REAPER Short Film - Final Cut

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REAPER Film Review - Final

REAPER Poster - Final

Evaluation Question 4

How did you use media technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages?

Technologies were evident in all stages; research, planning, production and evaluation.

Blogger:

Firstly, blogger is where we keep record and log all of our work. The reason we used blogger is that it its a google app. This meant that it was easy to embed and upload videos from Google drive, YouTube etc. They all link together and blogger is straightforward to use, therefore, no problems were encountered using this technology.

RESEARCH: 

Google Drive was an integral factor to the development throughout the coursework. Google drive allowed to exchange information in different forms.

 Firstly; 

Google Docs 

This let us share information and other findings without any hassle. It was not time-consuming due to just being able to click a button and enter the emails of the people you wished to share the findings with. The way this assisted me is that we was able to communicate quicker and carry out more research due to being easy co-edit and coordinate all the documents. I did not come across any problems using this technology, it only developed our coursework due to being a productive source of technology. 

Google Forms 

This was a great platform to produce surveys and questionnaire to ask our target audience to research their opinion and feedback. It gives immediate analysis of data which assisted me by being able to determine which poster or which script or which mask to use and so on. It provided the analysis in easy to view forms such as charts therefore was able to carry this process out several times due to its reliability and effectiveness. The only problem to begin with was where to publish the forms to gain feedback. However, this was solved by creating social media pages and posting the forms onto these accounts as well as my own in order to gain maximum feedback. 

Google Slides 

This was a platform to create presentations. Due to being able to gain a live Q&A session from this, we could also gain instant feedback. The presentation also could be embedded easily onto our blogs and the feedback was also easy to access. This enabled quick transitions from creating the presentation to gaining feedback and then to analysing the feedback. The only problem I faced was that the Q&A sometimes didn’t appear, therefor couldn’t gain feedback through phones etc. I have learnt that the use of google slides can be a productive way to present information whilst gaining feedback during the presentation, allowing a time efficient source of research. 

Social Media 

We created forms of social media for REAPER, such as Facebook. This allowed to post any survey, form, update, which was perfect to obtain research into our audiences preferences. No problems was faced, social media pages were easy to create and easy to post on. 

Prezi 

This was a platform that allowed to present my research findings. It was simple yet creative. The problems I faced with this is that it was time consuming. However, I learnt that this technology can be a creative way to produce research. 

PLANNING: 

WeVideo 

This is an editing platform. The way this allowed me to plan was to create animatics. So after creating the storyboard, to get a feel and see if the idea works, you can create an animatic in which you add the soundtrack too. This enabled us to plan the sound we needed, the shots we needed or needed to be changed, and then plan this for filming day. The only problems with this was that it was time consuming. Other than that this assisted me to plan for the actual filming and adjustments of the film. This aided my creative process by improving the range of technologies I can use. Further, it helped with editing the actual short film at the end. 

Google Docs 

This was also of assistance in planning due to being able to plan production schedule and share with one another. It also, planned filming days and risk assessment sheets. Which then was accessible due to being able to be shared easily with everyone on set. In addition, another pro of Google Docs is that everyone no matter where you have logged in, it updates therefore everyone is working on the most up to date document. 

Camera Panasonic GH5 (x2) 

Allowed us to familiarise ourselves with filming again. Plan the shots we wanted to use. Benro Tripod - Allows us to practice and plan the height and proportions of shots. Keeping the shot still, in addition to applying rule of thirds effectively. Helped to plan the filming. 

PRODUCTION:

FILMING:

Camera Panasonic GH5 (x2) 

The use of these cameras allowed us to get to grips with a cameras a level up to what we used previously. This assisted in filming more professional shots. No problems were faced due to planning and practising with the cameras before filming. The camera was more advanced in areas such as being able to film in 4K, which meant the quality of shots were a massive improvement. 

25mm leica lens 

The lens we used varied. This was one lens, which was also compatible in filming in 4K, therefore, on either camera the quality of shot was in 4K. This enhanced my knowledge of technology, such as learning how correctly used such professional equipment. This maximised my knowledge and allowed high quality shots to be created. 

12-60 leica lens 

This was the other lens. Again in 4K. It was similar to the other, but larger in size. The only problem was learning how to zoom and focus in the best method in order to get the best shot. Once this was in our filming vocabulary, we did not face any problems and learnt how to use high standard lens with high level cameras. The lens were auto-stabilizers too. The Benro Tripods and Cam Mini Jib aided the stabilisation of shot too.. They were easy to use, so no problems were faced. It assisted me in creating better looking shots applying to rule of thirds etc. This is because i learnt how to set the equipment up evenly proportioned. They also had levels on them that assisted us by stating when it was straight or evenly weighted. 

SD card 

Easily transferred from camera to editing softwares. 

Rode mini boom Microphone 

The use of this was good due to picking up excellent quality of sounds whilst filming. This meant the sounds were real resulting in being more realistic. The problems we faced was that the it meant the whole set had to be perfectly quiet in order not to pick up any external sounds.

Lighting 

We also had various new lighting equipment which we could adjust the brightness and levels of light as well as the colour of lights. This helped set the scene. No problems were faced as simple to use. 

ADOBE APPS:

 Adobe Photoshop

 This was an editing software to adjust photos and create still products. I was able to create the film posters and review in photoshop without any problems due to experience in using the technology before.

Adobe Premiere Pro 

This editing software is where I used to edit the film. It was complicated but with this came higher standard of editing due to wide range of aspects you can edit in detail. No problems in terms of what to do occured due to using it previously however it is very time consuming.

 Adobe After Effects

 This was new software I used. This allowed to add effects such as the glitch in REAPER, so that the antagonist had more of an effect. There was no issues due to being an Adobe software, therefore similar to other software I am familiar with.

YouTube 
This was helpful in publishing our videos, this was easy to use and also was the link website. This is because I could upload my video onto YouTube which allows me to convert it to blogger.

USB 

A 64GB USB allowed to transfer all clips to the computer to edit. Also, allowed to exchange clips and edits across different hardwares. This was simple to do. 

EVALUATION: 

WeVideo 

This editing software was again easy to use which was is how I placed together the first two evaluation questions. Allowed to have multiple pictures and editing on screen at once. 

Smart Phones

 This allowed to film myself to record a vlog to explain and answer evaluation question two. This work nicely with wevideo for evaluation question 2.

Popplet 

This was a website which allowed to create an enhanced mind map to showcase the importance of feedback and ultimately answer question 3. 

Soundcloud

This is a music and audio website. It is easy to use. Simply record audio and upload it. Easy to import onto blogger. 

During the evaluation questions, all technologies didn’t face a problem except Popplet where some image files didn’t upload. However, I learnt that you can amend photos to different sizes and files such as JPEGs. 

This is A2 Media Evaluation Question 4 by Dominic Lewis.

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