WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT AB OUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE

PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?

I have learnt how to construct a blog which shows my journey

from creating a preliminary task to creating a music magazine

front cover, contents page and double page spread.

I have also used blogger to upload various items of work

including videos, photos and power points to contribute to my

coursework.

Blogger also allowed me to view other blogs related to media

coursework which helped me gain an idea of what I had to

complete.

SLIDESHARE.

Slideshare was good for uploading work such as

magazine deconstructions, as I could make the work

using power point so the front page, contents and

double page spread were all in the same document,

and then using slideshare I could upload the whole

power point onto my blog.

BUBBL.

Bubbl was good for creating mind maps that

showed planning for things such as what the indie

folk genre included, or what things made up a page

of a music magazine.

Photosnack allowed me to upload photos (e.g. my

photo shoots) quickly in style that suited my genre

and in a form of media programmes.

It also makes such photos easy to look at and scroll

through, whilst showing the variations of photos I

took.

DAFONT.

By using dafont, I was able to pick out, download

and use styles of font that would connote the indie

folk genre e.g. hand written styles.

Dafont allowed me to also make the house style of

my music magazine more individual.

PHOTOSHOP.

I was very uncomfortable using photoshop when

producing my preliminary task, but as I proceeded to

create my music magazine I became more comfortable

and was able to navigate through the programme more

easily.

I learnt how to manipulate my image by cropping,

altering brightness and contrast, as well as how to layout

a page in the style of a magazine.

CAMERA AND LIGHTING.

Using a camera allowed me to take the photos I

needed for my front cover, contents and double page

spread.

I also learnt camera shots such as close up, low

shots, high shots to achieve the image I wanted.

Lighting allowed me to create the light natural

atmosphere associated with indie folk.