Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Evaluation Question 7) How does your media represents particular social groups

Evaluation Question 6) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?








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Evaluation Question 5) How did it attract/address your audience?

Evaluation Question 4) What have you learnt about technologies in the process of constructing this product

Evaluation Question 3) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation Question 2) Who would be the audience of your media product?


Evaluation Question 1) Looking back at your premliminary task, what have you learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Friday, 13 March 2015

Double Page Spread Photos

To achieve these photos i took her outside so i had natural lighting. therefore there were no shadows or too much lighting on the face. for her clothes i decided for her to wear some cat ears which coordinates with the interview on the double page spread, a black top to go with the cat ears and to look more like a cat. i also added a more fashionable skirt which made the outfit look better and give it more colour. for her positioning i got her to try out different poses such as pointing to the cat ears and fun poses which i got from doing my double page spread research.

Sunday, 25 January 2015

My Contents Page Drawings

To plan my contents page i drew out 4 different layouts that i could use, or change to make my own page. From doing my research i learnt that the most common part of the page was that it contained a picture of the front cover, so i drew one on every page along with a page title of 'contents'. I also want to have some photos either down the right hand side of the page or at the bottom, which responds to my research. I thought about having writing on the page which will be a paragraph written by me telling readers about the magazine. I also thought about having page numbers with a description in a box shape.

After looking at my drawings i put my favourite features of the different layouts together to create this drawing. Ive decided to keep the title quite simple and san serif, also with 3 dots after the title to show that te magazine is carrying on. I want to have the photo of the front cover over to the left hand side of the contents page with curved arrows coming off with page numbers. Also i have drawn out to have a paragraph of writing informing readers about the magazine and a square of information and page numbers on the right. In the bottom right hand corner i have drawn the magazine logo along with the email or website so readers can get in contact.

Friday, 16 January 2015

The Best Photo and Photoshop Changing

i have chosen that this photo is the most successful from my third photo shoot and therefore i will be using this for my final front cover. i chose this because i think it is much more interesting and a more exciting expression is shown. i like that she is using her hand to pose which i think makes the positioning quite cheesy which suits the magazine. i also like that there isn't any harsh shadows such as on the wall which were very visible in my other photo shoots. also this photo has enough space above her head and besides her, to enable me to write and apply the title and photos.


















to edit the photo for the front cover i used Adobe Photoshop, i firstly removed the background by using the eraser tool which allowed me to create a transparent background and also get rid of the fly away hair on the top of her head. also i used the clone stamp tool which allowed any blemishes that i didn't want on the photo to disappear, such as the freckles and marks on her arms. also i used this tool for underneath her eyes to get rid of some of the crease to open her eyes more. i noticed on her arm and on her top that some strands of hair were there so i used the clone stamp tool also to blend the top and hair slightly so that it was less visible.