AS Media Studies Evaluation

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

Throughout the construction of my media product I have learnt a range of new skills from hardware and software use.

Hardware is the equipment used, things like the camera used and computers etc, practical things you use by touch.

Software is the different websites used, it is computer data and refers to the different sites/programs used in the making of my media product.

Below you can see many software’s used such as powerpoint and indesign.

Computer: I used an Apple Imac computer, the apple processor is 2GHz which creates speed and it has two processors. These computers use Random Access Memory (RAM) which benefits the user as it allows the computer to run its operations without seeing a decline in performance. This means I could have different software’s up and made it a little easier for me to see what I was doing and constrict my media product well. I have never used an Imac before and at first I was a little tricky to use it as it was even hard to use basic functions, for example right clicking the mouse does not work. However I learnt how to use the computer quickly.

Camera: I used the Nikon D3400 DSLR camera with 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 VR Zoom Lens, I have never used this camera before and had to get used to holding it properly, it has compact DSLR which captures high quality images and ensured my photographs came out in great quality. It also offers effects that are already on the camera screen. I learnt how to get my model into effective positions where the camera captured them well with the lighting hitting them. The focusing with the camera was very useful and stabalizing.

Apple keyboard and mouse

At the beginning of the production of my media product, getting use to the keyboard and mouse was a little challenging. One example is that with the mouse instead of using the right click you have to scroll up to the edit tool bar to click copy or paste.

However I learn new skills with the keyboard which were very useful while making my media product. I learn how to take specific screenshots of a part of my screen using SHIFT/CMD/4 and how to take a screenshot of my whole computer screen using SHIFT/CMD/3.

USB stick: I used a USB stick to transfer the photos from off of my phone and laptop onto the computer.

SD Card: I also used an SD card to transfer the photos from my camera to my laptop, I used an SD card reader

I already knew how to use these so no new skills were learnt in the process of doing this.

Software I had a little trouble navigating my way around the

computer as I had never used it before, however I used the search option to find different programs when I needed them.

MAC OSX 9 (operating system) V.10.5.8

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS5 VERSION 12

ADOBE INDESIGN CS3 VERSION 8

Wordpress.com A main part of software used was wordpress.com, I have

never made a blog before so I learnt new skills through the process of creating and maintaining it. I learnt how to create the blog, add pages to the blog and change the layout and add people to my blog etc… It is an effective way of keeping all the work in one place as well as creating seperate pages with specific things.

Slideshare.netI had to create a Slideshare account in order to

transfer my PowerPoint slides into my blog. I have never used Slideshare before so I learnt how to create the account and then how to upload the PowerPoint and find the embedded code for Wordpress in order to transfer it onto my blog for easy access.

PowerpointI have used powerpoint for some of the write up

with my media product. I have used powerpoint many times before, so no new skills were learn specifically from the use of it.

YouTube Throughout the process of my media product, I used

YouTube to look at the general styles of my target audience though the music they enjoy as well as adding music links into my blog. I have used YouTube before so no new skills were learn however I did learnt that I could put music videos into my blog and that it was easy to do.