Presentation about me By Joanna Payne

2. ABOUT ME
My name is Joanna Payne and I am aged 17 and
currently attending South Downs College doing the
course Multimedia Journalism. This includes
Photography, Graphics, Journalism, Digital
Communications, Factual Writing, Pre Productions
and Writing Copy.

3. MY WORK EXPERIENCE
During my time at Springfield School I had work experience at Court
Lane Junior School. This helped me to gain confidence and gave me
skills such as to be able to take groups on my own and teach and
also helped me to be more organized as I had the chance to plan
lessons with the teacher.
During my time at South Downs I am still yet to get work experience.
However I did create a CV and cover letter for Portsmouth News and
did send it off via email but am still waiting for a response at the
moment.

4. MY SOCIAL NETWORKING
Online Portfolio –
http://joannapayneportfolio.weebly.com
Twitter –
@JoannaPayneMMJ
LinkedIn –
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanna-payne-b6aa0010atrk=nav_responsive_tab_profile_pic

5. INSTAGRAM
I made my own photography inspired Instagram called
@JPhotography19. On here I post regular photos that I take
out and about. I post them on the app Instagram to hopefully
gain followers and likes from those who like my work. I have
always been interested in Photography so thought this was a
good idea to share my passion with the world.

6. MY ONLINE PORTFOLIO
On my online portfolio I share some of my best work for the public to
see. I hope this will increase my chance of getting noticed for future
job possibilities. On my main page I have a professional logo I
created myself with a photograph I took as the background. I also
have other pages such as About Me and Photography. On my
photography page I have a gallery of some of my best photos. I have
linked my online portfolio to my Instagram too so they can go onto
their to see more of my work.

8. MY INSPIRATION
I have always been interested in the media industry always looking
up and into stories online and reading celebrities interviews they
have participated in. I have also be inspired by my dad who is on a
local radio station named The Flash. Every Friday and Saturday he
has a show on live and this is something he has always wanted to do
and I hope to follow in the same footsteps.

9. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESEARCH
In the media industry it is so important to do research. The main two
are called Primary and Secondary research. Primary research
is carried out to answer specific issues or questions. It can involve
questionnaires, surveys or interviews with individuals or small
groups. Where as Secondary research is more about looking through
books for research or even on the internet. However you have to be
more careful with Secondary research as some of your resources
can’t always be trusted and with Primary research it is more time
consuming.

10. MAGAZINE
PROJECT
This is an example of some of the
work I have done. This has been
my most recent piece where I had
to make a front page of a
magazine and a double page
spread from scratch. When
creating this I was kept in mind
the target audience of young
teens that this will be targeted
towards making the headlines
related to what they would want to
read about that age and making it
a fun, catchy name to remember.

12. MORE ABOUT MY MAGAZINE
When first starting out my magazine I planned it all out on a flat plan to figure out
where I would want each of the headlines to be placed, the main image and the
barcode. I did a flat plan for the front cover and double page spread as I thought
it would help me to eventually go into Photoshop and create it. I decided to
choose a text that was bold and thin, similar to the ELLE style writing. I chose a
simple choice of text so it would be easy to read off a shelf and draw the
audience in. I took both images myself. When taking it I made sure for the front
cover image she used direct address so it would feel more personal for the
audience. For the double page spread image I made her look down at the phone
as the interview I took was very social media related so I felt it fit well with the
theme of what I was writing about. When writing for the audience I made the
double page spread in a style of an interview. I felt this was the best choice
because it isn’t too overwhelming for the young audience to read and the ‘Q&A’
style of writing is something that audience would be interested in reading.

13. I used the programme Photoshop to create both my magazine cover and
double page spread. I scrolled through many different text options till I
found the perfect one that I felt matched my initial idea. I cut out the
model Maddy from the background with the magic wand tool and using
the plus and minus to get it exact. I chose to do this as I thought it would
look more professional. With the layout I made sure all the text was the
same size to make it all fit in well together. I also slightly placed Maddy’s
head over the title to make it look like she is more important so therefore
should be in front of the title. I got this inspiration when looking at other
existing magazines. For the front cover and double page spread I took a
mid-shot camera angel of Maddy to make it so you still clearly see all her
facial features but also the clothes as this is mostly a fashion magazine. I
find using Photoshop a really creative way of laying out my magazine
and making it look as professional as I could.

14. TARGET AUDIENCE PROFILE
Profile –
Amber
- Aged 17
- Into listening to music and reading fashion magazines
- Shops in high street shops such as Newlook, River Island
and TopShop.
- Into following the recent fashion and make up trends
- Likes reading about celebrities and the latest gossip

15. AFTER COLLEGE
After college I am hoping to get a job or
apprenticeship in the media industry. However I am
still keeping my options open for University. I would
like to do something like writing for a magazine or
Photography. Possible Universities I would attend
would be Portsmouth University, Brighton
University or Bournemouth University.

16. ANY
QUESTIONS?