Bellow is my info-graphic which I created on piktochart. This info-graphic outlines the impacts of technology on each process of the production of my magazine.

Bellow is my voicethread letter which responds to the different skills which I found most useful during production.

For this Critical Reflection task, I had to create a Screen Castify commentary which was overlooking the flipsnack of my final draft for my magazine. This allowed me to see my magazine in a buyer’s perspective and how it engaged with the buyer visually.

Here is my commentary below.

This CCR will evaluate how I did or didn’t use conventional features in my magazine. I created an Emaze presentation which covers my genres conventions and my star image conventions.

Organisation & Time Management Skills/Technologies:

• I am able to use my study time wisely and get all/most of my work done on time.
• I use a digital timetable to keep track of set deadlines.
• I need to learn how to balance out my work for each subject.

Research & Planning Skills/Technologies:

• When researching online I use multiple sources to ensure that everything is factually correct.
• When researching I discover loads of new things which keeps me interested and motivated.
• When it comes to planning that’s one of my weaker areas as I am not always able to think of a flawless plan, I hope this is a skill I can acquire over the next few months.

Creative Skills/Technologies:

• I have creative ideas when it comes to designing digital products.
• However I hope I can learn new ways to execute those ideas over the coming months.

Transferable Skills/Technologies:

• I enjoy creating presentations because it allows me to show others how I learn.
• I keep my writing shorter so it is easier to learn and remember the information needed, I often include photos and videos as well.
• Presenting these presentations is what lets me down because I’m not good with crowds, I hope to gain the necessary confidence in order to present in front of crowds with ease.

This is my media collage to show what different platforms of media I consume, and for what purpose I consume them for. I watch a lot of Netflix series, and movies made by Marvel and DC comics.  This collage shows what kind media I consume for a certain purpose, personally I use loads of different media platforms, each dependant for what I want to do.

Blumler and Katz came up with a theory of how different people can use the same media but for different purposes.  There are four main purposes that they came up with: Entertainment, Information, Social Interaction and Personal Identity.

For entertainment purposes, I watch TV series’ on Netflix, or I watch movies on Sky Cinema. I support Arsenal Football Club and I watch their premier league and European football matches every week. Because I am a huge Arsenal fan I often follow Arsenal Fan TV (AFTV) on YouTube,  Instagram and TikTok. I gain a lot of information from AFTV such as transfer deals/rumors, injury updates and the general status of the club.  Supporting a football team gives me a lot of social interaction with people who support other clubs and have different opinions to me.

For entertainment and Social Interaction purposes I either watch Only Fools and Horses with my family, or I watch Niko Omilana or The Sidemen on YouTube. When I watch these creators on YouTube I talk to my friends about them afterwards. Interacting with other people about these things gives me information on other’s personal identity, they may share my opinion on a certain media artist or it may not. It opens my world to so many new people, because often I’m recommended to follow a certain page, or watch a certain creator’s content.

This knowledge will help when designing my products because it gives me the idea of what makes something entertaining or socially interactive.  By analysing what entertains me, and what interests me, I will be able to apply those features onto a product of my own.