What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing your product

1. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT
ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGIES
FROM THE PROCESS OF
CONSTRUCTING YOUR
PRODUCT?

2. BRIEF OVERVIEW
• Since the preliminary task, I have learnt some new skills and developed a few that I already
had. The range of technology that I am now able to use has grown so quickly. I have been
introduced to new technologies which both helped me to produce and present my work on
online platforms in a much more professional way than I knew previously. For example, I have
learnt how to use a DSLR camera on the manual settings. I have also expanded upon my
knowledge of how to use Photoshop in order to produce work to a professional standard.
• The online websites that help me present my work in more interesting way were something I
had never came across before so when it came to creating my blog, I had no experience in
how to use them. Now, I have created a whole blog and used multiple platforms to help me
build an appealing set of research, production and analysis work. Some of these sites include;
Prezi, Slideshare and Emaze.

3. BLOGGER
I have created a blogger account in order to publish my work in an organised manner. To set my account up I had to sign in with my email and I named my
Blog HANNAH BROWN AS MEDIA MAGAZINE.
To create a new post you simply click the “new post” button when you have created a blog.
You can then, either type straight tonto your new blog or use the HTML page to embed a link for your power point or word document.
If you want to upload a PowerPoint for example, you have to do so through Slide share.
HOW TO EMBED A POST ONTO BLOGGER
First I clicked on the upload button.
The next thing I did was select a file to upload
from my computer.

4. After selecting a powerpoint from my
documents, I wrote the title and copied this
for the description. Then you choose a
category to put your post under.
After this, I clicked publish.

5. Then you click the share option which
gives you a selection of links.
I copy the embed code.
I then paste the embed code into the HTML page
on a new blog post.
After this, I add a name to the post and
click publish.

6. To complete a post, you click the publish
button and your post has been uploaded
onto your blog. Here, you can edit, view,
share or delete you blog post.
I used this process for most of my blog posts but others I typed straight onto blog or inserted
documents from Scirbd or added imaged from the insert image icon on the new post page.

7. PREZI
Prezi is an online site which gives
you templates in order to create
interesting presentations for
different situations.
To create a prezi you follow
these steps:
Click the “create a new prezi”
button.
Choose a template to work on.
Click use template when you
have chosen.

8. The first time you use
prezi, it takes you
through the steps of
how to insert text and
all the tools you need
for a basic prezi.
First you click add title.
Insert title and continue
to insert text. To add a
text box, you click in a
space and choose if you
want it to be a title,
subtitle or main body.

9. Along the side,
you can click on
the slide that you
want to zoom in
on. Then you can
work on each
slide.

10. To insert an image, you click insert and choose a
document. Now, you can resize the image ect.

11. Save the prezi then press exit.
Choose the embed option to get the code.
Copy the code and from here you
do the same as you did for the
slide share. Simply past the code
onto blogger and publish the post
with a title. Emaze uses the same
formats as prezi when it comes to
inserting text but it is jus a more
formal layout overall.

12. PHOTOGRAPHY
My ability to use more technological
equipment has improved considerably
since the preliminary task.
The style of shot and lighting was
something I experimented more with
during my photoshoots for my final
magazine. This gave me more to work
with and helped me analyse what
worked better.
I became more confident adjusting the
focus manually on the DLSR camera
and set up my photoshoots to get
images that suited my indie theme the
best.
Looking at the images, I can see a clear improvement in that I have taken lighting into consideration more on
my final cover than in my preliminary task. The image in the preliminary task has a harsh shadow around it and
this makes it look unprofessional because it doesn’t look right on the background. I framed them both quite
well apart from the fact that you cant see what the boy is holding and you can see what the girl is holding
because I made sure it was in view. This was important because without it, she would relate less to the theme
of music. I think that in the preliminary task, I included too much dead space around the subject which meant
that the cover lines had to spread out more to fill the gaps but I didn’t have this problem with my final
magazine image because I took this into consideration before taking the shot.

13. PHOTOGRAPHYCompared to the preliminary task, I took a lot more photos for each image I wanted to include on my magazine. This was because I learnt that you will need multiple options to choose
from if the shot wasn’t to turn out how you expected when viewing it on a computer. When taking these multiple shots, I considered different body positions, camera tilts, facial
expressions. This was so I had a broader range of photos to choose from and some duplicates in case one was out of focus.
I would not have considered this for my preliminary task as I thought that if the shot looked in focus then it would be okay. I learnt from this mistake and improved greatly in my final
task.
Here I tried tilting the camera to capture
more of the body but ended up with too
much dead space.
In this image, I got Louise to hold the guitar
more vertically to see if it fitted in the shot
better but then I ended up with too much
focus on the guitar rather than Louise.
I got Louise to try different facial
expressions and focus on the camera but
the facial expression didn’t look how I
envisioned it.
This shows how many
photos of Louise I took in
one location. It paid off as I
got a photo which suits my
magazine very well and I
wouldn’t change.

14. PHOTOGRAPHY
Images on my contents page improved also
as I was able to capture images which were
in focus and the lighting wasn’t so dull that
it created shadows on the faces of the
subjects in the image.
I experimented more with angles, lighting and type of shots on the contents pages images than
the front cover because I had a set idea of what the cover star needed to be doing. These
images show an artistic range in body positioning also where as my preliminary task photos are
boring because the people are just stood with hardly any attitude.
This is a low angle shot which I
tried out but found there wasn’t
enough going on for it to make an
interesting image.

15. PHOTOSHOP
Through repetitiveness, I
gathered confidence with
Photoshop rather quickly
and because of my
knowledge on this, I was
able to create my product to
a professional standard and
make it look exactly how I
wanted it to.
I learnt some new
techniques but the one
technique that I had never
tried before was something I
pride myself on because of
the amount attention I had
to put in to making it work
well.
PROCESS
This is the process I went through
to make my masthead look like it
tucked behind the cover stars
head.
1. I made a copy layer 1 which
was the image layer.
2. I then moved the masthead
onto a new layer and placed
this layer in between the two
image layers

16. 3. Then I chose
the erase tool
from the left
hand panel on
Photoshop and
adjusted the
size of the
eraser to make
it easier to rub
away.
4. I then rubbed
out Layer 1 copy
to reveal the
masthead from
underneath.
Clicking on the
ASM masthead
layer, I rubbed
out any black
areas that
showed up on
Louise's head.
To ensure that I could see
exactly where to erase, I
used the zoom tool to make
the image larger while I
erased. I also made my
rubber smaller so I got a
more accurate line around
her head.

17. QUARK
I had never used this
software before the
preliminary task so this
was like a test run for me
to learn the basics of how
to insert images, boxes
and text. I didn’t improve
my skills on quark from
the preliminary task, I just
learnt more about layout
from extensive analysis of
professional magazines so
I knew what made a more
professional looking
product.
The only point that I could
say that I improved
slightly would be that I
found out how to overlap
mages. This meant I was
able to make some
images stand out on top
of others by right clicking
and using the send back
or bring forward options.