As part of the construction stage I
have used three main programmes on the apple macs. These were Final cut, garage
band and Photoshop. I had previously used the programmes final cut and garage
band for my AS media production so I was familiar with how with how to use
these. However as I created a trailer I learnt to create different effects on
final cut. I learnt how to create a split screen. For my ancillary texts I used
Photoshop to create them. I knowledge of Photoshop however I had never created
a poster or magazine cover using it. This programme was new to use in media for
these texts. I found that Photoshop works slightly different on a mac computer
to a windows computer. Therefore I had to learn where the tools were that I
needed.
Throughout the research and
planning stages I have used Blogger. On this I have added images, videos, mind
maps and more to show my research and planning stages. After researching,
planning and constructing my trailer I used the online programmes Facebook and
YouTube. I used these programmes to receive feedback for our film trailer.
For the evaluation stage I have
learnt to use a new online programme called Prezi. This is similar to
PowerPoint however it allows to be more creative with how you present. To make
it look more creative I found it quicker and easier to use this programme to
PowerPoint as PowerPoint can take a long time to get all the effects right and
to make sure the timing is right.