Critial Resource Analysis

SOURCE TYPE	HARVARD REFERENCE	CREDIBILITY OF SOURCE	IMPACT ON YOUR RESEARCH/PROJECT
Book	Shelton, M (2004) Communicating Ideas with Film, Video, and multimedia. Illinois: University Press.	This source is relatively credible however a large proportion of the content is drawn upon by Shelton’s own thoughts whilst the rest is from other books and authors.	This book provided great critical theory concepts worth noting as well as a large impact on my background research on information media.
Website	Marine Habitat (2012) ‘Conservation: Background info’www.marinehabitatmagazine.com/coral-reefs/background-info	This source is very credible as it provides solid facts regarding their ethos towards conservation and background to their company.	This has provided a good selection of background information into Marine Habitats work ethos and supports to keep in mind when drafting for my version of their cover.
Website	Terry White, (20/8/08) ‘Magazine Cover Design in InDesign’  http://layersmagazine.com/magazine-cover-design-in-indesign.html	Terry White is well renowned in the Adobe industry for design and is known as a ‘guru’ for these reasons his teaching credible.	This has given me a good understanding of how a magazines cover can be designed using Photoshop.
Magazine	Marine Habitat magazine. Cover page (1)	Marine Habitat is a well renowned marine hobbyist magazine and as I am assessing the hard copy of the magazine for conventions it is a credible source.	Using this magazine to analyse layout and techniques has given me an insight into the common conventions of a magazine from Marine Habitat as well as text and imagery ideas.
Website	www.marinedepot.com/md_educationcenter_species.html	This source has very precise information on a wide range of species. Some of their information may be debated in the caring of species although for my project this source is credible enough to trust the facts provided.	I now have a reliable source of information on any marine species I wish to include on my project.
YouTube	UnravelMedia. (2011) ‘Introduction to Premiere Pro CS5.5’ YouTube. (0:41-1:24:26/1:24:26) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1sNeLJLACI [accessed  25th September 2012]	Unravel Media produce high quality informative videos that have been given strongly positive audience reviews. For this reason this source is credible as well as the fact that the techniques are current and were used by myself effectively	This has allowed me to enhance my skills of using Premiere Pro which I can use for my final product including text effects and colour correction.
YouTube	ExpertVillage. (2008) ‘How to Make a Documentary Film: How to Interview for a Documentary Film’ YouTube. (0:00-2:34/2:34) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdzQHSZRd2Y [accessed 25th September 2012]	Expert Village have 138,000 tutorial videos online and have always had popular view counts and ratings. The information given makes sense and is relatively credible.	Viewing this has given me a great idea of what to think about when interviewing Jamie Oliver at the Sea Life centre.
YouTube	ExpertVillage. (2008) ‘How to Make a Documentary Film : Equipment for Making a Documentary Film’ YouTube (0:00-2:38/2:38)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN_rsJephcY [accessed 26th September 2012]	Expert Village have 138,000 tutorial videos online and have always had popular view counts and ratings. The information given makes sense and is relatively credible due to the poo ratio of likes to dislikes.	By watching this video I now have a greater idea of equipment I will be needing to consider when both filming the tank as well as the interview.
YouTube	Lindoshop. (2011) ‘Depth of Field and Lens effects.’ YouTube (0:00-24:05/24:05)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KmnnJQ3X_k [accessed 29th September 2012]	Lindoshop do some very informative technical videos on camera capabilities and how to incorporate them, they all have high positive views and are practical tutorials and therefor are credible.	I found this useful as despite being aimed towards photography the focus information is essential for this type of filmic design.
YouTube	Polcan99. (2011) ‘Documentary Filming Tips & Tricks: Camera Equipment - Filmmaking Tutorial 18’ YouTube (0:00-9:57/9:57)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8sr1CswWcE [accessed 30th September 2012]	The view count is very high and the ratings are largely positive meaning the information in this video is relatively reliable. Also the information is practically shown and therefor solid fact.	This video has been useful in terms of what to include on a shoot to a location far away.
YouTube	PetStreetFilms. (2008) ‘The best coral reef aquarium in England.mov’ YouTube (0:00-3:14/3:14) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmlx4Qi6SlM [accessed 30th October 2012]	The information I have gained form this sources is very credible as it is solid facts about video making and not personal opinion.	This has been very useful to analyse as I have gained a greater understanding of how to plan out a video about a marine fish tank with regard to video and audio intercutting etc.
Leaflet	Karen Johnson (2011) Advanced Portfolio: Unit G324 A2 Media Studies: Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys media department.	Quite a credible source of information as the author is an A level teacher. If I were to question any part of the source I could always ask the author as she is a teacher at my school. Although the text is based around construction of music videos I could use the fundamental principals and gear it towards documentary filming, although this does impact the credibility.	Important source proving information toward how to go about completing a technical analysis of a video to understand the construction of these texts.
Leaflet	Karen Johnson (2009) Unit G324 Advanced Portfolio and Unit G325 Critical Perspectives Q1a & b: Theoretical Concepts Reading Booklet: Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys media Department.	Extracts are used within this leaflet from other authors. The extract I used is from Stuart Hall who is a renowned cultural theorist, therefor the information is reliable.	This provided further reading into the communication theory I had previously looked at by a different theorist. (Shelton, 2004)
Website (printed)	Fraser (2002) ‘Production Tips – 50 ways to improve your practical work’ http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/download/archive_mm/_past_archive/Production _tips [accessed 30th October 2012]	This source is largely credible as it was published on the englishandmedia website as well as the mediamagazine, showing these sources are willing to present this knowledge and trust it.	A number of the tips ranging from 1-50 helped in every stage of production from research to production and post. They were small things to think about in all areas that made the project run smoother.