Audience Research Response

Looking back at your preliminary task (the college magazine task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

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

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

Throughout my project I have used a variety of equipment and programs in order to create my products…

The camera I used was cannon powershot sx220 to capture all of my images for each product development, I put the setting at neutral to allow for a natural lighting in the photos so it doesn’t take away from the quality of the images. I have however learned that by using a DSI.R would further apply a high quality with the use of a portrait lens.

The use of a tripod allowed me to keep the camera still so that the image is always in focus and not blued in addition to a straight image in contrast to it being wonky. So that the images could portray a high quality for a professional magazine I need the images to me at the best quality as the slightest of flaws could affect the whole overall pursuit of the magazine. By using the tripod allowed me to understand the importance and realisation of how the slightest of things can damage your finishing product.

My laptop in addition to the many computers on offer at college was the most important contribute to this task/product. It has allowed for my research to be undertaken in order to produce my photographs- for editing and more importantly for the productions of my products to be created. I used Photoshop mainly over the course of the project in which I’ve learnt many attributes to make my final product.  In which I have further gained the skill to help use this programme in future projects.

Magic wand tool-

·         Select the image by using the move tool

·         By using the magic wand tool id select the image I want to take from the background to then use as my final image on my product

·         However if it was to select outside the image then I could use the same tool but deselect parts to the image

·         Finally, if the tool isn’t smooth and rough around the edges you can use the blending tools to smooth out the edges, you can also use the radius option.  

Healing tool-

·         If there is cover implications or marking to the image they can be hidden by using the healing tool

·         Select the layer of the image and click the tool

·         Then you would click within the image, where the healing tool is needed to blend it in to the image.

·         E.g. I used it on my models face to give her a softer perfection where she has an imbalance of redness.  

Web Spaces-    

The use of web spaces have played a huge role during the project. To begin with Blogger was used to host all my work which worked alongside other web usage to help with presentation within my blog. Although the disadvantage to work being published online could be the effect of copyright infringement as there is then a whole lot of legal complications which then adds to the stress of the work ethic.

I used other conversions such as issuu, slide share, flipsnack. I used these to upload analysis and research to my blog this presents the data in different ways. These are quick and easy to use so that when uploading the file to the website you use the embed code to transfer so my blog. The only disadvantage to this would be again the copyright/ legal obligation also keeping the files to a minimum so it’s not too much data to be uploaded but also this is only to a low quality.      

How did you attract/address your audience?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

What would be the advantages and disadvantages of going with companys?

How does your media product represent particular social groups?