1. Evaluation question
2
What have you learnt about technologies
from the process of constructing this
product?

2. Photoshop
O Photoshop played a big part in the creation of
my magazine as all the images were edited,
effects were edited such as ink splats and text
was eroded and the colour changed. I had
used Photoshop before in GCSE Media
Studies, but I think my skills have improved
greatly since then as I have learnt to use the
airbrushing tool, to remove the backgrounds
of images quickly and easily using the magic
wand and eraser tools and adding effects
such as paint splats and erosion using the
paintbrush tools which I think all contribute to
giving my magazine a professional look.

3. Camera
O I used a Fujifilm digital camera to take all
of my images so I learnt how to adjust the
settings on the camera to suit the shooting
conditions, I also used a variety of
different backgrounds and lighting as
different locations needed to be used for
different models. I also used a video
camera to film audience feedback which I
then uploaded onto a Mac computer.

4. Final Cut Pro
O I used this to transfer and edit my videos
so that they were suitable to put on my
blog, I learnt to edit out unwanted pieces
of film out and add text and transitions to
the sequence.

5. YouTube
O I also learnt how to use the popular media
networking site YouTube as I had to open
an account in order to post my video onto
my blog.

6. Microsoft Publisher
O I used Microsoft Publisher to create my
magazine on as I had used this at GCSE
and was confident in using it, I found it
easy to use to set the pages up into single
pages and double page spreads which
really helped in the overall production of
the magazine as I could easily flick
between pages to check the continuity of
the magazine.

7. Blogger.com
O I used this website for my blog as I found
it quite easy and simple to use which
allowed me to post my coursework quickly
without having to spend a lot of time
editing and changing the positioning and
look of the blog.

8. The internet
O for my research I found the internet useful
as it gave me access to a wide range of
different magazines and allowed me to
compare several covers of the same
magazine for example rather than just
one. However I did find it hard as using
sites like Google and Bing you get such a
large amount of data it is tricky to find the
useful stuff.

9. SlideShare
O this site allowed me to present my work in
a more interesting way, which shows how
I have learnt more about technologies, I
had never used this before but I thought it
was quite effective at showing my work in
an interactive way.

10. Survey Monkey
O I found Survey Monkey really helpful when
it came to conducting audience research
for both my school magazine and my
music magazine. The website was quite
easy to use and allowed me to quickly
create a survey which I could then email
to people. I found this a lot easier than
other methods such as paper or interview
and found that I got a lot more responses
overall.