The document discusses the various technologies used to create a magazine production. These include cameras like the Canon 600D and Nikon D3 to take photos, Adobe Photoshop CS3 to edit photos, internet resources like YouTube and Blogger to conduct research and present planning, Microsoft PowerPoint to organize evaluations, and studio lighting including UV lighting to achieve unique lighting effects. The document evaluates how each technology helped improve the production quality and presentation at different stages from planning to completion.

1. What have you learnt about
technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
Evaluation Question 6

2. Technologies
• Below are technologies that I used throughout the making of
my magazine through research, planning and constructing my
production.
• Mobile phone
• Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Internet Explorer-Blogger, Google, YouTube, Slideshare
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• UV lighting with studio lighting
• Canon 600D and Nikon DS3
• Computer- Fujitsu and Apple Mac

3. Images
Digital Canon 600D and Nikon D3
• Both cameras were used in my production to take the main images, the
Nikon being a later more advanced model than the Canon was used for my
double page spread and my front cover to produce a better image. They
are both digital and allowed me to see the image straight after I took it
which allowed me to change the position if needed or the key of lighting.
To gain the full use out of the cameras I used various tutorials which are
on my blog, it also helped me with coordinate the lighting with the setting
on the camera. With the UV lighting you had to use a very specific shutter
speed so I had to research to find out it was a slow shutter to produce the
image, the instructions then followed that my model had to remain very
still.

4. Internet
• When planning my production various things needed to be
researched such as my supporting magazines which I gained
the common codes and conventions from. To present all of my
planning right through to my production I used blogger to log
my activity, along with this YouTube and Slideshare to help
complete the presentation of my blog, all 3 are reliant on
Internet Explorer proving this technology to be crucial for my
production. Therefore overall the internet was a huge asset
for my media coursework.

5. Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Using the cameras to take my images I then needed to find a
programme that allowed me to alter certain aspects of the
photography. I then selected Adobe Photoshop CS3, especially
with my images it allowed me to edit in specific ways, either
heightening the contrast to make certain images pop, but to
also pull together the whole production with added text and
effects. With certain tasks that I wanted to complete such as
making a copy of the image but using it as a shadow to give a
movement to the image for my front cover I used a YouTube
tutorial.

6. Mobile Phone
• I used an iPhone 5 to take some of the images, more for practicality
for some of the areas an atmospheres I was in such as a festival
where cameras are restricted. The camera on the mobile phone
being 8 megapixel allowed me to take decent photos for what I was
using them for on my contents page. I was able to take photos and
then easily email them safely and efficiently to my laptop when I
got home. Not only did I use my phone for photography purposes
but I also used my phone to easily contact my focus group when I
came up with new ideas on the go. Convergence of this technology
meant I had the convenience of communicating and using the
phone practically too. Overall making the run up to my final
production a lot easier.

7. PowerPoint/Slideshare
• When evaluating my production I have used PowerPoint
which clearly presented my information and allowed me to
organise my response. This then allowed me to upload it to
Slideshare share it and embed the link which I could then
upload onto my blog. Slideshare also allowed me to refer to
other people’s research and use them as a reference for some
areas of my production. To make my presentation elaborate I
could also add various transitions, colours and images.

8. Lighting
• The lighting I used were within a studio environment,
they were easy to use and relatively simple to adjust for
my photography. The challenging lighting was the UV
light, getting the right position was hard as overcoming
shadows that would develop in the dark environment
needed, making facial features disappear, so I therefore
had to combine a low studio light. The UV meant that I
could gain a unique result and to stand out from other
standard magazines in my genre.

9. Conclusion
• All the technologies that I have mentioned have
helped me to reach my final production. Without
them I would not have been able to achieve such a
professional looking magazine and the outcome
would not be appealing to my audience. It has made
not only my production but also my blog more
presentable and organised. Blogger and Photoshop
were hard to use at the beginning as I didn’t have
much knowledge on them but by using the internet it
was a lot clearer to use.