Image 1 - Camera: The camera which we used in order to film the footage for our soap was a
Image 2 - Tripod: This is a tripod which we used in order to film our soap trailer. The use of the tripod helped to record steady shots so the camera focused on the characters on the screen, without movement of the camera.
By using the tripod we was also able to shoot many smooth panning shots of characters walking past, in order to change the storyline; an example of this can be seen within the trailer as Edward walks past Alexander.
Overall by using the tripod we managed to shoot smooth shots which were used within our footage. It also made our shots look more professional and gave us a wider range of shot types we could use within our filming.
Image 3 - Voice Recorder: I used the Olympus voice recorder in order to record and audio clip which would be used as non-diegetic sound for the soap trailer; 'How would you solve your issues? Bargroves Coming soon to BBC one and BBC one HD'.
The voice recorder was also used in order to complete Evaluation task 2; as I had to create a commentary on the ancillary texts and soaps trailer.
Image 4 - YouTube: In order to upload our videos to the internet we used YouTube; this enabled our friends to view our work and give constructive criticism on what we had produced. The feedback was very useful as many of the people which had been shown the trailer were from our target audience.
By sing YouTube it also helped to share the video between member of the group in order for them to publish it on their own blog, this saved a lot of time as we did not each have to save our own copy as we could simply copy and paste the videos URL into the video setting provided by Blogger. Also people who wish to watch any other footage or videos which we have recorded was able to view our channel where they can see our entire collection of videos which have been uploaded, again this helped greatly with feedback, as viewers could see the changes we have made to our video between drafts.
Image 5 - Blogger: Blogger is essential for our media course work; this is because it is where all of the coursework is uploaded in order to be viewed. This was beneficial as it enabled me to access my work where I was at sixth form, home or out on my mobile; as they also have a blogger app.
Through using blogger you can also follow member of the service, this was useful as I was able to gain followers or share my link in order to show people my work to gain feedback.
The use of blogger is also beneficial with this media course as the new media technology provides many features which are very useful; one of the most important features, was the video upload; as this enabled us to publicize our trailer so a larger number of people could view it, and give feedback.
Image 6 - Mozilla Fire Fox: In order to access the web 2.0 features, I used the Mozilla Fire Fox; which is a browser; the reason why I used their browser throughout most of the course, was because when using Google Chrome I kept facing issues with the uploading of images and videos which were need for my blog post.
This was also useful as the Fire Fox browser was used in order to gain research through web 2.0, the research gained contributed towards the soap, as we was able to publicize our work for other to see, as well as search soap opera information (such as conventions) in order to help produce our soap.
Image 7 - Mac Book Pro: In order to edit our HD footage, we used an Apple Mac Book Pro, this was useful as it enable our group to successfully capture and edit all of our HD soap trailer footage. We also felt that this was beneficial to use as it provided more recent, and up to date software which was used in order to produce our soap trailer, such as Final Cut Pro X.
Image 8 - Final Cut Pro X: This was the software which was provided on the Apple Mac Book Pro; it is a new media technology which enabled us to edit the HD footage which we had captured. The software also provided many editing features and effects which were used within the soap trailer in order to challenge media conventions.
Some of the editing features which were used are, cold steel, flash and spin, zoom, slow motion, and vignette. The software also provided a wide range of sounds which were used in the trailer as non-diegetic sound; the audio which was taken and used from Final Cut Pro X were Eastenders long, and a passing police siren. Overall I think that Final Cut Pro X was very beneficial to use as it was easy and fairly simple to use for editing footage, and also enabled saving of multiple projects which allowed an overview of the changes we had made.
Image 9 - Photoshop 7.0: I used photoshop 7.0 which is an older version of the series, in order to create my soap bilboard, magazine cover, and evaluation task images. This was easy to use and enabled me to manipulate images thourgh the use of layers.
This also contained many effects which were used in order to create my soap bilboard, and magazine cover; such as the brush tool, and the glow affect which was used within the magazine cover to add effect to the main image. Photoshop 7.0 also enabled the editing of the file format, this was a very beneficial feature which was used as only certain formats will upload on Blogger.
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