Final Magazine
Saturday, 29 March 2014
03:40
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Evaluation Q7 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt from the progression from it to the full product?
Friday, 28 March 2014
22:19
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Throughout the making of both magazines, I believe I have developed only slightly. Due to the fact I knew how to use the Adobe Creative Suite well and have used it before, I knew the main basics to Photoshop such as cutting out images, layering, creating effects on text and more. However, when it comes to the presentation, I believe I have developed on that.
On the College magazine, the model and the background are actually two separate images since I was unable to take both the model behind a brick wall. I used this technique again on my music magazine, but instead I used a gradient coloured background to show the shadow of the model. Therefore, I still have used techniques since my previous magazine.
Moreover, a way in which I improved upon would be the outlined borders. When looking at a number of professional magazines, I realised that none of them properly use borders around any text, instead they used shadows. Looking back at the college magazine, I've noticed that I used outlines on the masthead, which made the magazine look quite unprofessional. I have learnt from this by using nothing but shadows on the text on the music magazine.
From the College Magazine, I've learnt now that the use of colour is fatal in order for the target audience to read it well. On the college magazine, the use of colour was quite poorly done as it seemed to have blended in with the background. I learnt from this by using bright and bold colours on the text in the Music Magazine, allowing the writing to be clear and understandable.
I also developed on the music magazine by using the perspective tool for the main cover line. On the college magazine, all of the text are perfectly straight and aligned, whereas the music magazine has a tilt on the main cover line. I believe I have developed a lot when it came to adding angles and making the magazine look more packed with information.
To conclude, I feel as though I have learnt a lot when it comes to the use of colour, text fonts, model editing and more. Although, I know that I have only improved slightly as both magazines used slightly the same techniques and methods.
Moreover, a way in which I improved upon would be the outlined borders. When looking at a number of professional magazines, I realised that none of them properly use borders around any text, instead they used shadows. Looking back at the college magazine, I've noticed that I used outlines on the masthead, which made the magazine look quite unprofessional. I have learnt from this by using nothing but shadows on the text on the music magazine.
From the College Magazine, I've learnt now that the use of colour is fatal in order for the target audience to read it well. On the college magazine, the use of colour was quite poorly done as it seemed to have blended in with the background. I learnt from this by using bright and bold colours on the text in the Music Magazine, allowing the writing to be clear and understandable.
I also developed on the music magazine by using the perspective tool for the main cover line. On the college magazine, all of the text are perfectly straight and aligned, whereas the music magazine has a tilt on the main cover line. I believe I have developed a lot when it came to adding angles and making the magazine look more packed with information.
To conclude, I feel as though I have learnt a lot when it comes to the use of colour, text fonts, model editing and more. Although, I know that I have only improved slightly as both magazines used slightly the same techniques and methods.
Evaluation Q6 - What have you learn about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
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Softwares/Programs I had used throughout this:
My youtube video about editing the model on the Front Cover using Photoshop:
My youtube video about researching Fonts and creating them on Photoshop:
My youtube video about researching Fonts and creating them on Photoshop:
Blogger:
Soundcloud:
Prezi:
Glogster:
InDesign:
Evaluation Q5 - How did you attract/address your audience?
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Evaluation Q4 - Who would be the audience for your media product? Why?
22:12
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This photoshop edit is one of my target audiences. Her name is Kim, she is 17 years old and is in College (second year). Her fashion style is Grunge/street along with her hairstyle. My magazine age group is for teenagers ages 16 - 18 and the gender will mainly be females. Therefore, the magazine would be perfect for Kim.
The magazine consists of famous Korean musicians such as G-Dragon, BIGBANG, EXO and more; Kim is wearing a shirt that has G-Dragon's logo on, suggesting she is into that music genre. the magazine also contains fashion ideas and what the idols are wearing in music videos, which would also be suitable for Kim as she loves the Kpop fashion style.
By buying my magazine, 'CROOKED', it will say a range of things about Kim; one of which would be she enjoys to differ from the normal and most common genres. It will also allow her to be more creative and show a great style to her. It will give Kim more confidence in the way she expresses herself and she will better herself by doing this.
By buying my magazine, 'CROOKED', it will say a range of things about Kim; one of which would be she enjoys to differ from the normal and most common genres. It will also allow her to be more creative and show a great style to her. It will give Kim more confidence in the way she expresses herself and she will better herself by doing this.
Evaluation Q3 - What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?
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TRANSCRIPT: The main role of a Magazine Distributor is to provide their publisher clients, market the client's magazines, and make sure that the publisher magazines are available as widely at retail as economically possible for the target audience to gain.
If I were to choose a distributor, it would be Bauer Media Company. The reason being is that they allow a mixture of different magazine genres to be distributed. Seeing as my magazine genre is a rare kind, it is a good idea to be using a distributor such as this since it would gain more publicity. Also, Bauer has distributed well known magazines such as Q, and by using this distributor, I would be able to show the K-Pop fans a magazine that would be avaliable in a shop.
In order to persuade Bauer into distributing my magazine, I would advertise their company by adding 'Distributed by Bauer' somewhere in the magazine. This will help show the audience who the distributor are and what they do. Adding to this, I would create a website that will allow teenagers to have a closer look at the magazine online as well as giving out more competitions and sneak peeks. Also, seeing as Technology is becoming more popular, I may create a Phone App in order to keep teenager up with the latest updates in the Kpop music industry. this would be similar to the website. A company that has used the idea of publishing the magazine online would be #5 Magazine. #5 Magazine is the world’s first multi-platform digital lifestyle magazine with Manchester United football player Rio Ferdinand as brand ambassador. This would be a good idea for my magazine, as it can allow my target audience to access the magazine online on any app.
Evaluation Q2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?
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Evaluation Q1 - In what ways does your magazine use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
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Research and Planning: Improvements March
Thursday, 27 March 2014
05:16
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Here is the magazine that show some improvements
Research and Planning: Progress of all
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
07:51
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Because I changed the style of the entire magazine, I also need to edit the Double Page Spread's font styles and colour. This is the result of the progress:
BEFORE:
AFTER:
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AFTER:
I have also added a Page number layout which is on both the Double Page Spread and Contents Page. However, it does not show up well on either; I plan to make it a different colour for it to stand out.
Research and Planning: Complete turn-around
Saturday, 1 March 2014
07:30
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I wasn't overly pleased with how the front cover looked. I believe the theme was very bland and dull. It needed more bright colours as well as a complete turnover. I did not wish to go back to the drawing board; therefore, I decided to change some of the features such as the font, colour, and image placement.
Firstly, here's the before and after shot of my process:
BEFORE:
AFTER:
These are some screenshots of the progress I went through.
Research and Planning: Regarding my genre
05:51
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l1v.design
Due to the inconvenience that my magazine has a unique music genre, I am unable to find a real Korean Pop magazine to compare with for the first evaluation question.
In order to solve this matter, I am going to be using another genre-specific magazine, such as Punk rock, to talk about the uses, developments and challenges I used when creating my magazine.
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