Post Production Essay

Post production is mainly using certain software’s effectively to improve the final product that we have envisioned to create. I see post production as the most creative part of the project because its where we can really experiment and do anything with what we have filmed. I also believe if we put enough time and effort into the post production of our project, it can give us the highest grade possible. A problem with the first year of my post production in media may have been due to a lack of knowledge that I didn’t have whereas this year in media that knowledge is more sustainable and therefore a lot easier to creatively improve my work to the best of my ability. Post production allows us to create a hyper reality and to over exaggerate something that isn’t happening as dramatically. It also allows our final product look more aesthetically pleasing to the target audience when they are watching it. In our AS year the first task we done was the prelimary task, reflecting on my knowledge I had back then I feel I had a lack of what to do right and what not to do in my post production. This may have been because it was a very independent task that was set to give us a taster of what we should start to do for our final product. Not many skills were actually used in this task due to the lack of knowledge I had however I did try cutting out the green screen ofmy photography work for the page and experimented in photoshop to make the photography more aesthetically pleasing to the target audience. Also I tried editing the lighting and shadowing of the photo to create a more clear hyper reality that I needed in order to make an effective final task. When it came to doing my final product in the AS year I felt a bit more guided when it came to editing in the post production. For example I was taught how to create particular graphics of things like my title pages on the front cover. This helped my magazine have an effective hyper reality when the rest of it didn’t show up as well. Putting these effects on also allowed me to create a yet again more aesthetically pleasing piece to the audience. This at first was quite challenging and difficult to start with therefore I had to experiment so I knew what looked best and what didn’t look quite right. In our second year I felt a lot better when it came to my post production of my horror trailer. I feel this may be because I was more guided and understood a lot more what I had to do. I have also picked up a lot more skills then I did in my AS year and therefore could make it more aesthetically pleasing and realistic this time round. For example I knew how to create a billing board with all the stars and how to edit that correctly making it have a hyper reality against my poster. This was helped with a little more experimentation and a few mistakes made, to be able to improve my work successfully and make it more aesthetically pleasing once again. In conclusion, this skills I have learnt and developed over the years of doing a level media has allowed me to become a better media student with a lot more media skills under my belt. I know understand this year that there is a major importance in all parts of production however mostly post production. There are many positives in this year for example it has allowed me to grow and improve as a media student learning new skills that improved my work this year. On the other hand I do feel that a con maybe the fact that last year I didn’t have a lot of the knowledge that I now have this year and because of that my grade had a major effect on it. Carrying on with this I now know has to improve last years work and give it all I’ve got this year.