In this project I mainly used two programmes. Adobe Photoshop and QuarkXPress. For my front cover I used Adobe Photoshop. I much preferred this to QuarkXPress as I found that it was easier to use and that I was able to do a lot more artistic things to my front cover. I think Adobe Photoshop made my front cover look more realistic as I was able to make my cover have all of the conventions of a real magazine. I also like that I was able to edit my picture for my front cover, also this made my cover seem more realistic in my opinion.
However I found QuarkXPress really quite hard to use. It was confusing and not very clear. But I did find that the way you could set things out on the page was good. In a way the way it was set out looked more realistic as you could set it out like a real contents page. But you weren't able to do as many things on QuarkXPress as you could on Adobe Photoshop. You couldn't do as many artistic things in QuarkXPress, because of this I had to edit my photos in Adobe Photoshop and then upload them into QuarkXPress. Doing this made me find QuarkXPress even worse.
I also used the scanner to upload an image of a contents page that I analysed onto my blog. I found this very easy and was happy with the results as I have never used a scanner before. I was happy with this technology.
All in all I believe that most of the technology used in this project was good. The only let down for me was QuarkXPress, I found it a very confusing programme and I didn't like that you couldn't do as many things as Adobe Photoshop. Also it wasn't very well labeled, it was hard to find what you were looking for, if they had it at all, and I didn't like the layout of the whole programme.
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There is evidence of proficiency in the creative use of framing a shot, using a variety of shot distances as appropriate; shooting material appropriate to the task set; selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting; manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation, including cropping and resizing; accurately using language and register; appropriately integrating illustration and text; showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design; showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size; using ICT appropriately for the task set.
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Proficient understanding of issues around audience, technology,forms and conventions in relation to production. Proficient ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes. Proficient ability to communicate.
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