1. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
During the process of constructing my music magazine, I heave learnt a great deal about
different technologies, and they have aided me in creating a final product which may have been
of a much lower standard without them.
To help create my product, I used a range of technologies; this included InDesign, Abode
Photoshop, Internet, Picmonkey (a photograph editing site), DSLR camera, Microsoft Word and
Blogger.
I used a DSLR camera when taking the photographs for my magazine. This proved extremely
helpful and successful, due to the fact that is was a digital camera rather than a traditional
camera. Therefore, I was able to see what photographs I had captured decide whether to keep
or delete them and also take many more if necessary as the space available on the camera
was vast. Seeing the photographs whilst in the shooting process also meant I could see if
anything needed changing i.e. the camera angle, the models pose- even whether the whole
shoot was going along the right lines of what I had envisioned. This feature meant I could work
more efficiently, as I could refine and change things as I was going along, rather than at the
end when I had limited time.
Abode Photoshop is a photograph manipulation programme which I used to edit the
photograph’s which feature in my magazine. Without this software, I know I wouldn’t have been
able to create the same quality of photographs I was able to produce therefore it was not only
useful, but essential. For example, in my photo shoots I used a white sheet in the background,
though once I uploaded the images from the camera to the computer, I realised that this white
sheet looked grey due to poor lighting, and it was also evidently creased. With Photoshop, I
was able to manipulate the photographs to extent where the creases were no longer evident
and the background was visibly white.
Picmonkey is another internet site which I used to edit my photographs. Though Photoshop is
extremely useful, there were some valuable features which Picmonkey had that weren’t
available on Photoshop. On the website, there are a vast number of ‘Effects’ that you can
choose from to place on your photograph, enhancing its attractiveness. I utilised this in the
editing process of the photographed I used for my contents page and was very happy with the
end product.
The internet was probably the most vital technology I utilised throughout the development of my
product. Most, if not all, of my research was completed through the use of the internet; for
example, finding magazines I could analyse to form a basis of my own product. Plus, without
the internet I wouldn’t have been able to produce a blog where I uploaded all of my work
throughout the process of creating my product. Lastly, the internet proved very useful when it
came to producing these evaluations, as I was able to use different websites to present my
evaluations in different media’s i.e. Voki, Prezi etc.
I used Microsoft Word when creating my mood boards, writing/drafting captions for posts which
I uploaded onto my blog in order to make sure they made sense and to check for correct
spelling, to illustrate comparisons with my work and real life magazines to show where I had
received inspiration from, drafting of my article for the double page spread and finally when
initially typing up my evaluations.

2. InDesign is the software I used to piece together all the different aspects of my designs (front
page, contents page and double page spread) in order to create their final cuts. Images I had
previously edited on different software were able to be placed on the program, to fit into the
corresponding magazine format, for example. This is the program I ultimately finished the
construction of all three aspects of my magazine, therefore holds a key importance in the
constructing of my product.
All in all, these technologies have aided me greatly in the constructing of my front page,
contents page and double page spread. Without them I can confidently say my end product
would have been at a much lower, less professional standard and the standard of my evidence
proving how I constructed them wouldn’t be at all cohesive.