What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Whilst completing this task of creating a music magazine I have extended my knowledge of many technologies used in the current media and the magazine industry. To begin, I needed to learn how to use an apple mac, as previously I had only used a windows computer; making my knowledge on an apple mac limited. To increase my knowledge, I asked my teacher basic questions about using a mac, and I also used a YouTube tutorial.
Using Adobe In Design
For my student magazine and music magazine, I decided to use adobe in design. I chose to use this programme as it is clear to write text and create design layouts. I also thought it would be useful to learn how to use in design at a very high quality, and create all of my design work using this knowledge. It did take a lot of time getting used to, as it was completely new to me, but once I got the hang of it and practised a few different drafts I found it easy to use. One of the main features of in design is that everything must be in boxes, making the page clear and structurally neat. So for my student magazine for example, the first thing I did was create a box filling the whole page, so I could fill the page with my chosen picture. I used the ‘place’ tool to do this. I then added text using the ‘text’ tool. This was a simple yet effective format that many magazine companies use, to help them meet deadlines and get work done quickly and efficiently.
Using youtube to upload video's
I also used a range of different websites that I came across mainly when completing my evaluation. I used youtube.com to upload several different video’s I had created on windows live movie maker, as well as to help me with my work by using tutorials. I also found this very useful when researching my music genre of pop, as I could search a particular artist and listen to their music whilst watching them and seeing what they are wearing, and it helped my clarify the type of people associated with the genre.
Learning how to use prezi
I also got introduced to a brand new website called prezi. I completed a couple of tasks throughout my coursework, and found it an exciting and different way to do presentations. However, it took me quite a while to get used to the programme, but once I persevered and understood I found it fairly simple to use.
Uploading Power Points onto slideshare
I also used slideshare.com to present my PowerPoint presentations I had created throughout my coursework. This is because blogger.com is unable to show PowerPoint presentations, unless they are put onto slide share and then embedded onto the blog.
Signing up for a blog and using blogger
The main website I used was blogger.com, to upload all of my posts and tasks ready to be marked. The layout of posting a blog I found to be very simple, and similar to Microsoft word. I had to discover how to embed work from a number of websites, but once I was shown this once, I was able to do it individually for the rest of the time.
In the future
I believe that the future of the magazine industry will depend completely on the improvement of technology. The 21st century has been taken over by technology, and has been known as the ‘information age’ due to the technological progression over the last 20 years. The magazine industry has always been a firm one due to the variety of magazine available for consumption. However with the introduction of technologies, such as the Amazon kindle or IPAD, that is changing the way people read and consume their media products. This method of consuming magazines is becoming more and more popular especially with people being warned about recycling and global warming threats. These magazines are also cheaper for the consumer as they are not paying for the paper that the magazine is printed on, just the content that is in the magazine. Soon, I believe that there will be downloadable magazine much like books for the Amazon Kindle or IPAD that will take over the sales of paper back magazines. However I don’t think this will completely stop magazine sales from shops, as they are able to reach people of all different ages – who can perhaps not afford or know how to use a computer.
My dad has an amazon kindle and I think they're highly impressive, and would be an excellent way to consume media in the future.
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