Dear Moderator,
Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog I have enjoyed taking media over the past school year and it has helped develop my skills. Media has allowed me to understand new ways in which to look at media products.
Callum.
Wednesday 7 May 2014
Thursday 3 April 2014
Evaluation Question 6 Final
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
To product my magazine I have used many different products a long the way which has helped me to get to where I am now. By using software such Adobe Photoshop I was able to easily produce a creative piece of work. I learned how to use the products and how to become comfortable with these products so I could give myself an overall advantage on producing my magazine. Being comfortable with the camera I used for my images was essential because I needed to know how the camera work so I could produce the perfect images without having to go back and get more pictures. Overall in the photo shoot I managed to gain over 40 images some of which were left out because of little detail I didn't want to include in my magazine.
To product my magazine I have used many different products a long the way which has helped me to get to where I am now. By using software such Adobe Photoshop I was able to easily produce a creative piece of work. I learned how to use the products and how to become comfortable with these products so I could give myself an overall advantage on producing my magazine. Being comfortable with the camera I used for my images was essential because I needed to know how the camera work so I could produce the perfect images without having to go back and get more pictures. Overall in the photo shoot I managed to gain over 40 images some of which were left out because of little detail I didn't want to include in my magazine.
Camera:
The camera which I decided to use was the Sony A33 which wasn't the camera we was provided with in the college. I used my fellow classmates camera because I knew how to work this camera well and also felt more comfortable with this camera. The camera let me focus on the things I wanted to take pictures of so I knew that my images were going to be perfect before I even took them. By using this camera I was able to take a range of images of people in different poses which gave me a better range of images to choose from when it came to deciding what images to use in my magazine. The buttons on the Sony A33 are easily labeled and it allows you to easily use the camera to your best advantage. I learnt that the importance of using a tripod with this camera because it allowed me to have steady and non blurry images which was essential.
Computer:
When it came to using the computer I decided to use an ordinary computer as I felt more comfortable with this computer as I hadn't had much experience with using Apple Mac computers in the past. By using a more comfortable option of computer it allowed me to get my work done quicker because I knew where everything was located on that computer. IT was simple to take images off the camera and to put them onto the computer was even easier. When printing out my final product I was using a standard computer as it's a lot simpler to use and because I hadn't had any experience with an Apple Mac I didn't want to take a risk when I was comfortable with using a standard computer.
Microsoft Word:
For my research I decided to use Microsoft Word because I had grew up using this software to produce work and to do research in the past so I knew how simple and easy it was to create research using this software. Microsoft Word is easy to use because of its simple layout which allows its user to know what to do.
Adobe Photoshop:
Producing my magazine was a relativity easy thing to do because with Adobe Photoshop I had already had a lot of experience so I easily understood the aspects of the software. Being comfortable with Adobe Photoshop was good because it meant I could get straight into designing without having to learn about the actual program first. I did learn how to use new aspects of the software like using the magic eraser tool but tools such as knowing how to use the layers and how to rotate, place and re size images was something I had already learnt from my other subjects which I had used Photoshop in. Photoshop was the sole program I used for producing my magazine as it had all the correct tools I needed to produce my magazine.
Blogger:
Blogger was the main website I used to post all of my work in which I had done for my magazine. Blogger shows my work in a stylish way for other people to see if they need help with their work. Blogger is an efficient and easy website to use and I could see other peoples blog posts if I needed help with my work. Being able to use blogger when I needed help was good because it meant I could see other peoples coursework for guidance. I used blogger to post my research which I could later refer to when trying to answer questions related to my research. Blogger includes research which I have collected from websites such as Uktribes and Dafont which were two vital websites I needed to refer to.
Animoto:
Animoto is the website I used to create my pitch which I shared with the rest of the class. Using Animoto was a wise choice as it had an efficient layout meaning I could understand what everything was and how everything worked. Being able to input images and my own music gave my pitch a unique feel and being able to add text to express my pitch was an essential part of the website. Animoto was an easy way to show my ideas in a presentation to the class and it meant others could easily watch the presentation and then give me feedback.
Soundcloud:
Soundcloud is a website in which people can sign up and view others peoples created songs or view songs that actual known artists have released to the public. You can view remixes of songs and I used soundcloud to produce my 20 song tasters which would allow the public to see what sort of genre I had gone for in my music magazine. The songs I had linked represented my genre with ease. below are a few examples of the songs in which I shared to represent my genre.
Scribd:
I used the website Scribd which allowed me to take standard Microsoft Word documents and put them on my blog without having to copy and paste all of the text over onto my blog. This was effective because it meant if my document included images with annotation I could just show that on my blog with the Scribd embed tool.
Evaluation question 2 Final
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My media product represents particular social groups by showing what that social group want and what that social group do. By doing research on the UKTribes website it allowed me to understand more about the rock genre and the social groups that come with it as a whole. The image used on the front cover of my magazine represents particular social groups because the styling of the person on my magazine shows effectively what a young person would wear if they was passionate about rock music. The clothing and the makeup allow people to understand that the person I have used represents young people who love to listen to rock music as I have chosen to go for two girls who have formed a rock band and are quite young. The woman shown on the Kerrang magazine is of a similar young age but also represents young female rock lovers as she stands with a body image showing she isn’t all about mainstream music. On my music magazine the girl I have chosen is the lead singer and matches that of the Kerrang magazine as the young woman is the lead singer of her band as well. Both girls show a body image and a rock like pose which represents them to be “bad” girls as rock isn’t for the social groups that are more laid back.
My media product represents particular social groups by showing what that social group want and what that social group do. By doing research on the UKTribes website it allowed me to understand more about the rock genre and the social groups that come with it as a whole. The image used on the front cover of my magazine represents particular social groups because the styling of the person on my magazine shows effectively what a young person would wear if they was passionate about rock music. The clothing and the makeup allow people to understand that the person I have used represents young people who love to listen to rock music as I have chosen to go for two girls who have formed a rock band and are quite young. The woman shown on the Kerrang magazine is of a similar young age but also represents young female rock lovers as she stands with a body image showing she isn’t all about mainstream music. On my music magazine the girl I have chosen is the lead singer and matches that of the Kerrang magazine as the young woman is the lead singer of her band as well. Both girls show a body image and a rock like pose which represents them to be “bad” girls as rock isn’t for the social groups that are more laid back.
Using this girl to model my front cover was a wise choice as she represents young rockers perfectly showing how they look on a stereotypical level. Allowing this girl to represent the genre of music that is rock lets people know that not all rock people dress up in full black outfits with masses of black makeup along their face.
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