Media evaluation q4

Evaluation Question 4: How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Google and Facebook I used google for my research to find images, websites, etc.

of already existing regional magazines. By using google, it meant that I was able to find the material

that I needed quickly and easily. Without google the research process would have taken a lot longer and I would have needed to buy a lot of magazines and cut things out,, making it costly and time consuming.

I also used the Facebook page I created to contact my focus group and gain feedback from them to improve my production and make it suitable to my target audience as best as I could. Without Facebook I would have had to meet up with my focus group, which would be hassle and time consuming.

Blogger I used Blogger to be able to present

all my research, planning and production easily and quickly.

Using Blogger meant that my work was arranged in chronological order which meant easy navigation. I was also able to group it into categories again making for easy navigation

Without Blogger I probably would have had to print off all my work and present it in a physical piece, but by using Blogger it saved a lot of time and hassle.

Cameras I used a camera to take all the photos that

were used in my production. The camera I used was a Cannon 600d, I was

able to take photos in good quality, compared to taking the pictures with the camera on my phone.

Without the use of a digital camera, I would have had to used a camera which uses film, so I would have had to go through a long process of getting the film developed then waiting for the photos and then scan them to be able to use them on the computer.

Photoshop I used Adobe Photoshop CS3 whilst

making my production; this software allowed me to insert a background image and add text and other images.

Because I used the same software for my foundation portfolio I already had a clear understanding of how to use it. I used Photoshop to alter and enhance the photos I had taken with my camera to make them look more professional so it would look in place in the magazine.

Using Photoshop meant that the production process wasn’t as long as most people would have anticipated.

Wix When making my website I decided

to use Wix. Wix is a website builder where you

can chose a template and customise it easily.

Because of the templates I was able to just add the text, images, buttons and extras, wherever I wanted and could play around with the layout if I wished to.