1. What have you learnt about
technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
By Rachael Sampson

2. What I have learnt
§ How to work a technical, digital camera (SLR Cannon)
§ Development of photoshop skill
§ Scanning
§ Creating a blog (on Wordpress.com)
§ How to use Powerpoint/Word/Excel/Google Documents/Youtube/Slideshare
§ Internet – for research and images
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3. How to work a technical, digital camera (SLR Cannon)
§ The camera I learnt to use on this project was the SLR camera by Cannon. I learnt
how to:
§ Use the camera safely
§ Work the flash
§ Use the focus button
§ Using a tripod for the camera
§ How to deal with the camera in outdoor environments
§ How to handle the camera
§ Put on different modes (e.g beauty shot)

4. Development of Photoshop skill
§ I was able to build on the skills I had learnt using Photoshop for my GCSE work
last year.
§ The tools I was able to newly use and use correctly were:
§ Layers – how to manipulate them so they work to my benefit
§ Adding an image to the product that I had edited previously
§ Clone Stamp Tool
§ Spot healing brush tool
§ Contrast/Filters
§ Polygonal Lasso Tool

6. Scanning
§ I learnt how to scan in a document through the printer, onto my computer, then
prepare to upload onto my blog. I used this technique to upload my
questionnaires and audience feedback for my magazine. This improved my
work also because it is another technique/method of displaying my work onto
my blog. I like this technique because it showed the real writing of my
audience feedback, so you can visibly see what reactions I got to my magazine.
§ I also used this technique to scan in my drawn plans of my magazine. This proved
to be very helpful because I had an online template I could refer back to.

7. Creating a blog (on Wordpress.com)
§ Creating a blog seemed like a very difficult task to start with, I needed to keep it
interesting with using different methods of displaying my work and updating it
quite frequently. I found this difficult but learnt how to use it successfully
overall, as it showed me a new way of showing my work, instead of in written
form or through a word document.

8. How to use Powerpoint/Word/Excel/Youtube/Slideshare
§ I could already use some of these programs before I began this project. Ones I
were familiar with was Word and Powerpoint. However I was able to develop
my abities by using them to work with other programs such as Slideshare.
§ I had never used Slideshare before but I was able to upload Powerpoints onto it
for other people to view to help them out with any work media related which I
was producing. At first I found it quite hard to use, but with practice It became
one of my most used programs throughout this process.
§ Youtube was something I enjoyed using because I could share videos I had
created (camera angles) and watch other video tutorials to help me, such as
the make-up tutorial for my female model. Also it came in handy for watching
documentaries on how to capture ‘The White Stripes’ mannerisms on the
shoot.

9. Internet
§ The internet was a crucial device throughout this process. It was where I gathered a lot of my research
from, and it provided the ability for me to use programs such as Slideshare, YouTube and
Wordpress.
§ I could see other examples of music magazines, especially ones like NME and Q which are similar to
my genre of music magazine. I could see how magazines have developed throughout the years and
it helped me and gave me ideas which influenced my overall media product.

10. Internet
§ The internet was a crucial device throughout this process. It was where I gathered a lot of my research
from, and it provided the ability for me to use programs such as Slideshare, YouTube and
Wordpress.
§ I could see other examples of music magazines, especially ones like NME and Q which are similar to
my genre of music magazine. I could see how magazines have developed throughout the years and
it helped me and gave me ideas which influenced my overall media product.