4. How well did you use media tecnhnologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

during the research process, using Wikipedia i was able to research the Japanese Horror genre, finding out about narrative conventions, a range of films to do further research, directors, and production companies within the genre. Wikipedia enabled to me to gain further information than of my own knowledge of the genre in a clear and readable fashion.

YouTube enabled me to research numerous teaser trailers within the Japanese Horror genre, allowing me to depict and analyze them, and find conventions available for my own teaser trailer. YouTube was also the platform in which i uploaded my final trailer and could then broadcast it onto my advanced portfolio blog, as well as onto social networking sites for my audience research.

the majority of my trailer is set in the dream of leading character while she is asleep. to visually represent her dream like state, using IMovie i edited the brightness & contrast of the shots within the dream, as well as adding a 'fog' to add a blur over the top. The shot where the horror character moves quickly towards the camera, i added a 'ghost' effect which left a shadow and trail behind the character as she moved. this helped to create a sense of her presence being an illusion.


While editing, i searched for websites where i could download free sound effects and music for my film. i signed up to the website Freesound which enabled me to do so, i downloaded the non diagetic music to play through out my piece, as well as the diagetic typing sounds. My music was needed to play on a loop in certain parts of my trailer, so using Garage Band, i copied the song onto the software and put the song onto a continuous loop, then cut and pasted it to fit into my trailer.


When shooting stills for my poster and magazine cover, i used a Canon EOS Digital SLR. The camera enabled me to have good quality images in high defination, meaning they would be of a high enough quality to not be ruined when editing. The built in LED screen meant i could delete and closely look at photos, to see if they needed re-taking, rather than having to upload them and re-take them at a later date.

when creating my poster and magazine front, i used Photoshop to do so. From past experience, i was aware of how to use certain tools as well as learn new skills in a Photoshop master class. I learnt how to use new tools such as the gradient tool, enabling me to add a gradient and change the lighting focus on my poster for example. I also learnt about adding layers to add text and imagery on my work, which was particularly helpful for my magazine, as i was adding numerous items of text on top.

During the evaluation process, i learnt about Prezi, an online presentation creator enabling the reader to be interactive with my evaluation. By adding images and text to my Prezi presentation, i was able to chose the order in which the slides were shown in, as well as change the size, speed and angle of the writing or image.