Looking back to go forward

The planning of my AS coursework was fairly good. I felt that the planning was quite in-depth and well structured.
The Positives:

• I used new media technologies in all stages of my coursework. In the construction, I used video editing software ‘Adobe Premier Pro’ to compile and edit my video. Using this software was not easy at first but by the time I’d finished editing the video, I was confident in using the basic features. I used ‘Adobe Flash’ to produce the production titles and main film titles. I am very familiar with what this software has to offer due to using it in GCSE and AS Ict. I used other presentation software like PowerPoint, Prezi and Google Docs to create the plans and research. I used the internet and it’s services like YouTube that offer film introductions that I can analyse using ‘Blogger’. I used ‘Blogger’ to present my work electronically as a blog. This shows that I am capable of using a variety of different new media technologies.
• I used 'Blogger' as an easy way to present, edit and share my coursework including the research and planning. The research and planning probably took the longest to produce and using blogger I could embed videos from YouTube that were secondary clips or my own. The blog was useful to arrange the research and planning because each piece is a separate post on the blog that then can be arranged and linked tougher we their published date and labels.
• The production of my film was fairly effective and I made sure to avoid loss by saving the files regularly and make back-up on an external USB. I also was familiar with the editing software before making my final piece by completing small tasks that helped gain skills in using the software so I knew what to do when creating the final piece.

The Negatives:

• My storyboard was not very clear as it was made by hand using a plain template that I filled in with pencil sketches for each different camera angle and what stage directions and camera angles I was going to use. To improve this I could use an online website or piece of software to create the storyboard with could include using pre-drwan graphics to save time and make them easier to understand, especially if your not as good at art and drawing.

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