1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? and conventions of real media products?

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PRELIMINARY TASK-PRELIMINARY TASK-

COVER AND COVER AND CONTENTS OF A CONTENTS OF A COLLEGE MAGAZINECOLLEGE MAGAZINE

PRELIMINARY TASKPRELIMINARY TASKEVALUATION EVALUATION EXAMPLEEXAMPLE

2. What have you learnt about the technologies from the 2. What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this productprocess of constructing this product

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?and conventions of real media products?THE FRONT COVER-SIMILARITIESTHE FRONT COVER-SIMILARITIES

Masthead

Cover Lines

Dominant Image [rule of thirds] & Plain background

Block separators

Barcode/price/website

Differences with Differences with front coverfront cover

I have used a medium close up shot of a female Her half smile and eye contact make it look and feel friendly. Hip hop though is associated with attitude so Lil Wayne looks moody and creates his own aggressive, arrogant look

Use of colour schemes, bold and bright colours to attract my audience of both genders.

The use of different sell and cover lines. My college magazine

Has sell lines to dow with students and college. Also i have used a student as my main image

VIBEVIBEVsVs

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? contents page

Initial of magazine masthead

Highlights front cover features.

Text layout of ‘contents

Uses sub headings to help reader’

Layout out of columns for features within the magazine and categorised.

DIFFERENCES WITH DIFFERENCES WITH CONTENTS PAGECONTENTS PAGE VsVs VIBEVIBE

The choice of contents within the magazine, adding a wider range.

Using more then 1 image- my images aren’t very good and seem random. Vibe’s 1 main image looks sexy and professional. It also looks more sophisticated with the subtle use of colour in Vibe. The use of black and white looks elegant

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What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this productconstructing this product

Using Moodle to get

resources. Learning the features

of In Design to create my contents and double

page spread.

.

Using digital cameras

(shot, angle and type

of shot).

How to use

Photoshop, to

manipulate images.

This shows how I used Adobe to manipulate my images, and one of my stages of development. As you can see:

• I changed the levels of the colours, to add more emphasis on the student. Originally she had red eye which I corrected with the red eye tool. I made sure everything looked perfect.

•I also added font with drop shadow and effects to make the magazine more eye catching. I added the blue flash to attract the audience even more. I used the shape tool option for this.

Using the digital camera, i could ensure that My Using the digital camera, i could ensure that My image was an MCU which dominated the frame. I image was an MCU which dominated the frame. I also left space at the top for the masthead and I also left space at the top for the masthead and I observed the rule of thirds. Really I should have observed the rule of thirds. Really I should have moved the image more to the right so that the left moved the image more to the right so that the left third had more space for cover lines. I told the third had more space for cover lines. I told the model to smile and look happy!model to smile and look happy!

I use Adobe Photoshop I use Adobe Photoshop to make an ordinary to make an ordinary student into a “model” student into a “model” for a college magazine.for a college magazine.

Using In-design For my Contents pageUsing In-design For my Contents page

I did think about layout, but I should have I did think about layout, but I should have manipulated the images first of all in Photoshop. I manipulated the images first of all in Photoshop. I think it looks like a contents page but it would have think it looks like a contents page but it would have helped if I’d used the word “Contents”. I put picture helped if I’d used the word “Contents”. I put picture boxes in first all and then just placed my images. boxes in first all and then just placed my images. Most of them didn’t fit so I had to resize them to the Most of them didn’t fit so I had to resize them to the frame. I think it looks a bit boring for my student frame. I think it looks a bit boring for my student audience and I should have had different shape audience and I should have had different shape boxes or at least rotated them or used some effects boxes or at least rotated them or used some effects (but I didn’t have time and I didn’t know how!)(but I didn’t have time and I didn’t know how!)

I did use columns and I think I used text quite well. I I did use columns and I think I used text quite well. I also experimented with colour to add variation. I also experimented with colour to add variation. I think Indesign was quite hard to use because I’ve think Indesign was quite hard to use because I’ve never thought about the design/layout of a page never thought about the design/layout of a page before and this has helped me to understand how before and this has helped me to understand how important this isimportant this is

I had a main text box at the top I had a main text box at the top with the main title and I made with the main title and I made sure I used the same colours as sure I used the same colours as on the front coveron the front cover