constructing my piece as it offers a wide range of editing tools and sound effects that I could use for a movie trailer. i researched into different areas of which the genre might have been before deciding the the dystopian genre would be best to present my film. I used YouTube.com to find other trailer within the same genre and use them as style models. I had also taken a look at other media students work from previous years that where also posted on YouTube. When it had same to planning, I had hand drawn sketches of what I would like it to look like whilst leaving myself reminders of how to shoot the scene as well as transitions and music. Once planning was done, I then had the time to film it using a Cannon Coolpix camera and then to the editing. Once I had started editing it on iMovie, I had decided to add more effects to it to show off some action scenes.
For these scenes I had included a filter that was available on iMovie. This made a scene filmed in the day look like it had been filmed in the dark. Additionally, I had used a filter near the end to make the electric on the wall look more blue and brighter than it originally was. For evaluation, I had taken into account my style models once again and compared both along side each other in order to get a full understanding of what my trailer connotes and how it is presented by its genre.
I had constructed my movie poster in Adobe Photoshop in order to have more features and tools to work with. With working with graphic design in my art classes, i had wanted to create the background to my liking instead of using a still image taken from the camera. To do this I had used paint, smudge, occupancy and vibrant tools to create the background. For research, I had looked at two genres of posters at first. Action and Dystopian. I had found that action posters had a close up shot of the main character and is rather simple. However, the dystopian genre had the main character in an action shot and having a relatable image to the movie. I had decided to focus on the dystopian posters as I wanted to give a clear understanding to my audience of the genre and movie itself. To evaluate my poster I had posted it on Facebook for audience feedback. From looking over the poster, I had been given an understanding that some people may not know of the dystopian genre or my poster is more futuristic looking.
For my movie magazine front cover, I had also created it in Adobe Photoshop in order to use different tools. In the construction I had used a similar process to my movie poster. With the background and the main image itself I had used the smudge and paint tool as well as different occupancies to make the whole image look darker. Whilst relating back to my style models (all 'EMPIRE' magazine) I had used the main title and sub headings that have been used previously but still changed to relate to the current magazine. This is also for my research as my style models had helped me relate to an actual magazine and keep in mind all of the conventions of a movie magazine. For planning my cover, I once again took into account the style models and different conventions used for movie magazine. Trial and error was used in most of the process as I couldn't get colours right to suggest the genre to the audience. Similar to the movie poster I had posted it on Facebook to receive audience feedback. I received comments that my magazine cover would not look out of place on shelves and connotes the genre well. Because of this, I had made minimal changes to my media product. Using last years work, I had also taken into account what I had already created and how I had represented that genre whilst creating that one.
During the construction of my media products, I used various media technologies in order to achieve the main goal for my products- being able to tell of its genre and seem realistic.
For my main task, I had decided to use iMovie when constructing my piece as it offers a wide range of editing tools and sound effects that I could use for a movie trailer. i researched into different areas of which the genre might have been before deciding the the dystopian genre would be best to present my film. I used YouTube.com to find other trailer within the same genre and use them as style models. I had also taken a look at other media students work from previous years that where also posted on YouTube. When it had same to planning, I had hand drawn sketches of what I would like it to look like whilst leaving myself reminders of how to shoot the scene as well as transitions and music. Once planning was done, I then had the time to film it using a Cannon Coolpix camera and then to the editing. Once I had started editing it on iMovie, I had decided to add more effects to it to show off some action scenes.
For these scenes I had included a filter that was available on iMovie. This made a scene filmed in the day look like it had been filmed in the dark. Additionally, I had used a filter near the end to make the electric on the wall look more blue and brighter than it originally was. For evaluation, I had taken into account my style models once again and compared both along side each other in order to get a full understanding of what my trailer connotes and how it is presented by its genre.
I had constructed my movie poster in Adobe Photoshop in order to have more features and tools to work with. With working with graphic design in my art classes, i had wanted to create the background to my liking instead of using a still image taken from the camera. To do this I had used paint, smudge, occupancy and vibrant tools to create the background. For research, I had looked at two genres of posters at first. Action and Dystopian. I had found that action posters had a close up shot of the main character and is rather simple. However, the dystopian genre had the main character in an action shot and having a relatable image to the movie. I had decided to focus on the dystopian posters as I wanted to give a clear understanding to my audience of the genre and movie itself. To evaluate my poster I had posted it on Facebook for audience feedback. From looking over the poster, I had been given an understanding that some people may not know of the dystopian genre or my poster is more futuristic looking. 
