In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My magazine design is a convention of a real media product based on the rock band theme. Which I made my own design using relatable font, having my own photographed image which is medium close-up posed of course, fake stories about fake/made up celebrities. The colour scheme black and yellow as this is because I based my magazine on the Kerrang magazine. It’s used throughout the my magazine as I feel it helps to give it ownership and helps the reader link the pages together with a flow.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My magazine fits into the social and media grouped theory’s of Graeame Burton so it has to be related to these groups. My magazine should fit the criteria by informing my audience and getting them news of new hypes to excite people as they are find something new and it’s also for entertaining them want to buy the product again.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Media institutions such as Conde Nast or Hearst might distribute in my media product as it is a pop magazine, Conde Nast and Hearst are owners of some of the biggest pop magazines out.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience for my media product would be teenagers/young adults as it’s because of the live style they have which appeals to the young.
How did you attract/address your audience?
I looked at an already printed magazine in the form of Kerrang already mentioned which gave me much to see about the layout, font, and colour scheme. This gave how they and I want to attract the audience into looking at my magazine. I then took the ideas from that magazine and added into my magazine my own ideas.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learnt how to use Photoshop, Picasa 3 and Gimp 2 which are the same software. How to edit each of my images to how I would present that picture on my magazine. The editing skills includes the basics of sharpen, add decrease contrast, add exposure, cropping and some more editing processes to change the appearance altogether adding textures, background designs and overlapping another image onto one another.
Monday, 7 May 2012
main task final magazine
http://www.scribd.com/doc/92673898/Front-Magazinehttp://www.scribd.com/doc/92673744/Contents-Magazinehttp://www.scribd.com/doc/92673415/Two-Page-Magazine
Magazines
Magazines
Monday, 16 April 2012
Other Planning to Magazine
The name is/has to look right to match the style or genre and Hurricane suits the rock magazine style the name sounds right and looks right.
DaFont Got_Herion ttf Name for mazagine is Hurricane. The style was chosen due to the rock style and I wanted to make a authentic look.
The text will be based on normal conventions size 11 font Arial.
The text will be based on normal conventions size 11 font Arial.
Photos will be in keeping of musical items more than the person.
articles will include one to one interview and a Past, Present and Future look at an musican.
Conclusion To Chart
Conclusion To Chart
My results are:
Buy - A certain brand magazine
Pay - £3 to £4
Prefer or interests - Image and Layout
Certain magazine - Always
Cover - Minimal/Crowded
Image relating - Topic
Friday, 9 March 2012
Typical Conventions
For a typical convention of a rock magazine the following:
Have a colour scheme that links to main group/singer on the front cover along with the magazine colour scheme.
Image shots used for front page images are different however a main correlation.
Font size is usually size 11 for text and 32 - 40 size for headings.
References to musican names and hints of what will be in the magazine are included on the front covers along with fans that make the media headlines.
Contents are displayed in a column with numbers and text down the left/right hand side of the page next to/under an image.
Some of the text is highlighted in the articles to show words which jump out and make the reader interested.
Double page has an image covering an entire page next to text page.
Have a colour scheme that links to main group/singer on the front cover along with the magazine colour scheme.
Image shots used for front page images are different however a main correlation.
Font size is usually size 11 for text and 32 - 40 size for headings.
References to musican names and hints of what will be in the magazine are included on the front covers along with fans that make the media headlines.
Contents are displayed in a column with numbers and text down the left/right hand side of the page next to/under an image.
Some of the text is highlighted in the articles to show words which jump out and make the reader interested.
Double page has an image covering an entire page next to text page.
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Evaluation of preliminary task
Evaluation
With
The sketches of the front cover and the contents pages and used these as
the bases to make the magazine pages.
Starting
With the background I created a colour scheme that is the same of the
schools. I simply cropped the
colour and pattern then through time I simply copied and pasted the
patterns under the next one to create a page long pattern.
I
then did a copy of what I sketched and working on Microsoft publisher I
ended with the same as what I had sketched out. Like the texts, titles, images placed
around in the same place as in the plan.
The
images had the sharpen effect, highlight and shadow effects used to even
out the colours in the image and sharpen details.
I
like the finished look of the magazine.
I like the text fonts and sizes to give the effect I wanted of this
being like a magazine. The layout
has and does work well by positioning the text, titles and images to be an
eye-catching magazine. But I feel
an improvement on softening the entire look will help this look professional.
Here
I did the last thing needed and uploaded the images onto my blog.
With
The sketches of the front cover and the contents pages and used these as
the bases to make the magazine pages.
Starting
With the background I created a colour scheme that is the same of the
schools. I simply cropped the
colour and pattern then through time I simply copied and pasted the
patterns under the next one to create a page long pattern.
I
then did a copy of what I sketched and working on Microsoft publisher I
ended with the same as what I had sketched out. Like the texts, titles, images placed
around in the same place as in the plan.
The
images had the sharpen effect, highlight and shadow effects used to even
out the colours in the image and sharpen details.
I
like the finished look of the magazine.
I like the text fonts and sizes to give the effect I wanted of this
being like a magazine. The layout
has and does work well by positioning the text, titles and images to be an
eye-catching magazine. But I feel
an improvement on softening the entire look will help this look professional.
Here
I did the last thing needed and uploaded the images onto my blog.
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Sketches for preliminary task
Sketch notes to be linked to the sketch’s I have done.
Stories
Front cover
GCSE Exams – This story was used as it’s realistic and to show results in a table and article will help to show how successful we are. However it’s a made up article.
Class Increase – This is a real problem and this article will be aimed at the adults or sixth formers interested. But it’s made up.
New uniform – This is a made up could be real following the new badge for Greenshaw in a attempt to modernise the school. This could be realistic.
Contents page
Greenshaw the future – an article made up on the article for the magazine.
New equipment – is an article made up on the article for the magazine.
Attempt to beef up dull I.T lessons – an article made up on the article for the magazine.
Review of the month – is a made up placement which allows a update. Holds brief facts.
Debate – To allow the voices to be heard give pos and cons. Allows freedom of speech.
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Skins Image
Blog Image
Skins image notes File, New, Blankand assorted it to a clipboard which will give a basic page to work on. I added the cover image. And the Black and WhiteSquares. With adding the gradient to background it hasaffected the image, and the style. Added coloured shapes which was used to be attached to the images. I added the text and used numerousaffects to get the right design. The issue number,price and date were added to make it realistic. I added an bar code and an E4 logo added to make it realistic. Finally, to save my image. I clicked file, save asan jpeg.
Skins image notes File, New, Blankand assorted it to a clipboard which will give a basic page to work on. I added the cover image. And the Black and WhiteSquares. With adding the gradient to background it hasaffected the image, and the style. Added coloured shapes which was used to be attached to the images. I added the text and used numerousaffects to get the right design. The issue number,price and date were added to make it realistic. I added an bar code and an E4 logo added to make it realistic. Finally, to save my image. I clicked file, save asan jpeg.
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