Things i have learnt
- 1. Things I have learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product
- 2. Through tutorials • I have used YouTube tutorials to help me learn how to do lots of the things it took to create my magazine for example; • I learnt how to use a lot of the features of the camera, such as how to make sure i had the correct shutter speed etc • I also used tutorials to learn how to use many of the features on Photoshop, such as how to move the layers to move text an images in front of behind one another as well as how to use a variety of tools to cut around pictures and also how to change the contrast of light in the picture to make it stand out more from the background.
- 3. Existing media • The access to existing media has allowed me to look at other magazines as see what the codes and conventions are and then work out which ones work and which ones don't and then look at which ones I can include and how to do so. I can also look at what works well together and what doesn't so I can try to incorporate the correct ones in the correct way to make m magazine as appealing to my target audience as I can
- 4. Camera • As well as looking at tutorials on how to use the camera i also spent some time changing things on the camera and working out what button dose what and where the shutter speed is located and how to work out whether I need to use the flash. I took the camera to the places I was taking my pictures to see how the lighting worked and if i needed to take more lights or turn lights down as my models said when I use the flash it hurt their eyes and also when i looked at the pictured i saw the had bad red eye so i changed the camera settings until the flash was no longer needed.
- 5. Computer editing programmes • I used Photoshop to edit all my pictures and to made my final product, I spent time before I had even taken my pictures looking at Photoshop as working out how to change contrasts and colours of the pictures and texts on my magazine. I also worked out how to change the size and fonts on the text so I could match it closely to blender which is the magazine I based mine on.
- 6. Communicating via technology • During the planning process I used face book to communicate with my focus group which has really helped me work out all the little tweaks that needed doing on my magazine, it has also meant my focus group are more willing to help as they are not being badgered face to face they are simply able to reply in there own time and i have been able to send them all the updated versions of my magazine.