For my movie magazine front cover, I had also created it in Adobe Photoshop in order to use different tools. In the construction I had used a similar process to my movie poster. With the background and the main image itself I had used the smudge and paint tool as well as different occupancies to make the whole image look darker. Whilst relating back to my style models (all 'EMPIRE' magazine) I had used the main title and sub headings that have been used previously but still changed to relate to the current magazine. This is also for my research as my style models had helped me relate to an actual magazine and keep in mind all of the conventions of a movie magazine. For planning my cover, I once again took into account the style models and different conventions used for movie magazine. Trial and error was used in most of the process as I couldn't get colours right to suggest the genre to the audience. Similar to the movie poster I had posted it on Facebook to receive audience feedback. I received comments that my magazine cover would not look out of place on shelves and connotes the genre well. Because of this, I had made minimal changes to my media product. Using last years work, I had also taken into account what I had already created and how I had represented that genre whilst creating that one.
QUESTION 2
How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
My main product is the style model for all of my ancillary texts. Based on the decisions I have made with the genre of the movie trailer and how it is presented, I wanted to foreshadow this in my poster and magazine front cover. From the conventions of the poster, it is shown that it is of a dystopian genre. These conventions include the way it is presented with the Sci-fi look to the electricity show from the hands of the main character. This gives it the futuristic look that sets it apart from being a horror movie poster. The combination of both the poster and trailer both contribute to the genre and make it seem like an action packed film, this may bring in a male audience as most teen dystopians are more directed towards female young adults.
As for my magazine front cover, I had researched into 'EMPIRE' magazine covers for style models. With taking into consideration all of the conventions I had seen from the style models, I had also compared it to how the cover themselves linked to their trailer of the movies. For example, this iron man 2 cover connotes to the genre of the movie being a futuristic action movie. I wanted to recreate this by looking back at my main task and using techniques for the main image that I had used whilst filming. In my opinion, a more effective scene in the trailer was where I had used UV paint and light to make a 'cracked electric' look on the wall. I wanted to recreate this in an image by taking this and adding it to the image, giving it the dystopian (futuristic) action genre to the cover. Whilst choosing the wine glass to glow, I took into account the story line of the trailer. This being that the main character is contained and then thrown into a more rich lifestyle as a bribe to become a weapon for the opposing team. With giving the wine glass, I wanted to create an effective distinction between the way she is presented and how she feels about it. I gave her the sophisticated look by giving her the wine glass, but with the electric going through it- connotes that she is against it.
With my movie poster, I had the similar idea to link to the main task, however taking the opposite side to the story and showing the confinement of the main character in the cell. I used different connotations to relate to the story line of the movie trailer. For example, I created the main characters shadow stretching out from the corner to show the other side to her and connote that it is 'reaching out'. This gives a darker meaning to the poster as their are darker sides to the story. To create the action/ dystopian aspect of the poster, I once again added the electric to the walls to suggest that she will fight to get released from the cell and fighting back suggesting the action genre to the movie.
Overall, all of my tasks have been planned out to link the the main task in order to give an effective advertising to people who may be interested and give the 'sneak peak' into what the movie is going to be about.
My main product is the style model for all of my ancillary texts. Based on the decisions I have made with the genre of the movie trailer and how it is presented, I wanted to foreshadow this in my poster and magazine front cover. From the conventions of the poster, it is shown that it is of a dystopian genre. These conventions include the way it is presented with the Sci-fi look to the electricity show from the hands of the main character. This gives it the futuristic look that sets it apart from being a horror movie poster. The combination of both the poster and trailer both contribute to the genre and make it seem like an action packed film, this may bring in a male audience as most teen dystopians are more directed towards female young adults.
As for my magazine front cover, I had researched into 'EMPIRE' magazine covers for style models. With taking into consideration all of the conventions I had seen from the style models, I had also compared it to how the cover themselves linked to their trailer of the movies. For example, this iron man 2 cover connotes to the genre of the movie being a futuristic action movie. I wanted to recreate this by looking back at my main task and using techniques for the main image that I had used whilst filming. In my opinion, a more effective scene in the trailer was where I had used UV paint and light to make a 'cracked electric' look on the wall. I wanted to recreate this in an image by taking this and adding it to the image, giving it the dystopian (futuristic) action genre to the cover. Whilst choosing the wine glass to glow, I took into account the story line of the trailer. This being that the main character is contained and then thrown into a more rich lifestyle as a bribe to become a weapon for the opposing team. With giving the wine glass, I wanted to create an effective distinction between the way she is presented and how she feels about it. I gave her the sophisticated look by giving her the wine glass, but with the electric going through it- connotes that she is against it.With my movie poster, I had the similar idea to link to the main task, however taking the opposite side to the story and showing the confinement of the main character in the cell. I used different connotations to relate to the story line of the movie trailer. For example, I created the main characters shadow stretching out from the corner to show the other side to her and connote that it is 'reaching out'. This gives a darker meaning to the poster as their are darker sides to the story. To create the action/ dystopian aspect of the poster, I once again added the electric to the walls to suggest that she will fight to get released from the cell and fighting back suggesting the action genre to the movie.
Overall, all of my tasks have been planned out to link the the main task in order to give an effective advertising to people who may be interested and give the 'sneak peak' into what the movie is going to be about.
Friday, 1 May 2015
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