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What have you learnt about technologies from constructing your product?

Software.

The software I used to help me make my magazine too start off with was InDesign I had a few basic things started for it, but I then changed to publisher where I finished off the rest of the magazine. Although publisher was more basic I found it a lot easier to use and sort out all my pictures.

Photoshop

I used Photoshop to edit my photos for my magazine. I have never used it before and It took me a while to figure out how to remove backgrounds and change colours. It was very useful and made it a lot easier for my magazine. Although I only used the basic tools in Photoshop it was still enough to help me make my magazine look more professional just by removing the background.

Publisher

I chose to use Publisher instead of InDesign because, although I started my magazine in InDesign I wasn’t quite able to manage how to use it, and I found it quite difficult. When I switched to publisher I found it a lot easier, I still used the same layout that I had started in InDesign with but sorting everything into a place and making it fit was much better.

Camera And LightingBecause we had started to look at camera angles and shots in previous lessons I found that I could now take a picture in a certain way to communicate with the audience and give of a certain feel to the magazine. I liked the high angle camera shots purely for the way that it looks on the page as if the person is looking directly at up at you. I also liked this for another picture I took where my two models are looking down at the camera, I thought this gave a good effect and the way the models are positioned and the faces they are doing went well with it as well, it gave a relaxed funny atmosphere like they were having fun. The white drop in the background helped a lot with the quality of my photos because I could focus on what the model was doing and they stood out a lot more. The lighting was a huge help when I wanted to make something stand out, for example there was I photo I took when I was trying out the camera and lighting, I make the model stand near to the light so it shone on his face and made the colour of his eyes stand out a lot.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Audience

I aimed my magazine at a younger audience between the ages of 16 to around 20 who like to listen to rock music and are into that scene of music. I did some research into this by asking a selection of people about what things they would like in a music magazine of their choice. I also did research too see where this type of music is mainly popular. I found out that although it is not promoted as much as chart music in general, where it is advertised it’s a very big thing and there are lots of fashion brands that help to advertise the certain bands that are in this genre.

I tried to attract this audience by adding things on the front cover like bands that are quite up to date or popular in that genre of music.


I tried to attract my audience by using bold and simple layout that stood out alot. I thought by putting popular band names on the front cover that this would attract the audience because they would want to know what is happening with the band. I also used from conventions from a real magazine like a price change and 'exclusive' interviews.

Preliminary task

Looking back at your preliminary task, what have you learnt in the progression to your full product?

When i did my prelimiary task i was limited to what software i could use and how i could take my pictures. They were very basic and easy to use. I used a standard camera to take my pictures and use powerpoint to make my final piece and pic nik to edit my photos.
When i started my real magazine, we had professional cameras and backdrops to use to make the pictures of higher quality. We used photoshop to edit all the photos so it made it look alot more professional. Although i used publisher to make my final piece it still looked the same as using the other software, i found it easier to work with.