Question 6
- 2. How it helped… During the creation of my media product, a music magazine, I’ve learnt a great deal about technologies and they have vastly helped, and improved, my media product had I been without them. During the process of creating my product I regularly blogged about what I’d done and so in parts of my answer to this question I’ll reference these blog entries or make use of the screen prints featured in these blog entries.
- 3. How I created it… To make my product I used a number of different technologies. Needless to say, I used a computer but below is a list of other technologies I made use of for the task; Digital Camera, Prezi, Slide share, Blogger, Adobe Photoshop CS6, InDesign, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer and Scanner.
- 4. Digital Camera Digital Video Camera A digital video camera was used during my evaluation (in the previous question to this) to help really evidence what my audience thought. It was a new piece of technology to me that I hadn't used but was effective as videoing people is the best way to evidence people's views. I have used the digital throughout my evaluation only as I thought that it would be more creative on my blog to have a video than just plain text.
- 5. Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop is an image manipulation program that allows me to edit the photo's I'd taken, it was extremely useful in the development of my media product and made possible images which simply couldn't have happened previously. For example, I have edited my actor's face by hiding his 'spots' using Photoshop which helped me manipulate.
- 6. Internet Explorer Internet Explorer The internet was playing a major role which was helpful to me during this project, not only during the research section of the project but also through the creation of the blog which allowed me to document the work that I'd done. During the research stage the internet was extremely useful as it allowed me to look into the forms and conventions of magazines and do some basic research about magazines before I went to look at three during my detailed research. Another aspect of the internet that was particularly important to me was the blog. On the blog I was able to store all of my research and show it in a clear and concise way that wouldn't have been achieved or supported by evidence such as pictures if it had been handwritten.
- 7. InDesign Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing software application produced by Adobe Systems. It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books. With this software I have created my double page spread which was really useful as it lets you have two pages across like a real magazine. This is important as I was trying to make the magazine look as professional as possible.
- 8. Scanner This piece of technology enabled me to scan in different magazines and my drafts and was therefore particularly helpful during my research and planning stages. It enabled me to highlight and evidence what I was discussing in the research and also prove that I had planned my pages before going into production and post-production of my magazine.