Evaulation Question 6

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

At the start of my media course I was taught how to use a professional digital camera, this camera was what I used to capture my media product pictures. It helped me to achieve high standard clear pictures that could catch nearly every detail possible. I learnt about the different options on this digital cameras, I was able to zoom in and out in order to get the correct shots, it had different themes on it aswell which I was able to use. I also learnt how to adjust the light in order to achieve the high key lighting that I wanted.

During my post production i used 'Photoshop' to edit my photographs and create my media product. I gained allot of knowledge on the tools that were available for me to access, they varied from red eye removal tool, to cropping and adjusting, to changing the lighting and contrast. In photoshop I first started to construct my front page cover, I learnt how to create new layers in order for my pictures and words to overlap. From my new knowledge on Photoshop I was able to crop my picture of my model and also size it to the right fit. I used a tool called the 'Lasso tool' which was very helpful at helping me cute and transfer. There were also make up tools such as the spot healing brush tool which would help remove spots on my model. Photoshop offered many tools for me such as guide lines, this helped me when creating my contents page, it made sure my black lines were straight. I have also learnt to add and remove backgrounds on my front page cover, in the end I decided to have a White background.

Photoshop also offered a range of fonts that I would be able to use for my media product,but I wasn't quite so happy with these as I wanted one that would be just right for my target audience. So I used a website called http://www.dafont.com/ to find different fonts that I could transfer to Photoshop. They offered various types of fonts such as, Gothic, Techno, Script and Fancy. In the Script section i came across fonts that i have previously seen in HipHop and R&B magazines in the category of 'Graffiti'.

On this website I found the best conventional font to use on my contents page which I thought was great for my target audience. ( "Miss Leanne Lewis").

Lastly I have learnt that the Internet is very useful as it allowed me to carry out research on real media products and conventions. It meant that I was able to convey an idea of what my own work should look like.