Evaluation Question 4
“How did you use media
technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?”
Editing
To follow up on equipment used, next part of the production stages is the editing process. For this, I used two pieces of software created by the same company; Adobe. To edit and combine pieces of select footage, I used Adobe Premiere Pro; using this allowed me to 'tinker' round with certain settings, changing colouring via RGB curves, shot timing and transitions. As my original footage is quite bland and imbalanced, I used the RGB Curves tool thus allowing me to alter the colour scheme of my footage - taking inspiration from "Young in America" by Danielle Bradbery, I added an increase of greens and reds. Next up, rather than cutting consistently, using certain transitions made my video look smoother and appealing. A particular transition I used was the 'dip to white' tool, changing from a dark setting to a light one, almost like a graphic match.
Moving on from Premiere Pro, I used Photoshop to create both Digipak and Poster. Using Photoshop gave me a variety of tools to 'play' around with. Initially I designed my Digipak, with using a template already constructed, I then designed the rest of the layout to follow conventions. I designed my own style for my Digipak, where I opposed natural colours and went for more of a bland yet quirky design. For instance, the fonts are extremely bold, with a Fifty Shades of Grey-esc design.
Using an external program, I created a simulation for an Electron in a Cloud Chamber to generate the pattern behind my artist. In addition, a ragged effect on the border of my Poster.
Using an external program, I created a simulation for an Electron in a Cloud Chamber to generate the pattern behind my artist. In addition, a ragged effect on the border of my Poster.
Other Software
To present information for my audience when in the research and planning stages, I used Emaze and Microsoft Powerpoint. Both of these pieces of software are easy to use but allow you to detail your information as in depth as possible.
Other than using ways of presentation, I received feedback via Survey Monkey; in both research stages and post-production. Using Survey Monkey allowed me to gather information about the audience member and their views upon my products. With getting their views, I also asked about room for improvements in a separate box. Once all the feedback was collected, I analysed and generated an overall report.
Even using the basics is an effective way of receiving qualitative and quatative data, Facebook was one particular way of which I got in contact with a broad audience and for them to analyse my anxillary tasks.
Conclusion
Using a varied amount of software both gave me experience and new ways of producing, analysing and presenting information.
