What have I learnt

What have I learnt

• 1.
  What have Ilearnt about technologies from the process of constructing my product?
• 2.
  Photography • I havelearnt that you must take many shots before you find the perfect one. • The front cover shot is very important and takes many attempts. You must be very careful with the angles that you take the photo from, and the setting in which the model/object is photographed. • The mis en scene such as costume, makeup and setting, play a huge part in making the photo work and look good. The 'rule of thirds' is also important in making the photo aesthetically pleasing to the audience, and I have tried to enforce this rule myself in order to produce a good photo.
• 3.
  Photoshop/InDesign • In bothof these, I have learnt how to create the basics of a magazine. I now know how to get hold of a more diverse range of fonts by downloading them from the site, “dafont”. I also know how to change the dynamics of photos, and have learnt how to use ‘layers’ through lots of practice in photoshop.
• 4.
  Previously, I madethe magazine but decided that it didn’t work so I started again. By doing this I believe that I improved the outcome and made the magazine in a better way, using more sophisticated conventions. I found it hard to work out a certain theme for my magazine, and took a long time to find the right font and colour scheme. To overcome this, I carried out certain trials of fonts and colour schemes to see what they looked like combined.