Youtube and Vimeo were used to research soap opera trailers, embed videos into blogs, and upload draft videos for feedback. Wordpress hosted the production blog and allowed embedding of videos and images to demonstrate work and receive feedback. Photo Plus helped create graphics for the video and magazine template, and edit photos by removing blemishes and backgrounds. Premier Elements was used to edit video and audio, sync footage, add transitions between scenes, and make graphics move to create a professional soap opera trailer.

2. YouTube / Vimeo
Youtube and Vimeo are websites that hosts millions of videos and allow
you to upload and view videos
On Youtube we were able to research soap operas and their trailers, in
order to analyse good and bad features that we could replicate or avoid
in Rowtown
I also used Youtube and Vimeo to embed videos into my blog to help
demonstrate points I was discussing, and Vimeo to upload drafts of my
own trailer in order to receive feedback from its audience

3. Wordpress
Wordpress is the free and easy-to-use blogging website that hosted
my Rowtown production blog
Using HTML code, I was able to embed videos and images into my
blog to make it more aesthetically pleasing , and to demonstrate
different features my group was working on, such as embedding a
draft of our song to Soundcloud
Wordpress also allowed my group to receive and respond to
feedback from our teacher, making the process of improving any
alterations needed a great deal easier

4. Photo Plus helped in the production of both of my print pieces, as
well as in my video
My group created the graphics for our video in Photo Plus, before
importing them into Premier Elements
For our print work, we used Photo Plus to create the template for
our magazine, using shape and text tools
We then used the software to edit photos that we had taken, using
the blemish removal tool to edit the actors in the photographs, and
editing the background of the characters to remove any colour
around them

5. These are some screen shots and photos taken of our work using Photo
Plus

6. Premier Elements
I used Adobe Premier Elements to edit the video and audio footage
for Rowtown
This software made it very easy to crop pieces of video and audio,
and to add transitions between scenes
Premier Elements was fairly simple to use and allowed me to
synchronise video and audio to create a smooth and professional
looking soap opera trailer
I was also able to make graphics in Premier Elements.
After importing images from Adobe’s related software
Photo Plus, I was able to make them move around
the screen, making the text that was written appear
more powerful