Media Productions

Media productions is a great, useful class. It teaches you how to use editing software’s, cameras, photoshop, and computer systems in a way you probably didn’t know before. It taught me a lot, since I never really used this kind of tech before. I really enjoyed learning how to Photoshop pictures, film videos, write blog posts, and help produce advisory posts for our school.

In media productions, one of the first projects we did in the first week was Photoshop a photo of a famous person on to a background. We used a photo editing software called adobe Photoshop elements 11. Throughout the semester we have photoshoped photos for our announcements and commercials for advisory, to present to the whole school. You can use Photoshop for many things. You can make a picture look much better and more “realistic” in a way, and present items through your pictures. Photoshop is useful because you can make a boring photo into something interesting and intriguing.

Another thing we learned to do in this class was film and edit videos. My first assigned group job was the announcement group. We were able to write a script, film the video in the lab, and then edit it on video pad. It was a little bit awkward at first doing the announcements and being shown to the whole school at advisory, but it was fun. But before any of that happens, you have to set it up. You can set the camera up on a tripod or on a stable object. You have to set up the mic as well, and the lights and background. It seems easy, but it can be difficult. Learning how to film and edit these videos is useful because, if you ever need to film a video for something important, you will know the basics of the tech you’re using.

One of the jobs you’re assigned is the blog post group. You’re required to write 4 posts. We did an informative essay about a topic of our choice, an interview of a teacher, a research post, and persuasive essay. I enjoyed this job group, because it’s pretty easy and also interesting to learn about the things you’re writing about. It’s also nice being able to practice writing essays for fun, so then it’ll be easier to do for a grade or class. This is useful because you’re able to learn about new things and get the skill of coming up with an essay or paper on it.

Media productions was a great class that taught be a lot about the media and also much about tech. I learned how to do things with technology that I didn’t know before, and I also learned how to edit and Photoshop pictures and videos. Some of the things I learned may be very useful in my life, especially me wanting to go into a job dealing with technology.

 

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