1. During the process of creating my music magazine, I would be reliant on technology as it showcased all of my work, and where I found most of my research.

2. To create my product I used various objects/programs including a computer, digital camera, video camera, Adobe Photoshop, Internet Explorer, Wordpress, Microsoft PowerPoint and other various websites.

3. A DIGITAL CAMERA A digital camera was used throughout, as we used a camera too take photos of our work, and to take photos of the model. The digital camera used was my iPhone. I found this was useful as the device could be connected to the computer quickly and easy, and it was light so I could achieve different angles at the photo-shoot, and the quality was excellent. If I were to create a magazine again I would use this device as it was easy to use and the outcome was great.

4. A VIDEO CAMERA When researching the magazine, we experimented with recording a video. We felt this was more entertaining as you can watch instead of reading huge paragraphs. Although it was a good idea, it just wasn’t achievable as I was forced to edit on the school computers as the files would not play on my home one, and the school computers were very slow and it would of taken too long to edit it. In the future I will test my computer by recording a short video and try to play it on my own computer, if it fails I will avoid using videos that have been filmed and create a slideshow as this is less time consuming.

5. Out of all the programs/items used Adobe Photoshop was definitely used the most. I used this program to create all the pages of my magazine (Front cover, contents screen and the double page spread). Something new I learned was how to organize layers. In the past I found layers confusing as I didn't’t know how to delete them and so on. Whilst creating the pages I learned that I could group certain layers, which made the process more manageable as I felt more organised. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

6. The internet was also used a lot as when I was in the research process as internet explorer was my only recourse. I would upload blogs that would document my process throughout on the internet using the site Wordpress. I also used the internet to use certain images and fonts. In this process I learned that you could create online slideshows, and short animated movies as I didn't’t know this was an option. I incorporated these sites in my previous work as it made the research more creative INTERNET EXPLORER

7. And lastly I used Microsoft PowerPoint. I wanted to avoid PowerPoint as I wanted to challenge myself by using Photoshop which was more advanced. But I found PowerPoint made certain challenges like removing a background much more easier as it was less time consuming. Microsoft PowerPoint was also vital in the research process as I made multiple slideshows on this program to present my research. I learned that it was much quicker to use traditional programs for certain tasks, as the process was quicker and the outcome is the same. MICROSOFT POWERPOINT