Photoshop - Film Poster

I spent the week completing finishing touches on my film magazine cover. The magazine cover wasn’t time consuming as my film poster as it had more tasks and images to consider. So I was able to complete my film magazine cover and spend time on my other products. My mock-up was helpful, though I did alternate my design to make the product look more professional.

Music upload

Using a media converter website, I was able to convert YouTube videos to an mp3 file. I found my YouTube audio clips that I wanted to convert and then used the website to do so. After doing this I could transfer the file to iTunes which allowed me to use the mp3 file on iMovie, this was successfully done. I was then able to crop the soundtracks and adjust the volume and length of it. This was helpful as I only needed parts of each soundtrack.

Upload and Editing

I imported the footage I filmed yesterday onto iMovie and started editing straight away as I had become adapted to the software. However I did not like the last shot I took of the whiteboard with the GCSE details on it. As a result I had to re-shoot this shot, the shot wasn't time consuming, I had to make the shot perfect. The shot was accomplished and I imported the footage and edited it in to my film teaser trailer.

Filming (school shots)

Today I filmed with my two main actors and with half a dozen young girls in uniform. The mise-en-scene had to be appropriate to be recognisable as a school environment. The two main actors had to have a costume of the school uniform to be associated with the rest of the actors. I also filmed in the school building (the main hall) with props of a table and chairs for the main actors to use to disguise a GCSE exam taking place. I also filmed a shot of a white board with the timings of the exam; however this shot didn’t go as planned as it looked amateur so will need to be filmed again.

Starting Film Magazine Cover

As I used my own digital camera I had to transfer files from my compact flash card to the school computers. With the help of my mock-up, I was able to work straight into my work after the images were transferred.

This was the best image that I could work with due to lighting and poses:



However I will crop this image to work well into my product.

Photoshop - YouTube

As a beginner on using Photoshop I couldn't use the software to my advantage as much as I could. Which then led me to a decision to watch tutorials on YouTube on how to use Photoshop. I looked up for different techniques I wanted to use and followed them accordingly. The tutorials were very helpful and made using Photoshop a lot easier. Here are a couple of links to the tutorials I watched...

• Removing background around hair
• Creating a virtual scrapbook

PRS For Music

After waiting for a reply from PRS (Performing Right Society) for Music for over seven weeks now, I have been told I could use the music of my choice for educational purposes.