Question 6 to Evaluation

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

Learned:

•                     How to use a DSR camera

I used a DSR camera to record a video for my audience research.

To use a DSR camera you must first of all make sure there is a SD card/memory card fitted into camera. This is what stores the images in the camera, afterwards you must fit the camera to a tripod. To do this you will see that the camera has a screw that attaches to the top part of the tripod, so you can just simply screw the camera on to the tripod. After that if you want to take a picture using the camera, you will see the screen of the image in front of you so you can decided on how you want the image and to zoom in or out. There should be a round button circled by a second one with a small handle which you turn to zoom in and out. To take the picture press the middle/smaller button and wait for the flash to go off, to signal that the image has been taken. To record on a DSR camera there is a record symbol on the side of the camera. Press this button once to record and to zoom in or out, use the zoom button.

•                     How to use a SD card

I used an SD card in the DSR camera.  I then used the SD card to upload my video onto my computer.

To use a SD card, you simply have to insert the card into the back of the camera. To do this you will find a small card holder at the back of the camera. If you open this up and insert  the card with the chip facing towards the inside of the camera. Once you have done this close the SD card holder and your camera will be able to take pictures properly.

•                     How to use Photoshop

•                     How to use Publisher

I used Publisher to create the double page spread in my magazine.

To use publisher, when you first open the document you will see there is a lot of options to use make different types of documents/pages. For example you can make different types of templates, brochures, newsletters and such like. Once you have decided what you want to use or make. You can then adjust the size of page from A5-A2. You can then create text on these documents, insert images, graphs and such like. You can use Publisher to make a double page spread by making guide lines down the middle of an A3 landscape page. This allows you to insert an image and text as well.

•                     How to create a blog, edit it and keep it updated?

I created a blog to show the progress of my media project.

To create a blog, first of all you must make a google account and set up blogger using that account. You can then give your blog a title, change the layout and colour etc. To create posts on your blogger account you click on new post on the main page and you can create a new post. You can also insert videos, links and images to you blog post. You can keep your blog updated by creating new posts each time.

•                     How to use internet search engine to find research information

I used the world wide web to find research material which would help me design my magazine.

To use an internet search engine, such as google or bing. You have to open up the web page and research the topics you want to look at. To do this you must think about what you want to find out about which is relevant to topic you are searching and use this to find out information.

•                     How to use Goanimate

I used Goanimate to create a short animation film for one of my audience research project.

Goanimate is a animation video that you can use to voice over videos or for other purposes. I used it to voice over one of my audience research video's for my magazine research. I got the information from questions I asked people about my magazine.

•                     How to record video's on my mobile phone and upload it to my blog

I used my phone to record a secondary video for feedback on my magazine.

To record videos on my phone, you have to open up the camera and then switch the camera to the video recorder. I had to edit some of the video because people kept interrupting the filming and sometimes the my friend would pause for too long whilst trying to give me feedback. in order for me to upload my video to my blog, I have emailed to myself as an attachment. Which I have saved to my computer and uploaded it as video on to my blog on a new post.