WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?

Q U E S T I O N 6

THE STAGES OF MY COURSEWORK:

Preliminary TaskResearchPlanningProductionPost-productionEvaluation

PRELIMINARY TASK

I used:- InDesignI used InDesign to create my college magazine front cover and contents page.

- BloggerI used Blogger to upload my tasks and magazine designs to my blog, presenting them in order of what I have done.

- SlideshareI used Slideshare to convert some of my work into a link that I can upload to my blog.

- PhotoshopI used Photoshop to edit my pictures so that they look the best they possibly can.

- GoogleGoogle allowed me to research existing college magazines, helping me to know what codes and conventions to use.

- WordI used Word to write up my college magazine questionnaire on.

PRELIMINARY TASK CONCLUSION

The only programmes I has used previously before starting this coursework were Google and Photoshop, the other three were new to me so it took me a while to fully understand them however they are all relatively simple and take you through it step by step themselves, along with help and guidance from my teacher.

I found InDesign the most challenging programme to use out of all of them as there are a lot of buttons and possible tools to use, however with the help from the tutorials I slowly got to grips with it and managed to successfully create my college magazine in a professional way.

Blogger was extremely easy to use and I understood straight away how to upload my work onto my blog, reassuring myself that I wouldn’t have any struggle uploading my work further on in my coursework.

I developed a specific skill whilst using Blogger by converting my InDesign pages into images and uploading them onto my blog as an image.

RESEARCH- GoogleGoogle allowed me to research existing magazine institutions and helped me find magazine front covers, contents pages and double page spreads to analyse.

- BloggerI used Blogger to upload my tasks to my blog, presenting them in order of what I have done.

- SlideshareI used Slideshare to convert some of my work into a link that I can upload to my blog.

- PowerpointI used Powerpoint for the majority of my Research section, presenting my work in a neat way.

- Survey MonkeyI used Survey Monkey to create a survey and find out what conventions people expect to see within a pop magazine.

I used:

RESEARCH CONCLUSION

After having used the majority of these programmes before in my preliminary task, I found them quick and easy to use again.

I chose to present most of my work on Powerpoint as this is very easy and simple to use, allowing people to view my work systematically slide by slide. I then used Slideshare to convert it into a format to then put onto my blog.

This was the first time I had used Survey Monkey before. I found it quite confusing at first with all the different options to choose from, however after I created my first two questions, I slowly got the hang of it and now fully understand how to use it.

PLANNING

- PowerpointI used Powerpoint for the majority of my Planning section, presenting my work in a neat and orderly way.

- SlideshareI used Slideshare to convert some of my work into a link that I can upload to my blog.

- GoogleGoogle allowed me to get some images for my mood board and also provided me with the website ‘dafont.com’ which I got my font from. - Blogger

I used Blogger to upload my work to my blog, presenting it in order of what I have done.- Word

I used Word to write up my location recces and call sheet.

- InDesignI used InDesign to create my front cover, contents page and double page spread mock ups.

- Mobile PhoneI used my phone to get in contact with some of my models and recorded all of their numbers within my phone.

- FacebookI used Facebook to get in contact with some of my models.

I used:

PLANNING CONCLUSION

After having used InDesign in my preliminary task, I found it a lot easier to use this time round when creating my mock ups – especially after making 3 mock ups for each page, developing more of an understanding for the programme the more I used it.

I mainly used my email account to get in contact with my models however I also made a record of their numbers so that I could get hold of them easily in case I needed to.

I decided to use Word to present my location recces and call sheet in a table as it looks neat and is extremely easy to produce.

PRODUCTION

- PhotoshopI used Photoshop to edit my pictures so that they look the best they possibly can.

- InDesignI used InDesign to create my final front cover, contents page and double page spread.

- BloggerI used Blogger to upload my work to my blog, presenting it in order of what I have done.

- Canon 1000D CameraI used my digital camera to take my pictures for my magazine.

I used:

PRODUCTION CONCLUSION

The digital camera that I used produced great quality images for my magazine, which I then uploaded and used Photoshop to edit them. After having briefly used Photoshop in my preliminary task and before that, I knew what I was doing and just used the basic editing tools, enhancing my images and making them bright and colourful to clearly represent the pop genre.

After using InDesign quite frequently in previous tasks, I fully understood how to use it to the best of my ability, allowing me to create a successful and professional looking magazine.

EVALUATION

For my evaluation questions, I used:- Powerpoint- Prezi- Pixton- Bubbl.us

EVALUATION CONCLUSION

I used Prezi for two of my evaluation questions. I have used this programme previously but it was very brief, so it took me a while to get the hang of it again but it is pretty simple once you get going and has tutorials to help show you what to do. It is a great way to create a fun and interesting mind map of your ideas and choices.

I used Pixton for another two of my evaluation questions. I had never used this programme before however I understood it straight away due to the tutorials available and it takes you through how to use it step by step, making it easy for me yet still producing a creative form of presenting my answer.

I used Bubbl.us for one of my questions and found this extremely simple and easy to use, showing my answer clearly and systematically in order.

I used Powerpoint for this question in particular. After having used Powerpoint for the majority of my coursework I understood completely how to use it and also added in the interactive feature with the hyperlink arrows directing you to that particular page, making it easy and accessible for the audience.