Evaluation Question 6

During the production and evaluation of my music magazine I used many different methods of technology related to media to work at created a high standard final piece and to achieve a good grade.

Firstly, I used Adobe Elements 11 to actually create the magazine itself by using different features like layer masks, fading tools, colour picking tool, text boxes, working with different layers, applying different images and adding various shapes.

I used Blogger to record my progress throughout the construction of my music magazine as well as my preliminary task at the beginning of AS, this shows how my knowledge on the technology, terminology and information related to media studies has developed. Blogger also allows me to post who my initial TA is, then address that TA and allow them to track the construction of my magazine and comment their opinion of my work.

I used a camera to capture the images for my music magazine, this is something I am already used to but since the beginning of my media course my knowledge on shot types and which shot types to use in the appropriate areas has developed and therefor I have actually learned a lot about the photography side of media. A tripod is also an accessory for the camera, it enables the camera to be steadied for a clear shot and it easily accessible and allows one to perform a quick, easy photoshoot, I used this during the photoshoot underneath an urban bridge for my contents page and it captured the subject of the image and the graffiti very clearly which may not have been possible if I didn't use the tripod. Also associated with the camera is the memory cards and memory card readers, I simply used these to store the images I captured on the for magazine and then used the memory card reader to transfer them to the compute so I could then post them on my blog and develop then on Adobe Elements 11.

I used Flickr to post my images on and be given feedback of which was mostly positive about my images, I then read through comments and checked the feedback on all of my images and then did a selection and rejection so I could decide on which images to use in my magazine as well as using my own personal opinion.


I used gmail to sign in to most of the online apps and methods of technology for my media studies, I also used it to transfer some of my images to either post on my blog or to then add them to Adobe Elements 11 to edit as well as give and receive feedback about my images and other peoples images.

I used Microsoft PPT to create informative PowerPoints and to apply and show off my knowledge in a more creative way, I also used Microsoft Word to write up my DPS Article, it allowed me to check my spelling just in case of any typos or spelling mistake, as well as showing me how many words I had written so I met the expected amount for my article. Also to be able to get my PowerPoints on my blog I used Slideshare which allowed me to upload my PowerPoints to their website and then embed them and post them on my blog, once again to show my progress of my music magazine and the development of my knowledge of the technology related to media.






Powtoon, Slidely, Emaze and Prezi are all very similar online applications that allow you to make very unique and creative slideshows to present your work, I used these in my TA Research, the research of the different pages for my magazines ad I have most recently used them as part of my evaluation, they're very helpful applications they allow you to get creative and show off skill on the technology and it also shows people tracking my progress that my knowledge is developing and that I am using a range of different technologies to get my point across.

Thinglink was a very useful part of the TA Research as it allows you to accurately pick out aspects of products that attract your TA or represent different things about your TA, I found this extremely helpful and due to it being so easy to pick certain things out and add an explanation about them, the simplicity of it allowed me to up the quantity of my work on Thinglink and allowed to attain positive feedback.

In conclusion I think all of these technologies have helped me throughout my course but I think they also show my progress which is significant as I feel I have developed my knowledge on the technology related to media and the whole unit in general, my use of terminology has increased within my work on these different applications and I feel they have helped to present my creativity when allowing feedback to given on my work.