I used various technologies including Prezi, Fireworks, Blogger, Word, Publisher, cameras, and iPhone apps to create a music magazine. Prezi helped create mind maps and comparisons, Fireworks was used to design the cover and contents page, Blogger documented the process, Word made graphs and charts from survey results, Publisher created a double page spread, cameras took photos, and iPhone apps edited photos. These technologies helped with research, design, documentation, analysis and production of the music magazine.

2. I used many different types of technology to create my
music magazine. At first, I was new to using software
such as Prezi and Fireworks, but after the preliminary
task, I got to build up my skills and use them to my
advantage.
Introduction

3. The Internet
I used the internet a lot in the research for the music
magazine. I used it to find different articles on music
magazine websites, so I knew what type of article to
write on my double page spread. I also used it to find
example shots and front covers. The internet was
also useful to do research about the genres of music
magazines, and helped to make my decision. I also
used it to edit some of the photographs I then went
on to use.

4. I used Google as my search engine, and used it to
searched for music artists, music magazines, example
shots, the conventions of a music magazine, and
much more. I found everything I needed to on
Google, and as it is quite popular, I was all familiar
with using it. It also helped to educate me on the
different types of media company's that publish
music magazines, as I didn’t know much about the
different types of companies at the start.

5. Blogger
I used Blogger to submit all of my work, as well
as a commentary on the way. I used it to make
a production diary so I knew I was keeping on
track. I also used it to display a wide range of
different music magazine covers along the
right hand side. This is to show what the task
is, and so my magazine can be easily
compared to real life examples.

6. I used a website called Prezi to create mind maps and
comparisons of different music front covers, the
readership profile and for example shots. I also used
it to as parts of our evaluation, as it enabled us to
round up all of our ideas and show them clearly. I
enjoyed using it as it is more interesting than using
Powerpoint, and was a new website that I hadn’t
used before. It was effective in what I wanted to use
it for, which was to see all of my ideas and analysis in
one place.

7. I used the website Surveymonkey.com as my
questionnaire. I chose this website over a paper
based questionnaire as it allowed us to keep all of
the information got from the questionnaires in
one place, so I could easily analyse it. Also, it was
a better chose as the results are more likely to
show a true reflection, as people would be less
likely to lie and give false results. This was crucial
as I based all of my planning around the
questionnaire results.

9. Word
I used word to make graphs and pie charts for
the questionnaire results. This let me show
clearly what our questionnaire found and
what those who completed the questionnaire
wanted from my music magazine product. It
showed clearly the specific genres and
magazines the audience wanted my magazine
to follow the conventions of.

10. Fireworks
I used the media software of Fireworks to make
our front cover and the contents page. This
was a new software and I built my skills up
over time, because of the preliminary task
also. It was a useful programme as it was
flexible in allowing me to create the front
cover and contents I wanted, instead of having
to follow a template.

11. Publisher
I used publisher for my double page spread. I did
this because it was a familiar software for me
to use, and so I knew how to use it to my
advantage. It was straight forward to use, as
they gave you options of page
sizes/templates. After choosing a blank
template, I could do what I had planned and
create a double page spread without
limitations, which was good.

13. Still Camera
I used a still camera to take the pictures. This
was important as I needed a good quality to
make the pictures look professional. The
camera I used was effective in this as it
produced high quality photographs, that we
could stretch and shrink to any size without
them pixelating. It also had a good flash which
let me take pictures in darker places outside,
as well as in cloudy conditions.

14. Video Camera
I used a video camera to record the audience
feedback for my magazine. This was helpful as
it allowed me to use footage to show peoples
opinions of it, instead of just doing a
questionnaire or writing about it. I also used it
to do a brief questionnaire of some audience
members to find out their favourite genre of
music and what type of magazines they liked
to read.

15. Memory Card
I used a memory card for the still camera. This
was good as it had a lot of memory, and
allowed us to store all of our photos on one
card. It also set the photos out clearly by date.
The memory card saved us time as it made the
process very quick.

16. Memory Stick
A memory stick was used to transfer our work
from one computer to the another with more
advanced software that I could use to my
advantage. I also used a memory stick so I
could do the work at home.

17. iPhone
I used my iPhone to take some practise
photographs. The app 'Aviary' was used to
edit some of the photographs, and ‘PicStitch’
to make a collage of some of the pictures,
some which I did not end up using. Using a
phone was important as it also let me look up
weather conditions for the days I had planned
on taking photos, which is why the majority of
photographs ended up being taken inside.