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We practiced using shot types which included medium shots, close-ups, camera tilts
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I learnt how to lay my information in a neat fashion early on in my course. This included what order to place media such as pictures, screenshots and videos before or after text, as well as using things such as subheadings and underlining text
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By this time, it became easier to analyse media texts and I was able to do this in a thorough manner for homework tasks
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We used garageband to create the sound design for our title sequence and used Final Cut Pro to cut, split and move around the clips for our production pieces
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I learnt how to successfully use information and put into my own words, cutting out pieces that weren't neccessary as well as applying some of my own knowlege to show my own understanding of the topic
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I developed my skills making a colaborating storyboard with my group for the Breakfast Club remake
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I made a website using wix for our high school movie drama. This would then help me in my A2 course
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I delevoped my skills using different presentation softwares and applications such as screen casts, emaze, prezi, hauki, and thinglink
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I learned how to use the website making platform Weebly to create a website for my favourite artist as Summer homework. I also became better in using the most of its functions to their full abilities
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through making a storyboard of a real life music video, I was able to see how many clips are used in the first few seconds to the first minute of a music video. This helped me and mygroup decide on how many shots we would need for the 3-4minutes our song would run for
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We learnt how to use adobe premier pro and found out where some of the effects and transtions were as well as how to lipsync in an accurate way
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From doing it last year, I was able to become more analytical when writing about different aspects of real media, this helped me to understand more about both music and film and meant I was able to complete tasks easier as I understood it more.
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I began to use a lot more ict such as gifs and embedding different photos and videos from different sharing platforms. I also began to use applications I hadn't used before such as authorstream, mindmeister and powtoon, which I never tried due to my limited knowlege of how to use all of its functions
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We edited a few clips of a song so that it was both audio synced as well as kept to a continuity and fluidity that made the music video interesting to watch. This is where we began to use markers
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By analysing the lyrics we were also able to conjure any concepts surrounding the visuals and how we could illustrate its ideas. We did this as a group so this also relates to teamwork
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I developed my making of an animatic because this time I had to focus on the timings and making it as aocurate as possible so it showed how we planned for the sequence to be shot, since this was a more proffessional production due to this being our 2nd year
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I delevoped my vlogglng skills in A2 which included editng and putting in special effects
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I was able to develop my evaluation skills whilst we were making our music video and it helped me become more aware of what we were doing, how we were doing and it and what needed changing or attention
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We were better at keeping to a specific time frame, unlike last time, where we finished too late and were rushing towards the end
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though I had used it before, I deleloped my use of photoshop through the vigorous use of it for the ancilliary work which we did
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I used a lot more ict in my evaluation than last year as this year I was meant to pay more attention to detail and presentation
