What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing the product?
- 2. As part of my AS media course I had to create a blog in order to share my progress during the course and my music magazine. I had never used Blogger before as it wasn’t something I was aware of, however as I had to create a blog for both my media and ICT coursework I learnt how to use the software quite quickly. Blogger was quite simple and clear in the way it worked as I could clearly distinguish between my posts and easily edit them if I needed to without much hassle. Although at first I struggled with labelling my blog posts, I soon figured it out and it turned out to also be simple. I think Blogger was a good way to show my development of my music magazine as each part of my progress was displayed in a clear way for people to see
- 3. I had previously used Photoshop briefly in my GCSE ICT work, however, I had always found it hard to understand and know how to edit things that look professional. Even though when I started I wasn’t very experienced at Photoshop, I gradually learnt how to use the different layers to create my music magazine to look professional. The fact that I learnt how to add effects and different colour effects to my magazine shows how much more advanced I have become since using Photoshop regularly.
- 4. I have never used Indesign before I started producing my music magazine and didn’t even know what it was used for. I struggled most of the way through using Indesign as Photoshop seemed a lot easier once I had been using it for a while, so when I had to learn how to use another piece of software, it was quite confusing. However, when I got used to how it worked I used it well in order to curve my text, especially on my double page spread, around my main image to make it look more professional and part of one page. I think Indesign was a useful software to use for my music magazine as it made it look as professional as a real magazine.
- 5. In order to gain good images for both my school and music magazine I used a camera so the images were as clear as possible, rather than using a mobile phone camera. I had to also make sure the lighting for each image highlighted my model in order to make it stand out more on my magazine. As most of my images were taken outside, I had to make sure the sun wasn’t too strong or too dark so it didn’t reflect on my images.
- 6. I had previously used prezi in year 7 in my ICT work, however I had forgotten how to use it. However, once I started using it, it was quite simple, as I managed to make each paragraph of information flow and I also added my final outcomes of my front cover, contents page and double page spread of my music magazine to make it flow more in my evaluation.
- 7. I had never heard of Powtoon before doing my AS media coursework, however, I quickly developed my confidence and skills in order to create several other evaluation question using this software. I liked how most of the transitions and features were already added to the slides but I could add my touch to it to make it more relevant to me and my question. This made my PowerPoints look more professional and attractive as the Powtoon slideshows are colourful and eye-catching which made it more enjoyable to create and read.
- 8. I hadn’t used Slideshare before, but it turned out to be very simple as you downloaded your ready made PowerPoints onto Slideshare and then you could add them as blog posts onto Blogger.