QUESTIONS 6+7 Caitlin Pearson AS Media Evaluation

6: WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?  I have learned to use Photoshop properly; how to use correct layering, image sizing and photo editing.  This included using the correct DPI and millimetre sizing for an A4 page. The layering was something I struggled to understand the first time around, as you have to use several different layers for every new element you put into the page.  Using InDesign in my contents page was difficult, but I eventually got a firm grasp of how to correctly use it; lining up texts, placing pictures and using the boxes to my advantage.  This included making sure the text had individual boxes, so I could line up the text with it’s subtitle more clearly.  This product development has also helped develop my photography skills, allowing me to correctly take portrait and landscape photographs and use them to my advantage in Photoshop.  This included editing the photos in Photoshop, using contrast and shadow/highlight to focus the picture on the subject of the photograph.

7: LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK, WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNED IN THE PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THE FULL PRODUCT.  In the progression from the preliminary to the full product, I have learned how to conduct wider research in terms of my targeted audiences. The access to social networking allowed me to do this to the best of my ability.  I was also able to learn the use of important softwares such as InDesign and Photoshop. With these, I have also learned that patience is needed in creating a whole new idea, from scratch, in a program that I hadn’t used before.  I have learned that challenging the forms and conventions of real media products is not necessarily a good thing, and that following the form and conventions of real media products may allow the product to be sold easier.  It has also taught me that organisation and timing are incredibly important whilst creating a full product such as this.