Research
Google – this search engine allowed me to research information
about conventions of the action genre, appropriate institutions and audiences that could distribute my product and to find
sites such as Slideshare and Prezi. I then used the sites that I found to visually present my
research on action genre conventions, analysis of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and
institutions, respectively.
YouTube – the openings that I searched for and watched on
this video-sharing and viewing website included the ones for Spectre (2015) and Mission:
Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015); I developed my note taking and analysis
skills when I had to note down features such as the creation of enigma, camera
shots, camera angles, sound and lighting to use for reference when creating the
product.
Blogger – I used this blogging site to keep a record of the
different aspects of my coursework, from my research and planning my product,
to the changes I made to my plans for the project. As well as text, I uploaded
pictures and pasted text directly from the word documents for my research,
focus groups and script, for example. I developed the skill of organisation as
I saved drafts of some posts while uploading others in chronological order –
latest at the top of the list of blogs, earliest at the bottom.
Planning
Blogger – on this site, I uploaded what I had written for my
script and shot list form Microsoft Office Word onto my blog as a way of keeping track of what I was
doing, in the same way that I uploaded my research of openings and conventions
of typical action films. This developed my organisation skills as I could see
what I had uploaded (on the All section) and what needed to be edited, checked and posted (on the
Drafts section).
Slideshare – I uploaded a PowerPoint presentation showing
what techniques were used in the opening to Mad Max: Fury Road were and their
effects – unlike the Spectre and Rogue Nation, which were text-based and
created in word processors, the slide show for Fury Road allowed me to
understand what was used visually, due to the use of screenshots from YouTube and
the colours, fonts and layouts of the slides.
Production and Post-Production
Nikon Digital SLR Camera – I used this
camera to film the footage of the opening that would be used to create the
final product, with different shots and movement. Although we didn’t really
need to change the settings to fit the mood and tone of our opening, we used a
switch-type mechanism so we would film using the screen, rather than the
viewfinder; this made filming easier.
iMovie – I used this program on an Apple Mac computer to arrange
the filmed footage, edit our opening and add titles, the
Universal logo, music and transitions between shots and scenes; these were skills that I
learnt in order to create this main part of the coursework. After finishing the
opening, we exported it for uploading to the Mac desktop, before put it on our memory
sticks for uploading to our blogs.
Clip Converter – in order to be able to use the Universal
logo for my opening, I had to download it from YouTube using a clip converter
site and save it on the Apple Mac computer that I was using to edit the final
opening. This aided our progression as in our research we had to look at
different institutions for distributing our product and choose one, before
explaining why we chose it.
Slideshare – I uploaded a PowerPoint presentation showing
what techniques were used in the opening to Mad Max: Fury Road were and their
effects – unlike the Spectre and Rogue Nation, which were text-based and
created in word processors, the slide show for Fury Road allowed me to
understand what was used visually, due to the use of screenshots from YouTube and
the colours, fonts and layouts of the slides.
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