Social networks

Some of the social networks that our team have used within our course work are;

• Blogger
• Youtube
• Slide share
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Intergram

We used blogger to update our blogs with new information about all of the information and steps that we was taking within our coursework to reach the final product. We also looked at other blogs from people with similar specifications and also some blogs with how to get target audience as well as how to use imovie and final cut express to their full advantage. By using Blogger we had this as an advantage with our digital technology, this is because we used this application within our foundation portfolio, we used it to record all of our blogs and vlogs as well as posting our final pieces on to the internet via this web application.

   

We used youtube to research many different things such as trailers. The reason why we decided to use youtube to research trailers is because on youtube there is a wide range of possible trailers which are available to anyone who can access the internet.  We also used YouTube because we managed to upload out trailer on to the internet to get some national and international views and responses on the final product. We mainly used this web application because on youtube there are a variety of different videos that we watched when we was stuck or confused about how to do a certain thing. For example we used YouTube to research how to use liquid latex to do a scar on the face, and so by following the video which we found on YouTube we were able to recreate a scar which is part of the make up with the trailer for the main character. The benefits of using youtube is that there is so many trailers on this site that no matter what genre you are after there is bound to be a trailer with that genre. We also used youtube to research the different ways in which we can edit the trailer as well as the different ways in which we could edit the poster and magazine pictures. We also used youtube to display our final trailer to get feedback form the general public. 

We also used slide share to help us out with things such as target audience questionnaires and the genres which we was considering choosing for our trailer. I personally used Slideshare for when i was stuck on a blog post to see if someone else had written a powerpoint about the post that i was doing and seeing if i could get any help from reading it.

 We used Facebook for many different reasons throughout our coursework, the main one was for target and audience feedback. This is because we uploaded many different posts on to Facebook, some of them were titles and fonts so that we could see what our target audience thought about our possible titles and the possible fonts in which we thought of. We also used it to get feedback on our poster ideas and magazine ideas as well as our final products of our poster and magazine. We also posted the final products as a package bundle onto Facebook to see what people of all ages thought about our final product. 

We also used Twitter to upload our final versions of our products such as our poster, magazine cover and our trailer. From this we was able to gather our target audience feedback by using a variety of different social networking sites to be able to catch the attention of our desired target audience.

We also used Instagram to upload our poster and magazine ideas as well as the full package at the end to see what followers thought about our trailer, poster and magazine cover. I have included my target audience feedback from Instagram within my blogs for my reasons why I have changed something or for the reason why we haven't changed anything.

Final Film

Above is a screen shot of our film which has been uploaded onto youtube. By clicking on the link below it will take you to youtube where you will be able to find our trailer.

http://youtu.be/d9rUKMleKmI

Magazine Cover

Music inspirations and ideas

The music inspiration in which i have looked are are these two songs, This is because I think that by the removal of a few of the lyrics from 'eye of the tiger' then this will give a good base line for the training scenes for the girls. This will give the atmosphere of inspiration for the characters as well as giving teh audience a new atmosphere in which they would associate the genre WAR with. This will also be apart of our goal which is to challenge the conventions of a typical war film.

Survivor- Eye of the tiger

In the wild, seeing the "eyes" of the tiger signifies death, because right before a tiger attacks, it turns its ears forward so that the spot on the back of each ear faces nearer its prey. The "eye spots" on the back of tigers' ears serve to confuse predators and reduce the risk of attack from behind. Hence, once someone sees these "eyes", the tiger is about to attack. So this can be related to our trailer because it is linked to death and the fear of being worthless and afraid.

Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce Et Decorum Est" was written during his World War I experience. Owen was an officer in the British Army, and he wanted for all of the people back home to know what peoples sons and husbands were doing as well as what monstrosity it was causing. His poem explains how the British press and public comforted themselves with the fact that, terrible that is was, all the young men dying in the war were dying noble, heroic deaths as they were patriotic enough to die young and proud, dying for their country. Although the case was that there was obscene and terrible deaths, but Own wanted to throw the war right into the patriotic's noses just to visually illustrate how vile and inhumane the was really is. He explains within this poem that people will encourage you to fight for your country, but, in reality, it may simply be sentencing yourself to an early unnecessary death. The title of the poem means "Sweet and Fitting it is," and then the poem ends with the title that is, in fact, a lie.

peer assessment

November 
 So far so good, maybe go back through your research and add in more detail and look in to different areas to compare them to one another as this will help you analyse :)   ---- Emily

December 

    I like the fact that you have given justification for your reasons why for choosing a certain picture or title, i also really like how you have investigated other areas which influence and contribute to your final piece.-- Jude

January

 I like that you have gone down different paths to create a sort of advanced in your technology and knowledge since starting the course, I also like the fact that the blogs are all organised and easy to access.---

Georgina

March

I like that you have completed all of the necessary blogs as well as extra ones to possibly gain you more marks as well as explaining all of your points fully. I mostly like the way in which you have evaluated your groups choices on the magazine cover and poster.  ---- Lois

Garage Band

To create the music for our trailer we used a program called GarageBand, below I have included a print screen of a part of the track in which Emma created. The reason why we chose Emma to create the music for our advanced portfolio was because she had used GarageBand in her foundation portfolio so she was already familiar with the software and its applications. However we still worked as a team on the music this is because all three of us had certain inputs into the music creation, we done this by suggesting certain things in which Emma could input into the music as well as giving reviews when Emma had done a section we would all listen to it and give our feedback. Emma was able to use GarageBand loops to be able to create the music in which we needed, what this meant was that she was able to construct a piece of music by having a collection of musical instruments combined together, by finding tones which complimented one another and which fit in with certain parts of the trailer. Emma made sure that each piece of music was long enough for the trailer section by using the timer tool which can be located at the bottom of the screen. Within the screen shot in which I have included its clear to see where one instrument is as well as where others are located.

Final Cut Express

When it came to editing our footage and composing our trailer we decided to use a software called Final Cut Express. This is a different software to the one in which I used within my foundation portfolio. The one in which I used within my foundation portfolio is Imovie which was more advanced with the technology and last year I did not find that Imovie was easier to use than Final Cut Express. Below I have included some print screens of how we used Final Cut Express to create our film trailer. 
   
The first step in which we had to do was import the footage and pictures from the SD card to the mac as we used both still images and running footage within our trailer for different effects. The screen shot below shows that the footage in which we required is on the bar at the bottom where we can edit the footage to make it as effective as what we can do with this software. By using this software we have the ability to import a large amount of footage in one go which makes it more effectively and efficiently.

After we had imported the footage it was time to start composing our film by clipping some footage. This step is where we started to combine footage sections together, within this stage we hadn't added in any transitions so the footage was jumping from one scene to another so it was not in a flowing matter at this stage. However by using the software to its potential we was able to shuffle the footage around into different places so that we could create our desired plot as well as to make sure that the footage made sense.

After we arranged the footage as well as editing and cropping the desired footage to what we needed and required we then began to slot it all together with the addition of transitions. We used a variety of different transitions to start off with but then we decided to keep the consistency throughout the trailer, so we decided to stick to fades of black and white. The reason for this is because as a group decision we felt that it looked more professional when we had consistency throughout the trailer. The fades to white added more of an action feel to the trailer and it gave the trailer a quicker pace with the transition, however the fade to black gave the opposite which was the corresponding feel which is what we were looking for which was fear which is what we wanted the fade to black to represent.

The editing process in which we under went involved the following steps;  cropping, cutting, inserting, adding filters, removing and overlapping sound, using two different software's together, changing speed and many other steps. Two members within the group had the most strongest skills and knowledge about using Final Cut Express within our group and so everyone within the group still had a go at using the software so that they can also gain confidence and contribute to the trailer. This was a benefit to the group as we was able to make the trailer a success between the three of us.