What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

By Rachael Sampson

What I have learnt

§ How to work a technical, digital camera (SLR Cannon)

§ Development of photoshop skill

§ Scanning

§ Creating a blog (on Wordpress.com)

§ How to use Powerpoint/Word/Excel/Google Documents/Youtube/Slideshare

§ Internet – for research and images

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How to work a technical, digital camera (SLR Cannon)

§ The camera I learnt to use on this project was the SLR camera by Cannon. I learnt how to:

§ Use the camera safely

§ Work the flash

§ Use the focus button

§ Using a tripod for the camera

§ How to deal with the camera in outdoor environments

§ How to handle the camera

§ Put on different modes (e.g beauty shot)

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Development of Photoshop skill

§ I was able to build on the skills I had learnt using Photoshop for my GCSE work last year.

§ The tools I was able to newly use and use correctly were:

§ Layers – how to manipulate them so they work to my benefit

§ Adding an image to the product that I had edited previously

§ Clone Stamp Tool

§ Spot healing brush tool

§ Contrast/Filters

§ Polygonal Lasso Tool

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Scanning

§ I learnt how to scan in a document through the printer, onto my computer, then prepare to upload onto my blog. I used this technique to upload my questionnaires and audience feedback for my magazine. This improved my work also because it is another technique/method of displaying my work onto my blog. I like this technique because it showed the real writing of my audience feedback, so you can visibly see what reactions I got to my magazine.

§ I also used this technique to scan in my drawn plans of my magazine. This proved to be very helpful because I had an online template I could refer back to.

Creating a blog (on Wordpress.com)

§ Creating a blog seemed like a very difficult task to start with, I needed to keep it interesting with using different methods of displaying my work and updating it quite frequently. I found this difficult but learnt how to use it successfully overall, as it showed me a new way of showing my work, instead of in written form or through a word document.

How to use Powerpoint/Word/Excel/Youtube/Slideshare

§ I could already use some of these programs before I began this project. Ones I were familiar with was Word and Powerpoint. However I was able to develop my abities by using them to work with other programs such as Slideshare.

§ I had never used Slideshare before but I was able to upload Powerpoints onto it for other people to view to help them out with any work media related which I was producing. At first I found it quite hard to use, but with practice It became one of my most used programs throughout this process.

§ Youtube was something I enjoyed using because I could share videos I had created (camera angles) and watch other video tutorials to help me, such as the make-up tutorial for my female model. Also it came in handy for watching documentaries on how to capture ‘The White Stripes’ mannerisms on the shoot.

Internet

§ The internet was a crucial device throughout this process. It was where I gathered a lot of my research from, and it provided the ability for me to use programs such as Slideshare, YouTube and Wordpress.

§ I could see other examples of music magazines, especially ones like NME and Q which are similar to my genre of music magazine. I could see how magazines have developed throughout the years and it helped me and gave me ideas which influenced my overall media product.

Internet

§ The internet was a crucial device throughout this process. It was where I gathered a lot of my research from, and it provided the ability for me to use programs such as Slideshare, YouTube and Wordpress.

§ I could see other examples of music magazines, especially ones like NME and Q which are similar to my genre of music magazine. I could see how magazines have developed throughout the years and it helped me and gave me ideas which influenced my overall media product.