Digital technology and creativity

The first task we were given in as was the Preliminary task; we had to create a ‘Haydon Magazine’.We were given the school camera and presented with Photoshop. The reason for doing the task was to show our abilities and have practise with the formulas and technology presented with us.

The school camera was a DSLR Cannon 550D, I had to use the school camera to take photographs, due to the fact that my own camrera was going through some technical problems to do with the aperture and speed.
 I thought my pictures showed potential, however my editing skills were beyond mediocre and amateur at the beginning, it looked as if it could do with a lot of airbrushing
 Photoshop was extremely helpful for my DigiPak and Magazine advert as I was presented with plenty of tools and implements which helped me create a magazine; it was a matter of knowing the tools which was okay as I had created a magazine beforehand last year. Since I had taken photography, I was familiar with shutter speed and aperture. I think I possessed the skills to take a picture, and actually was pretty proud of my chosen photographs.

After finishing my first draft to the magazine, I had to record myself through the webcam at first explaining through what I did and how I did the magazine.
I practised using the DSLR as i wanted to get as much experience as i could, this enabled me to create the best pictures of my ability.

    Creativity is used in my blog through the use of softwares and individual sites I used like IPICCY and the use of my
videos that I found online which helped boost my individualness. I used prezi which is like powerpoint but more please visually.

I liked using different formats, so that my blog didnt look completley plain and had a splash of versatility. I remember beforehand using the same old resources, so i think i've added more range and creativity by having this.
Voki was great to use, as it is entertaing and helps produce the information. I used windows movie maker, to make a lot of clips. I found it resourceful, as it was easy to uitilise and the icons were easy to naivagate.

I think Creativity was vital, as i needed to make my blog look aesethetically pleasing, so i needed as much formats possible.
At the start of the year, i found myself just using the same old formats, for example. my work was bombarded with word and powerpoint, so it looked quite bland. Voki was very helpful, it gave out information and also provided a more entertaining way to look the information.

Recording myself speaking was quite hard, as i detest speaking in front of a camera, however it boosted my creativity as i added in clips and pictures which helped my analysis.
Indesign was really helpful as it made the whole magazine process easier, i could add in columns and the tools were basically made to help make magazines, it was easier to do the magazine on indesign than on photoshop.
I thought alot about costume in my shoot (Mise en scene), so i made sure my artists were made to look like popstars, i had to go shopping and take pictures of clothes that would look good on my model, i made a chart showing how each outfit looked on the models chosen, which i think showed creativity.