Question 6.What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing this product?

Introduction During the creation of my music magazine I have learnt

a lot about technology and how it is used to make a

magazine. Without the wide variety of technology to

make my magazine, it would have been extremely

difficult to even come close to my finalised product.

Before this task, I didn’t know half of the technologies

and how to successfully use them, but; this task has

improved my knowledge on the wide variety of

technology available.

Blogger Through out the task I rme on task and in order in what

to do next and how to egularly blogged what I had

done. This helped to keep improve my tasks.

Technology Used: Apple Mac Computer/Laptop

Apple iPhone (For the camera)

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Internet Explorer/Safari

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Apple Mac PC and Laptop Using this technology helped me create my design,

carry out research for my piece and all in all, the task

could not of been completed without an Apple

computer or laptop.

Apple iPhone My iPhone 5C was used in my task to take photos. The

camera is very clear and good for taking good quality

photos. The camera on my iPhone is most probably a

lot better than a standard digital camera and it was also

easier to take the photo on my iPhone so I could easily

upload it to the Apple Mac to edit and start my design.

Adobe InDesign InDesign was the programme to design the magazine

on. It includes special features to make your magazine

as realistic as possible. You can easily add in your own

photos, change the text font and colours and to make

the page into a magazine design it is simple to create

your own columns so you can simply start typing away.

Adobe Photoshop I only used Photoshop once to effetely get the colour in

my photo to fade out and to change the brightness of

the original photo.

Original Photo Brightened Photo, with white background fading into text.

Internet Explorer / Safari The internet was extremely helpful. Not only was it

good for research and to research other magazine plan-outs, It also helped me to blog all of my work online.

During the research stage, the internet helped me to look at magazine forms and conventions and research the general idea of music magazines.

I also used Blogger on the internet, which shows clear evidence of my progress through out the task and was extremely helpful to refer to when doing my evaluation.

Microsoft Word I did a lot of my text via Microsoft word and then copy

and pasting the text into InDesign. This was because

Microsoft Word helps you to spell check any incorrect

words and you can easily type and edit your work on

this programme.

Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint was only useful in the elevation

stage. It helped me to produce my answer for the

evaluation questions and I liked using PowerPoint to

present my answers as it is clear to follow and easy to

read from.

Finally.. Without the technologies I used to create my piece, I

would have had a very difficult job of making my piece

as professional and as good as it is now. The

technology used helped me for each page in my

magazine for various different reasons and ways.

Without the technology and internet, my work would

have been very unclear when showing my progress

and overall, the standard of my work would have been

very poor without any technology used.