Evaluation Question 6 - Draft

6) What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

My abilities across all technologies have improved over the period of this course. Firstly, before completing our music magazine, I had never used Photoshop before which now I can confidently use it. As you can see from my preliminary work, Photoshop was a weakness for me as I was new to the software and had to learn the techniques through the help of my teachers but also through trial and error. It was a lengthy process but now I can say that I can comfortably use Photoshop for future projects. Because I didn’t know how to use Photoshop, it had give me a disadvantage over other students as they had previous experience from GCSE Media. Another example of a skill which I have built over the course for my project would be my ability to take photos. My camerawork has improve drastically as from my preliminary, there was problems with it such as lighting the angle the shots were taken from but also the positioning of the camera. Over the course, I have also learnt new techniques such as camera angles, the focal length of the shots but also the lighting for the shots. For my preliminary task and my first draft, I used the camera on my iPhone but for my final version I used a professional camera in order to take the best possible photos. In a real life magazine, advanced cameras are used in order to get the best quality photo for the magazine as you wouldn’t want a poor picture yet the audience is still paying the price as the magazine wouldn’t be worth the money as it hasn’t been made to the best of their ability.