Candidate Information

Candidate Name: Jessica Rose Church
Candidate Number: 6015
Center Name: Wilmington Grammar School For Girls
Center Number: 61119

FINAL PIECES

Evaluation Question Seven

Looking back at our preliminary task, what do you think you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Looking back at my preliminary task I have learnt many things including how to use In Design and Photo Shop for my music magazine. Going into my preliminary task I was very unsure on the task and of how to complete all the aspects. After completing the product I decided to start organising and planning my work for my main task.

In my main task I was focused and knew exactly what I needed to do in order to create the desired magazine cover. I have become familiar with blogger and the idea of posting all of my work, at first it was confusing and I found myself losing work; however, after asking other members of my class how they were coping I began to understand the concept.

I have learnt how to layout texts and images in a magazine format which makes them easier to read and simple to understand. I was able to create a double page spread which contained images and text which matched well together and I was proud of.

Overall, I feel I have created two very sound peices of work and when looking back and comparing my work, I am happy with the outcome.

Evaluation Question Six

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

I constructed my product on a program called In Design. At first I was not very aware of how to use this program, it was completely alien to me. However I began to familiarise myself with the program, and learnt the functions of each button. I am pleased that I was able to correctly do this, in order for my magazine to reach it's best potential.

I edited my photographs in Photo Shop

One of the main tools I became accustomed to using was the 'brush size' tool as I was using the 'clone tool' to take away the majority of the imperfections of shadows and disfigured lighting in my photography. I changed the brush size to fit my image, and the opacity guide made it far easier to control the density of colour I was manipulating with.

These are the three tools I mainly used; The Eraser Tool, The Paint Brush and The Clone Tool. I used the eraser tool on my models hair to erase stray bits of baby hair and loose ends, it was very helpful and I doubt my magazine would look as it does without using this. I used the paintbrush to keep the background of my images clear without shadows; this was a great way of readjusting my photographs. The main tool I used was the Clone Tool. I became aware of this in my Preliminary Task and I was astonished at the difference it made to my photographs.

I used these function boxes on In Design to change the fonts of my magazine. It was really easy to understand compared to the other functions, I found In Design much easier to use than Photo Shop also. Each box contains a different tool to change the shapes and texts on my magazine.

Evaluation Question Five

How did you attract/address your audience?

Evaluation Question Four

Who would be the audience of your media product?

The target market for my media product would be teenagers from fifteen to nineteen or twenty year olds; mainly the people who are interested in festivals, mainstream chart music and celebrity gossip. I chose this age because I am in this age bracket and so I already know the types of layouts that people my age would like and understand. I did not want to make my magazine cover too girly, however after looking back at my research, none of the magazines had a set colour for each one, and the colours varied on the artist on the cover.

Evaluation Question Three

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Evaluation Question Two

How does your media product represent different social groups?

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Evaluation Question One

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

After researching music magazines it became clear to me that I needed to use bright colours, large fonts and interesting images in my work for it to be around the same level as a real music magazine. I was really interested in the idea of news bulletins in my work, and of how to add this to my own creativity. I added a competition to my contents page which I thought provoked attention to my page and made it more intising.

I have not particularly 'challeged' any part of the music magazine industry as I feel that by sticking to the regular types of music magazine would create a sound product. I found it extremely difficult to make decisions about fonts and colour and so having a class full of people who were creating the same sorts of things was very helpful as I received many opinions on my work.

Whilst going through my work I found it important to keep going back and comparing my work to my research; I did this by comparing my own photography to the real images I had found in my research.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

Construction: Double Page Spread

The double page spread in my magazine will be about my second model. As she is on my front page, and this will show continuity. I may use my first model for my contents page for a variety in images and style, as both of my models have different looks.

I have been editing my images on Photo Shop which I would like to add to my double page spread. Here are the images I have been editing:

The first image (left) has potential to be in my magazine, however the shadow and uneven background which is unacceptable for a magazine. I have edited this in photo shop to a more satisfying image.



I have also edited this image in photo shop to match the other one shown above. I would like to use both of these on my double page spread as when placed next to each other, they give off the impression of the model looking back at herself, almost in a portrait reflection.



This print screen of the models mouth shows the detail in which I have photo shopped the image. I have painted the whole background the same colour to decrease the uneven lighting in the photograph. I haven't decided on the background colour of my double page spread yet, so by doing this makes it easier for me to adapt my photographs onto the page.

Here is the first print screen of my double page spread; I have incorporated the large 'L' letter; as my models name is Lily, once I saw this magazine spread with a giant 'L' on a double page spread I thought it worked really well with the colour scheme. I would like to incorporate something along these lines into my own work.

This is a print screen of the developments I have made to my double page spread. I changed the background colour of my photographs to white, so that they do not stand out as much as the pink. I have used the two images of the model looking at each other as I feel this will go well with the overall image and style of my music magazine. The larger photo on the outskirts of my magazine pages conveys the manipulation I have been doing with the photographs, as I firstly attempted to have a large image on one side of the page. However, I came to the conclusion that the image I wanted to use was boring and wasted space.

There are thick and thin black lines going horizontally across the page as I would like to do another photoshoot and use the images for this, I would also like to seperate my title from the article as I feel it is effective and eye-catching. My research portrays this.

I have added a heading/quote and summary paragraph to my double page spread to summarize the content of the article about the music artist. I have re-arranged the two images of my model on the pages for a different layout, however I am still unsure on whether this is useful or not.

I have been experimenting with five different fonts for my double page spread. I want the text to be clear and quite plain so that the pages are easy to read and not too confusing. I would like there to be a clear colour scheme and no blank spaces.

This is a zoomed in version of my chosen fonts, for the moment I have kept the fonts black for a more classic look. I chose this font for a title as it is clear and concise. I have made the artists name stand out with the same font used on the frontal magazine cover to show continuity, and so the reader can distinguish who the double page spread is about.

Here is the full view of my double page spread, it portrays the two chosen images in a different layout. I prefer this layout as if this was a real magazine the page would fold directly in the middle which would enhance the idea of the images looking at each other. I like the plain background on these pages however, I think a block colour background would maybe work better for my music magazine.

The first colour I tried to use was a deep brown, I chose this as it was plain and simple yet I felt it may work well with the black font. I have also added a large calligraphy 'L' to the right hand side of the page which is evident in my research. However, I think this colour is a bit too dark and dense for both pages. I may just use it on the left page, if other colours are unsuccessful.

This is the first half of my double page spread. I have added the first photo graph and text of an interveiw with the same model from the front cover. I have added a large, bold quote to draw attention to the reader. I have also put a black border around my photo graph to highlight it's importance on the page.

This is a close up of one of my quotes from my double page spread. I used quotes from in the actual article and placed them near the place it had been said, so that if the reader was interested in this quote they would be able to find the subject easily.I used the same theme of colours throughout my double page spread.

This is a screen shot of the bottom half of my double page spread. It shows the photo graphs facing each other, which I thought was interesting and different. I used different italics in the text interview, to convey when the artist was talking and when the interviewee was speaking.

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