I have used many different technologies as I have created my music magazine, these are as follows: Blogger, Photoshop, Lucid Press, Facebook, Google Web, Google Drive, Windows Live Photo Gallery and a DSLR Fujifilm Camera.
Due to re-taking this Unit of coursework for my A Level and doing the Film Opening brief last year instead, I have learnt and had to grasp the concept of producing a print media text in my spare time and not with any teaching assistance/guidance as such.
Learning about the print techniques and conventions involved me researching online (and through my own collection of music magazines) through such websites as nme.com and qthemusic.com. These websites, as technology online, allowed me to browse their media texts online through photo viewing software on their websites. Google Web allowed me to perform these searches, and also research further into conventions of music magazines and the typical layouts/forms that they can possess.
Blogger.com gave me opportunity to write about any updates, research, developments and final photos. I was able to reflect on my previous updates and describe the subsequent changes. Reflecting on my research was vital, and I was able to do this by opening my blogger and viewing the content that I published - and this was vital due to consulting the conventions and layouts that I am comparing against my production developments.
The DSLR camera allowed me to capture the images form the planned photoshoots for my magazines. I have developed a huge interest for photography and have progressed this photography progressing skill in the A2 Level brief (simultaneous development of both coursework briefs). The DSLR camera, being a high-quality digital single-lens reflex camera provides pixilation detail in the photography I produce - and in the specific location we took the photoshoot for 'Noah Brown', the sun beams that are leaking through the well building, known as crepuscular rays, were captured in the high-quality camera's lens.
In conjunction with the production of the final product, I used publishing editing software called Lucid Press which allowed me to create multiple documents in online storage (through its own cloud storage) and Google Drive. Lucid Press was new technology to me and I felt that I learnt about its capabilities and functions very quickly and easily. It was very easy to also export and save the document, including storage that was new to me also at the time - Google Drive. Google Drive is basically 'cloud storage' that can be synced to software updates. I feel that I have made great progress in learning about the technologies and their capabilities. In this year's A2 brief, I used Paint.NET, which did not work for me as well as Lucid Press did. The great thing about Lucid Press is that it is online, and easily accessible from most devices - meaning I was able to access my coursework from school easily, also making it more secure.
I had also used Windows Live Photo Gallery and Photoshop to change the style of the photos. With the two pieces of photo-editing software, I collectively changed the exposure, shadow, hue, density, brightness and sharpness of most of the photos used in my magazine. I felt quite comfortable using these pieces of software as I have had previous experience with them.
Concerning social networking sites, I used the likes of Facebook to share my updates of the product so I could gain audience feedback. This proved very beneficial when collecting such feedback to hep me produce a more conventional music magazine that would appeal to my target audience.
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