Evaluation question 4

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

 

How have I improved from AS Level?

In reflection, I personally feel I have improved massively since AS Level. I feel that both aspects of  my research and planning have both greatly improved. This year, for my A2 coursework I focused on making my research and planning far more detailed ensuring I blogged every time I had a substantial amount of information to write about wether this be research into our music genre, our target audience or artist inspiration or just simple planning blogs such as filming days or particular milestones in our editing. I ensured to evaluate concisely and use technical terms. 

I also feel that my editing skills have improved from AS Level. I have progressed in certain areas such as learning how to do tasks such as colour correction and cropping a clip so that the framing is smaller. Being able to do these said tasks has allowed for my work look more refined and of a higher, professional standard. 

In conclusion I feel that this year I put a lot more effort into my work. As a group we made sure we had a set, structured plan rather than just going out to film on random days and filming unnecessary footage. I feel my group was successful and our team work enabled us to sail through the coursework smoothly, we all made up for each others weaknesses and this shows through in our final video.

In addition to my personal progress, there has also been an improvement in the equipment used this year. At AS level we only had access to a slightly smaller camera that was of a lower quality. This year however, we got new cameras which were larger and that had high, HD standard quality this meant our work looked more refined in comparison to last years video and I feel that our final video looks very professional. Furthermore, as well as better cameras we also successfully used other features of technology such as  studio lights and projectors which helped to make our work look brighter and more artistic, creating an effective final piece.

This years coursework unit was very different from last years and in my opinion, far more enjoyable. This year we were able to experiment with our creativity and range of ideas. Last year we were almost a little restrained as to what we could film, where we could film and the mise en scene we could include. This year there was a broad range of locations available to us and room to include different ideas as well as incorporating many different outfits. The creative nature of the coursework has allowed my confidence grow in the fact that I could express my ideas and more than likely, they could be incorporated in some way shape or form. As an overview, the music video was a lot more fun to make than the thriller opening from last year. 

My knowledge of techology and media has broadened vastly since AS  and I am extremely pleased with our end product.