All
of my research was done online, which made looking for examples and information
easy and quick. The bad things I found with using the internet is that it’s
hard to find reliable sources as there are a lot of false information or fake
websites. Another problem I had with using the internet was finding up to data
or current information and facts to add to my article since the issue has been
going on for a few years, however to prevent this from happening, I used online
magazine articles and known websites such as Huff Post Tech, RIAA, The Guardian
and much more to insure that my source was true and up to date. I had to make
sure my research would link with my target audience because I didn't want to
write about an artist or label that my target audience wouldn't know off.
For
this article I had change and adapt my writing skills because I wanted my
article to be professional and mature to match me target audience. I found
writing the article quiet easy and interesting as the topic was current and I
could connect with the topic, however it was hard to put my thoughts and
opinion in a professional text. One of my weakness was that I didn't proofread my work which meant I had some mistakes so
I had to delete the first one I uploaded and upload another that I got one of
my peers to proof read it for me.
In
InDesign I was teach that; my page should be a A3 landscape page; the black
outline is the outline of the page and anything thing outside of it would not
be shown on the page; the purple outline is you would put your text; to divide
the page in two you had to drag horizontal line to where you wanted it (I
wanted in the middle); to create a text box there was a symbol with a capital T
in the toolbar which you had to click on and drag the box to your desired sized;
to add an image there was a symbol called rectangle frame tool but you had to
save the image you want in a file and then paste, if not the image will not be
saved on the page; the symbol called rectangle tool was to add colour; it was a
bit confusing because most of the symbols looked the same and since it was my
first time using InDesign it was difficult at the beginning because it was new
software and I wasn't familiar with the tools, but after doing lots of drafts
and getting use to the tools in InDesign I found it easy and fun to edit.
To
web publish I had to first create a blogger account which meant that I had to
make a Gmail account as well, I had to pick a suitable name, so I decided to
name it my first and last name plus AS media to let people know that the
account was for my AS media work and not personal. After creating my account I
could publish my finished article.
I
only had two comments on my article and both were positive. “This is a really good article! It is very
detailed and has some facts and Lady Gaga's view which make this article quite
good. The appearance is also nice.” This comment was helpful as it
reassured me that my article was detailed enough and that interested my target
audience. “Love how the font colour
compliments the background image, very informative piece *thumbs up*” this
comment was helpful because the comment mostly judged my editing and
considering that I was struggling with editing, it made me know that practice
makes perfect and my hard work was appealing to my target audience.
My
targets to improve are;
·
To proofread my work before handing it in or get someone to do
it.
·
Check if sources are true before writing about
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