Question 6

Question 6: What have you learned about

technologies from the process of constructing

this product?

The pre-preliminary task which was my previous task helped me to gain some experience of different technologies such as Photoshop and the SONY camera which has

helped me improve on my media skills and I have been able to put these skills into action in the construction of

my music magazine.

introduction

Blogger Blogger is the blogging website which I

chose to exhibit my planning, research, and construction on as it

seemed the most appropriate way to show my progression at completing a media product in the form of a music

magazine. I had never previously owned or written a blog online so

this task was a learning experience on how to use different social media

websites such as blogs as

I am normally use to Facebook and Twitter (skills which I used throughout the process). I feel Blogger worked well for my task and I am happy that I learned how to use the

blogging website to show my construction of my music magazine. Blogger acted as my online diary on my progress to producing my music magazine for my main task.

Survey Monkey

Survey Monkey is the format which I distributed my questionnaire on. I previously used this website to distribute my school magazine

questionnaire for my preliminary task. When using Survey Monkey I did find it difficult to adapt to the new ways of the website but through time and help from my teach and fellow classmates I learnt how to distribute and analysis my questionnaire to a high standard whereby the feedback

was correct and was answered by a large audience.

SLR Camera

SLR Camera is a type of camera which captures high quality shots. For my music magazine images I used a SONY SLR camera which I had previously used before

however I had to take into consideration high angle, low angle, eye level and other media conventions which

would ensure the image was professional. Other features which were a part of me using this type of

camera was lighting – I had to adapt to new environments to ensure lighting was correct; the use of

the flash on this camera helped to ensure the image was visible and not blurred.

PadletPadlet is a website that I had

never previously used before and so I developed new skills by learning how

to upload and communicate with my audience on it. I used

Padlet to gain audience feedback on my images for the magazine and to also

display my work.

On this website I learnt how to design ways to show information to my audience and also I learnt how to embed Padlets on different platforms such as Blogger. I found this website very helpful when completing my tasks. Here is a screenshot of me using Padlet to gain audience feedback.

Photoshop

Photoshop was the program that I used to create my front cover and edit the images featured on all pages. This program was

hard to use at the beginning as I used different features of the program when completing my preliminary task and so I had to

learn as I constructed my product. Video tutorials helped me a lot through this process and I feel

the ending result of my product has showed this. When constructing the front cover I completed different drafts which

shows that as construction went on I learnt more about Photoshop and the different features I was able to use and so I

kept improving the front cover over the many weeks I was constructing it.

InDesign

InDesign is a program very like Photoshop. I used this program for the first time when constructing my contents page and double page spread. At

the start I found it different to move from Photoshop to InDesign however as my construction of the two pages continued my skills and

knowledge of the program improved. Again, I completed drafts of each product and gained audience feedback which allowed me to continue to

develop the two products well enough to meet the standards of my target audience. The program itself got easier to use as I used it more and more – I got use to the cropping images tool and transform tool

which made it easier while constructing the pages. I believe my progression at InDesign worked well in the construction of my media product. Without InDesign I would have been unable to complete the contents page and double page spread so well and so Ii feel that my

skills in the program have benefitted the overall final product.

Social Networking

Throughout my main task I used my skills in social networking sites to gain audience feedback as I felt this was the most productive, effective and easiest way to do so. I feel the feedback I received as a result of this was much more

informational and accurate. Facebook and Twitter were the main way of sourcing my audience

and was also a good way for me to address my target audience. Social media is a massive factor in the lifestyle of many individuals

and so I believe that I met the demands of my audience by using much more assessable programmes and sites such as

Facebook and Twitter to communicate with them.

Here are screenshots of me using social networking sites;

YouTube I also used the very popular video sharing website;

YouTube. I upload a video on this programme for my evaluation which I found to be quite helpful due to the different format I could present in.

I feel this format was very professional to use and I found it easy to embed my video on my Blogger account as I have become very skilled at using the convergence of two media programmes,

YouTube and Blogger, together.

Prezi

Prezi was the main format to which I displayed my tasks – previously I had only used PowerPoint however now that I have developed skills in using this programme I am happy with the outcome of my presentations and

delivery methods (prezi) to which I showed my findings and research. I used other programmes such

as PowerPoint's and slideshare as well as prezi to display my work for my main task. I developed the

skills while using this programmes to embed prezi's, PowerPoint's and slideshares onto my blog.