Question 6 (What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing your media product?)

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing your media product?

I used a range of technologies to help me create my music magazine. Before starting my course work I had not used any of the technology I have learned to use on the computer however, I did have some skills with using a camera but the course has helped me widen my knowledge.

I used blogger to help present my research and work. Using blogger was one of the very first skills I learned while doing my course work.Using blogger I have learned how to post a variety of different things and learned how to add pictures and hyperlinks ect. I also learned how to embed media which I  created using other forms of media. Using blogger has helped my media work be more organised which has benefited me a lot.I also use the schools blogger to check if any work has been set to do at home, I found blogger very useful while doing my coursework. Upon reflection, I feel like using blogger has gone really well for my coursework because it has allowed me to show my coursework in a digital form which works really well with the media course. I will use blogger again in the future for other tasks ect because I feel like it uses a wide variety of skills.

I used Photoshop to create my magazine. I used a range of skills which are shown in the thinglink below:

I also used the shapes tool in Photoshop, I used to to create box outs , I used this on my front cover and contents page. I also used shapes to use the cutter for an image I used on my double page.I also used levels to make my images black and white ect. Using levels helped my create a better picture and a more jazz look to my magazine. I also used the opacity tool to lighten the boxouts and banners I used on my front cover. I used the photo bin to add different images to my magazine. Upon reflection, I feel photoshop has helped me create a high quality product, I think using this has gone well however, I would use different shapes and would play around more with levels as I found that stage diffcult.

I used other media platforms for my evaluation and research . I used to prezi
to present research on other magazines. I had previously used this before doing my media coursework which gave me an advantage.observing my course work has helped me to see using this went well for my course work however I would prefered to use powerpoint because it had a much easier set up. I also used thinglink, I used this for both my evaluation and research and planning.I enjoyed using thinglink and found it easy to use.I also feel this went well when reflecting on my work, it was easier and much more fun to use, I would use this again if i had the chance or need. I also used PowerPoint which was similar to using prezi , I used this to do some of my evaluation and research , using PowerPoint helped me use other media platforms such as slide-share. Slide-share allowed me to embed my power-point and add it to blogger , by doing this I could compare research on different existing magazines.  I also used poll daddy to create a questionnaire, this helped me gain valuable target audience research  which helped me develop my magazine to suit the needs of the age range I planned to target.Upon reflection ,I feel like using poll daddy helped me the most out of the out of the range of technologies I used for research. This is because it helped me gain important information on my target audience.

I also made a sildey to present my target audience research , I did this to show who I was targeting my magazine at and what hobbies and things they may do. This helped me see how and what my magazine should feature to engage my target audience . This also helped me see what Jazz artists already exist so I could include them in my magazine.This didnt go well because I found it difficult to use and I think that had an effect on the work I did on it. If I were to do this again I would not use slidely.

 I used a Nikon D7200 DSLR fitted with a 35mm prime lens to take my images on my second Photo shot,  I also used a tripod and continuous lighting with soft box with a plain white back ground.One of the images I took using these tools was my front cover image, This helped me get a professional look and a good quality image to use.I would use this again because it helped me get good images for my magazine .