Question 6 - What have I learnt about technologies in the process of constructing my product?

• Blogger - when using the online website Blogger I was able to create my own blog where I posted all the things that I had constructed for the music magazine, this meant that I was able to upload different sections of the magazine such as the front cover which then showed the people looking at my blog the developments that I had made throughout the time of being able to construct my product. 
• Prezi – I used PREZi to make presentations which were then able to portray information to the audience about certain things such as how to appeal to a certain audience. Being able to use prezi made things more interesting to make as I had never used that program before, this then allowed me to learn more things about how to create an engaging presentation whilst being able to collect information to include in the presentation. 
• Digital cameras - I had used digital cameras before I started the coursework, however when using the cameras in my media to take professional photographs of my models to include into my media products I was then able to teach myself new things about the different effects that you are able to add on pictures and also how you are able to adjust things in the photo to make other things such as the front model of the image stand out more from the background, thus then creating a stronger image as the model is more on display. The cameras were very fun to use as I was able to experiment with things that I hadn't done before on a camera such as using a tripod to hold up the camera to take a selection of different photos as well as then being able to include my own photos into my work. 
• Flickr - Whilst using Flickr it gave me the opportunity to upload all of the images that I had taken of my models onto one page which the public was then able to see. Due to having all of my photos in the same place I was then able to visually compare which photos would work best on my products and which photos I thought would suit my target audience more than others. Flickr was a very simple website to use and was very helpful when I was able to increase my own knowledge of what websites I was able to use to hold and store my photographs. 
• Online picture editors and software such as Photoshop and other online websites that provide a service for me to be able to upload my photos and then change them to make them more suitable for my target audience, such as being able to change the colour of the picture as well as then being able to change the brightness of the image to make it blend in more with certain things included in my products. For example on the double page spread that I have created I changed all of the photos along the bottom of the page so that they were in black and white so that they weren't as obvious on the page but the image was still clear for the audience to see. 
•  Fireworks – to create all of my media products I used fireworks which then allowed me to use a variation of different techniques to make sure that my products were up to the highest standard that they could have been. Fireworks allowed me to create structure on a page as well as then being able to change things and make them look more professional, being able to use fireworks helped me improve my skills when working on a computer as I was able to make a product on a online page which I hadn't done before – I can then use these skills in later life to create further media products.
• Online font sites such as dafont, this then helped me create a masthead for my magazine which was then used on all three of my media products. Dafont was very simple to use and helped me look at other peoples font ideas so that I was able to choose the best and most suitable font for my products as well as making sure that it stood out from the rest of the things on the page.  
• Padlet - Allowed me to make an online wall where I was able to present my products to my audience whilst being able to recieve feedback on the things that I had done, due to the wall that I had made being public allowing people to send me notes on the things that they liked and the other things that I could of improved. The program was good because of how simple it was as well as then being able to help me learn things about the types of people that I wanted to target my products at, I also used paper questionnaires to ask questions about the things that they would like to see included in the music magazine. 
• Thinglink – I used Thinglink to create ways to present the information that we had found out to the audience, using this method of making a page meant that I was able to give information in a different format to my audience.
• ·         Scribd - I made a powerpoint about the institution that I would choose to distribute my media products if I created a paper version of them. When making the powerpoint I used the internet to research things about different music magazines and the companies that distributed them, when looking at the different companies I created the powerpoint to explain why I decided to chose the company that I did which was IPC Media, once I had then finished the presentation I put it on Scribd which is a website that you are able to read books and presentations on so that I was able to show the public the ideas that I had about my media products and the companies that I would want to distribute them.