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I mainly used www.blogger.com to display my work where I uploaded the different steps I took to show the development and improvement of my media products. This is a good way to show my work as it allows me to embed different websites such as; Padlet, Scribd, Thinglink, Prezi, Slideshare and Sound cloud. This makes the presentation of my work more innovative and exciting to look at as it's more interactive. By posting on my blog, it allows my work to be followed by date and blogger allows me to update posts once they have been published. I would definitely use blogger again as it's a modern, new way to display work and store it digitally.

Prezi was definitely difficult to use at first as it took me a while to understand how to use it fully, however it's a good piece of technology as it makes my work more fun and exciting to look at as there is movement between the images and text. Prezi allowed me to add images and import sound which enabled me to make use of different technologies in one place rather than using lots of programmes and websites.

Thinglink was another good website to use as it allowed me to add tags and labels to my products to explain their purpose which was vital in the evaluation section. It was quite easy to set up and I uploaded my products to the website and chose a tag shape to place on different conventions, the text box then enabled me to add detailed information. I had never heard of Thinglink before, but now that I have used it within my media studies coursework I would use it in other coursework because it's a creative way of displaying work.

Padlet was very useful due to it's 'post-it note' nature, it's another method to show my work using a new technology which is more interesting than slideshow as text and photos can be placed on a 'board', this website also allows me to add images and sound which is helpful.

Scribd allowed me to upload my powerpoints to my blog in an organised way so each slide could be read through clearly, this website made it a lot easier and saved time therefore I would use it again because embedding the powerpoint using Scribd was simple to do and a useful skill to learn.

Sound cloud allowed me to upload voice recordings from my iPhone onto the website and then I could embed these into my blog which showed a different method through audio which makes my evaluation more interesting and made it more interactive as I got the opinions of my target audience and each of the websites I used were free which was a huge advantage.

I feel like I have learnt a lot about technologies throughout creating my pop music magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread. Without these different technologies my products would be very basic and unprofessional however by testing and using new websites I have found ways to obtain new fonts, edit photos and display my work.

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I took my magazine photographs of my model Issy on a professional camera with special lenses to ensure they turned out well and of a high quality so I could choose from a wide range to use on my front cover, contents page and double page spread. I also used a tripod to ensure I got the correct angle and so the camera was balanced to improve the positioning. These are things I did not do on the preliminary activity, therefore these technologies helped me construct and produce a better product. I took many more photos this time, around 400, so I used www.flikr.com to put all of these photographs in one place so they could be viewed easily and wouldn't take up too much memory space.

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I made use of the fonts available on fireworks however I did also use the website dafont.com to get more unique and fun fonts which could be downloaded so I could use them within my media products. I had never heard of this website before therefore I became more familiar with it and began to use it which was another new skill.

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I used different websites to edit the photographs I had taken of Issy, one of the best sites was www.picmonkey.com which allowed me to crop the image, increase the brightness to make it look sharper and professional. I added different effects such as 'Cross Process' and 'Tranquil' to adjust the colours to make it look of a higher quality so it could be seen as a real media product that could be purchased in shops. By creating my front cover, contents page and double page spread it allowed me to develop my photo editing skills as I hadn't really used these websites before. I made use of this technology to finalise the photographs before using them within my media products, I learnt which effects worked well and what didn't.

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I created a variety of mastheads on fireworks by using the tools to add an image inside the letters which was a new skill I learnt which made it look more exciting and creative. This gave me more options to choose from, although in the end I chose a bold, simple, sans-serif masthead because these mastheads below clashed with the main photograph on the front cover and made it look too crowded and didn't really fit in with the house colours I had selected.

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Question 6: What have I learnt about technologies in the process of constructing my product? 

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Question 6: What have I learnt about technologies in the process of constructing my product? 

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I have used fireworks which is an adobe programme to create my front cover, contents page and double page spread. I hadn’t used this programme before the preliminary activity where my skills were quite basic, therefore my skill and understanding developed to create higher quality products. This was important so that the music magazine looked like a real product that was professional and could be sold to a media audience. Fireworks allowed me to bring the different elements together which were vital conventions to make a successful pop music magazine. I used skills I had already learnt such as using grids and guidelines to maintain a good structure and resized photographs so that they fit into the correct places. Then used new skills such as the ‘Magic Wand Tool’ and the ‘Eraser Tool’ to remove the backgrounds from some photographs so it was easier to place onto my products and so there was enough room for text, I did this on my contents page with the main image of Issy.