2. DEVICES I USED
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Mozilla Firefox
● LibreOffice Impress
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Apple Iphone 5
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Adobe Photoshop
● Canon 600D
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Lighting
3. Mozilla Firefox
I used Mozilla Firefox to help me research the
codes and conventions of music magazines, this
helped me gain an idea of what I should or
shouldn't have on my own magazine.
I also used this to help me google research tutorials
and help sheets on how to use different features
on Photoshop, most of these were found on
Youtube.
As well as this I used the internet to connect me to
Blogger which is where I updated my production
progress. I uploaded all developments I'd made and
posted all the research I'd collected. This allowed
me to keep a record of where I was in my
production stage and was a lot easier to navigate
than it would have been if I had used paper as I was
able to to organise my posts and keep everything
together.
5. LibreOffice Impress
I used LibreOffice Impress to create
PowerPoints for my research. I chose
PowerPoint as it provides a clean and
simple format but still looks presentable.
It's very easy to navigate so it made
referring to the Codes and Conventions
whilst creating my magazine a quick and
easy task.
6. Iphone 5
I used my phone to keep in contact with my focus group
whilst I was creating the magazine. I did this via text
message, I would either text them and ask them to meet
up so we could discuss different stages of my production
or I would send them different messages asking what
they'd like to see in a magazine. I would then use Safari
to post their opinions onto my Blogger account.
I also used my phone to communicate with the models
who would be featuring in the magazine. This was
incredibly helpful as it allowed me to arrange suitable
dates to actually take the photographs and made it
possible for me to tell them what costume I'd like them
to wear.
The use of convergence in this piece of technology meant
that not only could I use my phone to communicate with
people, but I could also use it to easily upload post onto
my blog.
7. Adobe Photoshop CS3
I used Photoshop throughout the creation of my
magazine, this allowed me to manipulate my
images and add text, improving the production
greatly. To start with I struggled with
understanding what all the features were for,
however after watching several tutorials on
Youtube my understanding of the programme
increased and I was able to use this for my
advantage. The overall effect of using
Photoshop allowed me to create a professional
and clean looking magazine.
8. Canon 600D
I used the Canon 600D camera to take all of the
photographs for my magazine. The digital aspect
of it allowed me to see the image instantly; this
was incredibly useful as it let me see what I would
need to change in order to make the images look
more professional. The camera let me adjust the
focus, so the zooming in feature was very helpful
as I could actually see the result of the change in
focus.
The fact that the camera takes such high quality
photo's was one of the main reason's why I chose
this camera in specific. I wanted the images to look
as professional as possible which is something I
wouldn't have have been able to achieve on my
mobile phone camera for instance. Another
benefit of this camera is the large storage, this
allowed me to take a lot of images and keep them
on their until I was ready to send them to myself.
9. Lighting
It wasn't difficult to use different forms
of lighting however it did take patience
as it was quite time consuming. After
researching other music magazines I'd
seen patterns in how they lit their
models so I aimed to light my models in
similar ways. After watching a few
lighting tutorials I managed to get a
result I was happy with.
10. CONCLUSION
To conclude without the use of the before stated technologies the quality of my
magazine would have decreased drastically. The appearance of the front page,
contents page and double page spread would have been lowered significantly
and would look a lot less professional.
The technologies didn't only help to make my production look more professional,
they also helped to organise all my research and allowed this research to be
displayed in a presentable way.
I wasn't familiar with all the technologies I used to begin with but after
researching them I.e watching tutorials and reading help pages, I found them
very simple to use and wouldn't have been able to create a professional looking
magazine.
