BY PHOEBE JOHNSON

QUESTION 6

What have you learnt about technologies through the process of constructing this project?

TECHNOLOGY

During the production of my music magazine, I used many different types of technology, such as Photoshop CS3, Microsoft PowerPoint, Internet explorer, Cannon 600D, lighting and Mobile phone.

INTERNET EXPLORER

I used to internet explorer to access blogger to continuingly track the process of my magazine.

As well as Google to research into my target audience and for my codes and conventions of different music magazines.

I also used internet explorer to search for tutorials on how to use Photoshop and the camera.

Without the use of blogger it would have been very difficult to keep track of my process as it isn’t all neatly laid out in a blog for example it would be harder if it was handwritten.

I also used a Facebook group for my focus group, to gain an insight into my target audiences needs and wants.

POWERPOINT

I used Microsoft PowerPoint to help record my research into the codes and conventions of a music magazine. I used PowerPoint as it is easy to access and view, as well as a organized place to store all of my information and refer make to during the making of my own music magazine.

PHOTOSHOP CS3

I used Photoshop to edit and layout my music magazine. I used it to adjust the photos I was using for my magazine, by using tools such as the clone tool to remove any imperfections and manipulating the picture but changing the brightness and contrast of it. I learned how to use Photoshop through many different tutorials and posted them on my blog so I could access them if I needed the help again and to keep track of all the research that I did.

LIGHTING

I decided to use artificial lighting for all of my images to give a brighter and clearer image.

I used lighting to make sure the images I took look professional. I also used lighting to give effects to my images, for example on my double page spread image I set the lighting up so the top half of the models body would be brighter than the lower half as more focus should be on the face.

For my front cover image I used high key lighting as this is what a lot of the music magazines did when I was doing my research into codes and conventions.

CANNON 600D

I used a cannon SLR 600D as I wanted my images to be as high quality as I could make them as my magazine is very focused on the images.

Also I chose an SLR digital camera so I could look at the photos straight away meaning I could take more if I wasn’t happy quality of the photo.

This camera also has the options to change the aperture, ISO and iris, meaning it gave me a good chance to adjust the image to the correct standard I wanted them without having to do it all later in post production.

Also this camera allows you to use manual focus which means I can get the expect point of my model I want to be noticed the most in focus.

TECHNOLOGIES IMPORTANCEI have a learnt a lot about technology through this project, such as learning how to set up lighting and how to use Photoshop.

I think all of these skills are very important to make sure that I produced a music magazine hat looked convincible and like the kind I did my research on.

I think Photoshop was one of the most important technology's I learn how to use as I produced my magazine on Photoshop, and was able to edit my images so that they appeared to the professional standard of other music magazines.

Also through blogger it meant my research and product was well presented and easy to navigate meaning I wouldn’t have been able to produce content of such a high grade without any of the technology that I used.