HOW DID YOU USE MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION, PLANNING,RESEARCH AND EVALUATION STAGES

- wordpress
- canon digital camcorder
- blogger
- adobe photoshop elements 9
- youtube
- canon dslr camera
- final cut pro

SOFTWARE:
"Final Cut Express is a non-linear video editing application created by Apple Inc. It is the consumer version of Final Cut Pro and is designed for advanced editing of digital video as well as high-definition video, which is used by many amateur and professional videographers. Final Cut Express is considered a step above iMovie in terms of capabilities, but a step underneath Final Cut Pro and its suite of applications."
we used different software to AS, we learnt how to use Final cut pro, as apose to imovie. Although imovie was much easier to use, Final Cut enables us to get a more precise, detailed edit. It broadened our options in terms of how high a standard we could edit to. It was a difficult step to move on from imovie to final cut, just because we were so used to using iMovie, and because iMovie was so much simpler to use. Final cut is far more techinical and takes a lot longer to get used to, but it was worth it in the end as we could edit more intensly.

"Adobe Photoshop Elements is the consumer version of the Adobe Photoshop raster image editing product, targeted at hobbyist users and hence sold at a fraction (roughly 1/6) of the cost of the professional product. It contains most of the features of the professional version but with fewer and simpler options. The program allows users to create, edit, organize and share images, all from the same product."
Unlike AS, in A2 we had to create a poster and magazine cover as well as the trailer. It seemed obvious that photoshop would be the best way to create a poster and magazine cover to as high a standard as possible. Photoshop was much easier to pick up than Final Cut, although we did have very little experience with it. Photoshop enabled us to manipulate our photo's effectivly, and to combine more than one photo together, to give a layered effect, something commonly seen on magazine covers and film posters.

HARDWARE:
We used the canon camcorder to record our footage, at times it was hand held, but for the majority of the filming we used a tripod.
For the photo's we used a Canon DSLR camera, and used the tripod to support it in order to get a steadier shot.