Question 4

1. How did you use media
technologies in the construction
and research, planning and
evaluation stages?

2. I used a camera to take all the photos that were used in
my production. The camera I used was a Sony DSC-H200,
the 20.1 megapixel lens and the 26x optical zoom
allowed me to take photos in good quality and proved to
be an effective piece of equipment that I used.
Transferring my images to the computer, so I am able to
use them, was very simple and easy with the use of an SD
card reader. Without the use of a digital camera like my
own I would have used a camera which uses film, so I
would have had to go through a long process of printing
the photographs and scanning them in order to use them
on the computer.

3. I used google for my research; to find images, websites,
etc. using google meant that I was able to find the
information that I needed quickly and easily. Without
google the research process would have taken a lot
longer and I would have needed to buy a lot of magazines
and cut things out.
I also used Facebook to contact my focus group and gain
feedback in order to progress with my production and
make it appeal to my target audience as best as I could.
Without the use of Facebook I would have either had to
ask my focus group to meet up and go and see them
individually which would take too much time.

4. I used Blogger to publish all my research, planning and
production easily and quickly at any time I wanted
because of their app. Using Blogger meant that my work
was arranged in chronological order which meant easy
navigation. Without Blogger I probably would have had to
print off all my work and archive it in the correct order, by
using Blogger it saved a lot of time and hassle.
When making my website I used Wix. Wix is a website
builder where you can chose a template and customise it
easily. Because of the templates I was able to just add the
text and images I wanted and could play around with the
layout if I wished to.

5. I used Adobe Photoshop CS3 whilst making my
production; this software allowed me to insert a
background image and add text and other images.
Because I used the same software for my foundation
portfolio I already had the gist of how to use it; I used
photoshop to alter and enhance the photos I had taken
with my camera to make them look like they should
belong in a magazine. Using photoshop meant that the
production process wasn’t as long as most people would
have anticipated.

6. The use of YouTube came in very handy, when I was in
the middle of my production phase and didn’t know how
to alter an image on photoshop I would use YouTube to
watch a tutorial on how to do the desired action. Without
YouTube I would have had to ask either my peers and/or
teachers for help when trying to make a change to an
image and they may not have known the answer; this
would have made the production period longer and
created problems for myself.