Evaluation question 6
- 1. Evaluation Question 6 What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
- 2. Technology Used During the making and production of my magazine, I used several technologies for research, planning and evaluating. These include: The Internet (Blogger, YouTube, Facebook Messenger, Slideshare) Microsoft PowerPoint Nikon D3100 Photoshop CS6
- 3. Internet I used the internet for significant amount of work for my productions, especially in the research. This was for researching existing media, codes and conventions and tutorials. Blogger was used to post my up to date work, which let me easily access it whenever I needed to view it, and also was easy to edit. To post PowerPoints onto my blog, such as my codes and conventions, I used a website called Slideshare; which helped with the presentation of my work. I used YouTube to find tutorials on how to embed presentations and also multiple Photoshop tutorials on editing/using the programme. This helped as I could create a piece of work so realistic to a real music magazine. I used Facebook to contact my models, so we could arrange a time and a place for the shoot. I also used Facebook to contact my focus group so I could gain opinions and advice on my piece of work, which helped alter the final piece in a positive way. With the use of instant messaging on Facebook, I could quickly adapt the magazine within minutes. The whole process would have been much more time consuming without the use of the internet and todays technologies. Here is a tutorial I used when making my production, it helped me put text behind my models head. This helped show the importance of the artist. Here I used slideshare to display a PowerPoint about the codes and conventions of front covers, on my blog. Here I have used the internet to search for the image of my mock up.
- 4. Blogger Posts on Tutorials Here are some tutorials which I have posted on my blog, so I can easily come back to them for reference.
- 5. Microsoft PowerPoint I used Microsoft PowerPoint to present my codes and conventions as I found it easy to use, due to using it a lot beforehand and I didn’t have to learn anything new. I also used it to present my evaluation.
- 6. Slideshare After creating the presentations on Microsoft PowerPoint, I uploaded them to Slideshare which allowed me to show them on my blog. I didn’t know how to embed the Slideshare at first, but after some searching on the internet I found a tutorial on YouTube which helped. 3 PowerPoint's which have been uploaded to slideshare to present on my blog.
- 7. Nikon D3100 I used the Nikon D3100 to take the images for my magazine. This played a major part in the production of my magazine and the images were definitely one of the main focuses and selling points for my focus group. I used a 16GB SD Card which had a large memory allowing me to take over 175 photos for my production. I could also view images right after I had shot them which was very useful for me as I could alter things such as the aperture and ISO of the camera as I carried on with the shoot, this enabled me to take the best image possible. Here are some images I have taken playing with the camera’s settings, such as the ISO.
- 8. Photoshop Before starting media studies, I had used Photoshop a few times just to mess around with images, but never used it properly. Therefor the programme was basically new to me. Throughout the task I used YouTube to watch a lot of tutorials and experimented with the programme a lot, this helped me understand how to use Photoshop so much more. The most useful tutorial I found was ‘Photoshop Tutorial: How to Place Text Behind an Object in a Photo’ by Justin Odisho on YouTube. This helped dramatically in the final production of my front cover, as I could position the text perfectly behind the model therefor making the model the most important part of the front cover, pulling in the audience. Here is the tutorial I used.
- 9. Conclusion In conclusion, technology played a huge role in my work, due to me using it for basically every aspect of the task. Without the use of technology my work would have looked far less professional. Without the internet, I wouldn't’t have been able to learn how to use Photoshop as quick as I did. Overall, the use of technology has made my magazine look much more professional.