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

During the construction of the magazine, a number of technology based applications were used. These helped crown down the fundamental ideas into place, and allowed me to make it a reality.

Before I could dive straight into this, I had to carry out some research of other magazines to maintain a grasp of what I needed o include. With this in mind, my first main technology feature was that of the internet. This helped me learn basic key features of what to include, and study already successful layouts like that of NME. This also gave me ideas of how to layout my photos and ways in which I could enhance them and make them dominate effectively.

With this key information in mind, the camera was my next technological process and this was used throughout all 3 main tasks. What I learnt from using the camera was that for the interview/ article to be a success I had to link the pictures in relation to the person’s life rather than what made them famous. This helped create a stronger bond between the consumer and the interviewer, as well as give people an insight to their normal life. Furthermore, I learnt features with regards to the effect of a flash on the skin and eyes, as well changing colour settings based on colours available. E.g.-clothing and background.

Corel draw was the main application we used, with helping make the contents, double page spread and front cover. It allowed us to perform several tasks in the most minuet of detail. These included changing font designs and colours, incorporating the design of a barcode as well as resizing shapes and pictures to our choice. Text was also tampered with, allowing for position and designs seen in many magazines today. These include text on top or around pictures and preference shapes, as well as thickness of text and consistency.

It was this software that differentiated between something made on publisher and looking amateur, to a program used by many professionals. I learnt a number of key points and its these what made the magazine as good as it is.



In relation to Corel draw, Adobe Photoshop was also used with the editing and manufacturing of photos. It was here I learnt image manipulation, how to use different lighting effects as well as add darkness and light transmitters into photos. Using these products allowed me to manufacture a professional looking magazine that has potential to bring success.

 An example below shows lighting being incorporated into the sun;



Storing of the magazine was also important, and this was done through Blogger. This allowed me to successfully store all the work I had done in conjunction with the project in one easy place. I introduced different labels into the blog which split my work up and made it organised. This is a key tool learnt, and is something that can be taken into the universal workplace, as well as my general studies.