RESEARCH
IMDB - I found this site great when researching into films of the genre of my own and even others. It allowed me to research into different directors and actors, while providing me with the films they have starred in or directed. After that I could see their styles in film which influenced my own. I could do this all on IMDB as most films have the trailer attached on the page and actors profile pages have many of the trailers of films they star in helping me with ideas for my own trailer.
Graphic Narratives - At the start of our research we looked at how characters are portrayed in not just film but graphic narratives. I found this as a really heavy influence, I found that in graphic narratives, character profiles are really over looked as it's assumed that a comic book panel really limits the amount of views/emotion a character can express. This is the absolute opposite, the amount of emotion, stories and character types expressed in graphic narratives is huge, which really made me want to create some interesting characters for my own film. From the more slightly more easy going first half of my film trailer I took ideas from Scott Pilgrim Vs The World and films such as Shaun Of The Dead, while the second half the graphic narrative and TV series The Walking Dead. I felt TWD graphic narratives show such a wide range of character types and create even more fear than the TV series which was a great help to my own projects. Since researching in graphic narratives I have bought many of my own which I feel seeing all the different artworks and types of them have really added to my Media knowledge and really allowed me to think of new abstract ideas.
Wikipedia - I have used Wikipedia to research into profiles on people such as Propp, Todorov and Claude Levi Strauss. These are all people who have written ideas on narrative theories. Learning information on this has allowed me to not base my own projects on one of their own but use little ideas from each.
Google - In order to find the websites that provided me with the information I needed, I used the search engine Google.
Magazines/On-line Magazines - I looked at hundreds of magazines, many film related in order to help me create my own magazine cover. With the progression of technology I was able to access many magazine covers on-line instead of having to buy/burrow related ones.
Gaming - I have taken quite a few ideas mainly from one game which I researched a lot into called The Undead Nightmare, on PS3. The zombie based game set in 1800's America was a great Postmodern mix of different time periods which really interested me. It was also really entertaining which is generally what you want the audience to feel when releasing a form of media.
CREATING
SOFTWARE -
Blogger - From the very start of the Media A2 I have blogged every bit of progress towards my end project. I feel it shows a really good timeline from when I knew little about creating my own trailer, the Horror genre and many other things in the Media areas. I'm also extremely happy with how Blogger offers the technology to make every post exciting in comparison to a blog which could just be reels of text without photos, presentations etc to accompany it.
Prezi - From my AS level I have always enjoyed expressing my ideas on Prezi rather than just typing out loads in a post. For one this is a lot more enjoyable for myself but even more so for the viewer, where they can take the information in a more dynamic viewing rather than getting lost in boredom of continuous writing. I can then embed my presentations straight into my Blogger post making it extremely easy for the viewer to enjoy.
Photoshop - While creating my film magazine cover and poster I used Photoshop. I'm really used to this program now allowing me to create a really good quality piece of work and easily allowing me to adapt to various tasks such as magazine covers to film posters. It offers editing in changing levels of the photo and is great for designing such as adding text etc.
Sony Vegas - From using this program last year I have really got to grips with it and can use it to a high level now. After using it last year, it was extremely easy to use this time. Mixing animation to real shots, using fades, quick cuts, reversed shots, increased velocity of shots were few of many things I feel I have used even better than I did last time.
HARDWARE -
Panasonic Lumix Camera - I used this camera to film my trailer. I found it easy to use, the quality was great for filming in comparison to others I tested. I also took the photo for my film poster of the camera. Being used to many cameras through photography I found this quite difficult to use. I couldn't quite achieve the right light by aperture and shutter speed through the camera, but I was able to move it to more what I wanted through editing it on Photoshop.
Tripod - In my film trailer I used a range of still shots supported by the tripod and handheld shots. I used my own tripod, I had no trouble with it having used it a lot for photography and filming in the past.
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