I used lots of different media technologies to help with all parts of the creation of my trailer. YouTube was used a large amount. I used YouTube to look at film trailers which then helped me to come up with different ideas for when I create my trailer. I really liked the Woman in Black and Paranormal Activity trailer. Both of these trailers helped me to come up with the structure of my film trailer as well as using some of the angles that they used. I felt very tense while watching the trailer in such a way that I would want viewers to feel while watching my trailer.
Lots of different new media programs were also used in the production of my film trailer. Adobe Photoshop was used for the production of both my magazine and poster. The "magic wand" tool was very important in selecting specific parts of an image I needed. Using the layers was also very important. With the movement of the layers I was able to move different parts of my piece all around and on the top of other parts. This was really important on my magazine cover where I wanted the image of Jack over the "Empire" text.
Another very important piece of software that I had to use was Final Cut Pro. With this I was able to create my trailer reasonably simply and to a degree of ease. After getting used to the program I was able to create a very effective final piece, editing in music and cutting shots to where I needed them. The "razor-blade" tool was good for shortening clips to where I felt were necessary, and then the "snap" tool being switched on was good for making sure that the clips were stuck together accurately and made the film run smoothly.
Media technologies were also very important in the evaluation part of my piece. Using websites like Blogger meant that I was able to post my work online for others to look at and evaluate. I could post videos on here from sites like YouTube for others to look at to help understand where I got my ideas from for my trailer. I could also post videos from our screening of our trailer for people to look at. However, there is also a risk from using sites like Blogger, as the internet can be full of "trolls" that will over-criticse films. Some people online like to cause problems and say things which they don’t actually mean as they just want to cause trouble. Some of the comments posted may be unfair and dishonest, so we took more attention to the reactions we got from the focus group and evaluation screenings in class for our Live: Stream trailer. Facebook is another site that can be used to create polls, but similar problems could still occur here, so we concentrated on using Blogger and only telling people we knew about our blogs.
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