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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES Digital technologies are resources used to find,

analyse, create, communicate and use information within a digital context. This involves the use of web, media and programming tools as well as software applications.

HOW DID I USE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN MY WORK?

Digital technology was frequently used throughout the coursework process. Taking photos for my magazine involved using a Canon 55OD, creating the magazine involved using different programmes such as InDesign and Photoshop, which was also used when editing photos.

The internet played a big part in the media coursework, from researching other magazines, collecting images and uploading work onto my blog.

CREATIVITY

Relating to or involving the use of the imagination or original ideas to create something.

HOW DID I USE CREATIVITY IN MY COURSEWORK?

Creativity was used when making the magazine as I needed to take my own ideas and put them onto paper, such as colour schemes, fonts, layout and the types of images used.

These ideas had to be meet the specifications in the design brief as well as appealing to the target audience.

RESEARCH & PLANNING

Research: systematically investigating into the study of sources and materials with the purpose of establishing facts and reaching new conclusions.

Planning: . A scheme, program, or method worked out beforehand for the accomplishment of an objective.

HOW DID I USE RESEARCH AND PLANNING IN MY COURSEWORK?

Before creating the magazine we had to research other magazines of the same genre to learn about the conventions of the magazine. This was done through analysing, questionnaires filled out by other students and collecting data about the target audience, for example their social class, their interests and hobbies and what clothes they wear.

Planning was key throughout the coursework process as we had to manage our time to ensure all the work was completed on schedule.

POST PRODUCTION

In digital video, photography, television and film, post-production refers to the tasks that must be completed or executed after the filming or shooting ends. This includes tasks such as the editing of raw footage to cut scenes, insert transition effects, working with voice and sound actors, and dubbing. Post-production is the third and final step in film creation, It following pre-production and production phases.

HOW WAS POST PRODUCTION USED IN MY COURSEWORK?

After the photoshoot, the editing that I did links to post production, such as making the skin on the model smoother to give the photographs a more professional look. In addition to this I changed the background on a long shot so that it was just in black and white, with the model in colour.

4 MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN MY AS COURSEWORK

Genre: As the genre of my magazine was Hip-Hop and RnB, almost all of the choices and decisions that I made linked back to this. Every bit of the magazine had to be suited around the genre, from the colour scheme, to the shots used for my photos. As well as this the fonts had to be appropriate, and to link to the urban hip-hop theme I had the rapper’s name in graffiti writing.