What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Cameras:
To take my images I used a standard SLR camera, which was a ‘Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28’. Although this wasn’t extensively extensive and a specialised camera, it is my own so I am comfortable with all of the settings and certain techniques used to create high standard pictures. I used this camera to take pictures of the models on the front cover, contents page and the double age spread. However if I were to change things next time I would use a more credible and reliable camera that produces high quality, and magazine potential images. I changed the cameras aperture in order to make the depth of field a lot smaller. This way the main attention was focused on the face, rather than the background. I learnt that by increasing the shutter speed the picture became a lot sharper.
Computers:I mainly used the school computers as they are installed with all of the editing software needed to create a successful magazine. The computers were reliable and were equipped with all of the platforms of media I needed. With the speediness of the computers my time was spared efficiently and rarely needed to do extra work at home. Although I have a PC at home with Photoshop installed, I found that my laptop was working overtime and after a while became slow and unreliable with saving important documents and files.
Lighting:I used two soft light boxes to make the quality of my photos better, but to also eliminate any traces of shadows that can occur when using flash photography, etc. This allowed me to follow Terry Richardson’s steps in creating bright images which makes the complexions on the models faces flawless and airbrushed.
Flickr:
I used flickr to download most of my camera roll and present them in a professional way. This way I could see all of the test shots and final shots and compare them in quality and potential. My peers could see this on my blog and I got feedback from teachers as to how I can improve them in the final shots.
Animoto:I used animoto at the start of my research and planning. I created a 25 word pitch which included some of the ideas and themes that I would like to occur within the magazine. Animoto allowed me to present it in a professional and quirky way, portraying the personality and features of the magazines future content and graphology.
Blogger:Blogger was probably one of the most used technology during the process of the making of my magazine. I updated the blog whenever I had inspiration and ideas. I also included presentations, images and pictures that I had taken along with some feedback from fellow peers and teachers. By keeping a track of my process I could refer back to any stages in the research to finalise any more inspiration from the research and planning stages. It helped having the dates of posts as I could then plan the timings and ensure that I meet the deadline without hesitation.
Microsoft Word:I used this word processing software to spell check all of my work and to write up my double page spread to see the word count so I could plan the positioning of the double page spread.
Internet Explorer:The internet was essential to me within the research and planning stages as wanted to research other magazines in order to inspire me to take in all of the conventions of the magazines and portray them within my magazine. I also looked at certain artists and bands websites so I could look at how that particular person has been represented towards the genre of their music. Some of the websites that I went on were; http://lookbook.nu/ . This website gave me many ideas and inspirations on ways I could have dressed the models featured in the magazine. Some of the poses featured on ‘lookbook’, gave me an insight on how I could improve the way my artists were presented, leaving a quirky and edgy vibe towards the magazine. Other websites were; www.loudandquiet.com and www.i-donline.com. I used the internet to download my font ‘Blackout Midnight’ on www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Blackout.
PaintI used paint many times to transfer certain images and to edit them which was a quick and efficient process. Although these steps could have been done on Photoshop, I felt that I was more specialised on a simple design pack such as paint. I edited the ‘DIVISION’ logo and title on here. The tools were simple and easy to follow; it was an extremely reliable form of media.
Adobe Photoshop CS6 ExtendedPhotoshop was the editing software I used throughout the making of my preliminary magazine and my final magazine. I used this on the school computers as they ran really quickly and efficiently allowing me to get my work done quicker. On Photoshop I learnt how to cut around objects or people (models) in an accurate way by using the magnetic lasso tool, it left a really neat edge around the object/person. I also edited some of the photographs on here, such as airbrushing the models slightly (I didn’t need to do much airbrushing as the lighting helped eliminate any redness or blemishes that the model had).
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