When I think back to the research that I conducted for my AS practical work, I can definitely say that my skills in research have improved immensely. Last year, part of my research included exploring all the different conventions that could be found in teen films. I had to look at a number of teen films such as 'Johnny Darko', 'Not another teen movie' and 'The Breakfast Club' and identify all the different characters and stereotypes that came up within each of them. I had to then use this information to come up with a concept for the opening of a teen film myself. My group and I decided to look through similar teen films to our own genre such as 'Kidulthood' and 'Ill Manors' on Youtube and use these to help us create our own film opening. I used the college cameras to film and then went on to edit the footage using final cut pro. Lastly, I had to use social media such as twitter and facebook to promote the film. At the end of the year, my groups film opening was screened at a cinema called 'The screen' in Angel and the feedback that my peers gave me showed that they really enjoyed my group's work.
Since then I have discovered many more online presentation tools such as Slidely and Emaze and have challenged myself to use several ICT programs that I struggled to use last year such as camtasia and powtoon. Last year I watched films similar to the one I was trying to create for inspiration and this year I plan to do the same. I don't want to copy any videos that are already out there, but I want to use conventions from the music videos that I watch on Youtube that are successful, to make sure that this year my group's music video is also a success. This year I will also be using social media such as twitter, facebook, instagram and vimeo to promote my music video.
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