Evaluation Of Media Technologies

In this section of the evaluation I am going to be assessing the use of the different media technologies that I used to produce and finalize this project. I will be discussing why I used them, how effective I though they where and whether or not I had any issues with them. The media technologies and software’s that I used to complete this project are the following:

- Imovie

- YouTube

- Blogger

- Standard Camera

Imovie

This was the software package created by Apple and used on Apple Macs. It is what we used to create our trailer. In our College we have two Macs, however, I own my own Mac laptop with this software on it, and therefore meaning it was efficient for us to use my laptop due to there being three groups.

This software was very effective. The editing tools that where available on it where perfectly adequate for the type of editing that we needed to do. The layout of the software was efficient and easy to use. The software allowed us to import sounds, images and shots very effectively as well as offering a database of sounds, transition frames, fonts and coulors (for text shots) on its own. Furthermore, Imovie made it easy to export the completed version of the trailer.

We experienced no problems with this software; however, initially we did not know how to use the entire program effectively. This was something we cover came as we proceeded to use and get used to the software.

YouTube

We used YouTube to receive feedback from other people. We uploaded our completed trailer onto the massive internet site in the hope of receiving comments from people across the world. This worked successfully as we did receive a range of feedback.

Nothing much can be evaluated about this as all it required me to do was locate a file and press a button titled ‘Upload’, so in that sense the software was very efficient.

One problem we did experience with it was that the first time around we attempted to upload the video from the school system,. Which was blocking us from doing it.

Blogger

This was an internet blogging website that allows us to post regular pieces of information as the project was progressing. We used this to post comments throughout our planning and research primarily, but then subsequently decided to use it to post the evaluation topics furthermore.

This software was effective as the posts appeared in chronological order, and furthermore could be edited after they had been posted. The users could furthermore edit the appearance of the different blogs to make it more specific to what they where doing, for example we placed a picture of the house from our trailer on our blog.

We had one problem with this internet site and that is that you cannot order the posts once they had been posted, meaning that some things become mixed together.

Camera

This was of course what we used to film and shot the footage in the trailer. My group mate was the person who provided us with a very advanced camera, tripod and computer connection methods, thus meaning we had everything that we needed.

The camera was very advanced, having lots of settings that attuned it to the different dark mise-en-scenes we used. Furthermore that sound quality that the camera produced was very professional. Finally, the camera was perfectly compatible with my Mac Laptop with made the whole process very effectively.