Billy Ingram created a music magazine using various technologies. He used a Canon 550D camera to take photos, a mobile phone to communicate with focus groups, and Adobe Photoshop CS3 to edit photos by adjusting brightness, contrast, and removing parts of images. Internet Explorer allowed him to research target audiences, conventions, and tutorials. Microsoft PowerPoint helped with organizing research. Proper lighting was also important to make photos look professional. The technologies helped make the final production look polished and professional.

1. Billy Ingram
Question 6.

2. During the production of my music magazine I
used a lot of new technology that I hadn’t
before but some that I had. There was a fair
bit of technology that I used to reach my final
product.

3. To get to my final production
I used the following list of
technology;
• Canon 550d camera
• Mobile phone
• Computer
• Adobe photoshop cs3
• Internet explorer (blogger, youtube, google etc.)
• Lighting
• Microsoft powerpoint

4. Canon 550d Camera
I used this type of camera to take the images
for my production, which was very helpful for
the outcome. Because it is a digital camera it
meant that I was able to see the pictures I
took instantly and decided there and then if I
could/would want use them. It also meant
that I could see if I needed to adjust the angle
I took the photo, the lighting and/or the
positioning of the model within the picture. I
learnt a lot using this camera, for example
how to change the brightness or how to zoom
in, but if I didn’t know how to do something or
needed help enhancing my photography I
would look up tutorials online.

5. Mobile Phone
I used my Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini to take communicate
with my focus group. I would use social media like,
Facebook, Twitter, etc., to send them messages to ask
how they feel about various parts of my magazines. I
would send the images from the computer where I
produced them to my phone so I was able to show the
focus group and be able to obtain their feedback. I also
used my phone to text others and arrange a time and a
place to take the photos for my production. The use of
convergence in this piece of technology meant that I was
easily able to transfer photos and arrange when I was
able to get the production finished.

6. Adobe Photoshop CS3
Before I started this production I hadn’t used photoshop
before, but I quickly became aware of how to use it by
watching tutorials on YouTube, like how to edit a
picture, how to change the brightness/contrast, how to
remove parts of a picture, etc. I was also able to add text
and other images on top of the originals. Below are
some examples of how I enhanced one of my images by
using this software; the first being the original photo.

7. Internet Explorer
I used internet explorer to do all of my research.
Everything I researched into target audience, codes and
conventions, other magazines and pictures etc. were all
done on internet explorer. I also used this to go onto
YouTube to watch tutorials on how to do things on
software that I didn’t know how to do beforehand. The
internet was used so that I can compare to other real
magazines and also to use blogger, I learnt very easily
how to use blogger and how to navigate around the site.
Using the internet also meant that I was able to refer to
back to other magazines quickly and easily during
construction because I can save and bookmark particular
webpages.

8. Microsoft PowerPoint
I used this during my research when I
looked into codes and conventions of a
hip-hop magazine, I put it all into a
PowerPoint so it was clear and concise
and well presented so it was easy to
refer back to at a later date.

9. Lighting
The lighting was a fairly simple process but it did
need a lot of persistence to get the lights into the
right positions in order to light the model properly
and cast shadows the I would like them to. The use
of lighting meant that I could make my photos
looks as professional as I possibly could because of
how I used them; I looks up tutorials of how to
properly back light the model which made the
process a whole lot easier.

10. Conclusion
To conclude, I was weary of how to use a lot of this
technology because I had not used much of it before. The
technology I used the most was probably the internet
because the amount of tutorials I had to watch in order
to use all of the new technology.
All of the technology helped me considerably because
without all of this my final production would look no
where near as professional as it does. Without all of
these my understanding wouldn’t be as evident and I
wouldn’t be able to present my work as I did. The
technologies not only made the production presentable
but made it significantly more organised with clear
research and planning.