Describe how you develop you skills in the use of digital technology for media production and evaluate how these skills contributed to your creative decision making. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time.
In my first year I created a magazine for my AS Portfolio. With this I was able to develop a range of skills using digital technology. The first skill I learnt was how to take a good image using a digital camera. This is because I learnt about the different shots and angles and how they can be perceived. For example a picture taken from a low angle can give the impression that the person is dominant and have authorities. Having known more about this I was able to use this on my front cover of my magazine. I took the image from a slight low angle so it showed that they were more dominant and it gives them confidence in the picture. I then was able to develop my images through Photoshop.
At first I had to learn how to use Photoshop and get to know the basics of it. Such as adding text to the image to make it look like a real magazine. I was able to change the font size and the colour of the font and choose a font that followed the theme of my magazine. When I got the hang of Photoshop I was then able to edit my images for example change the colour and contrast of the image. This is what I did to my front cover image as I wanted the main images in the photo to stand out like the models in the image and the red guitar. This was because it was my main colour theme and it also make it more clear what the genre of my magazine was. I did this by using the ‘wand’ tool to select parts of my image and I was able to fade the colour and cut parts of the image out that wasn’t wanted. On the contents page I wanted an image to be the full background but it would have been difficult to see the writing so I decided to make the picture look ‘washed-out’. So I was then able to see the text over the image.
Another form of digital technology that I used was blogger. This was so I could keep a diary of what I had been doing and kept all my work together as I uploaded it all onto their. This was very helpful as it showed all my progress that had been made with my magazine. I was also able to upload my images before and after my edits to show my development. On blogger I was also able to create my own poll to see what other people thought of my ideas. This helped as I was aiming it at my target audience so I got feedback on what they thought.
On the computer I used word in two ways. My first was to make a layout of my front cover and what I wanted it to be set out like. This is so I could get an idea in mind what I wanted the layout to be like and were everything was going to be placed on my magazine. The second way in which I used word was in my evaluation. I used it to make graphs to evaluate my magazine. I handed out a questionnaire asking them questions about themselves and also about what they thought of my magazine so I could get audience feedback.
I think that I developed many of my skills in the year of my AS and I will be using them to help me with my A2 work this year.
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