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Flicker Magazine will inform audiences about entertainment news relating to movies, TV, music, video games and celebrities. It will have a primarily entertainment focus but also include professional journalism. The magazine will appeal to both those interested in celebrity gossip as well as industry developments, combining entertainment and news. While celebrity personal updates are common, the magazine hopes real journalism about the media industry will balance potential issues of becoming a meaningless tabloid. The target audience is ages 15 to 40, hoping to appeal to both youthful interests and experienced professionals working in the industries covered. Legal and ethical concerns around privacy and accuracy must be carefully considered when reporting on celebrities.

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The document summarizes Will Stewart's process for evaluating a magazine production project. It describes his research on magazine layout styles, planning process by dividing the project into time blocks focused on the cover or double-page spread, and time management approach to avoid delays. It then reviews the technical and aesthetic qualities of the cover and spread designs. Peer feedback praised the writing and images used but suggested making Beyonce's image larger on the cover and improving the backgrounds to better match her style.

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This proposal is for a poster advertising the game GraveSinger. The poster will have a dark but vibrant art style to represent the game's supernatural storyline, detective-based clue hunting, hack n' slash combat system, and character-driven progression. The target audience is gaming enthusiasts ages 16-30 of both genders, as the game deals with mature and dark material. Legal considerations include restricting the game to a Teen rating due to graphic murder scenes and abrasive dialogue, and ensuring the original concept does not violate any intellectual property rights.

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Will Stewart describes his process for producing a design project. He began by hand-drawing a layout with pencils, which he then scanned into Photoshop. In Photoshop, he used the polygonal lasso and brush tools to color in the different areas, which took a long time. Finally, he refined the colors by filling in any remaining white spaces to increase the quality, though this also lengthened the production time. Overall, he believes he made the best use of his time and completed the project satisfactorily.

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The document discusses theories of audience for media works, including: - Primary and secondary audiences can be defined by age, such as adults aged 18-35 for complex movies or children aged 6-12 for fairy tales. - Audiences for anime can be children/adults aged 14-35 as primary and adults over 35 as secondary. - The "hypodermic needle" theory suggests that audiences immediately believe anything they see in media. - Uses and gratifications theory examines how audiences use media for information, identity, social interaction, and entertainment. - Consumer generated content like fanfiction allows audiences to engage with and extend original works.

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The document outlines the pre-production details for a style guide for a video game. Bold colors will represent important elements and characters, with red used to signify danger and violence. A Gothic font and Lord Byron's poem will convey an ominous tone. The lack of text in some areas will create mystery, and bright colors in the poster will attract attention and symbolize main characters. The project will be created in Photoshop over 8 days, with paper sketches scanned in. Regular saving and backups are planned in case of technical issues. Proper workspace and regular breaks are needed to work safely on the computer-based project.

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The document discusses style sheets, layouts, and planning for a pre-production project. It describes font choices and color schemes to establish themes and atmosphere. Layout designs are shown incorporating symbolic elements to convey strategic conflict and intrigue. Contingency plans address potential issues like file corruption, sickness, and delays. Health and safety considerations include ergonomics, equipment checks, first aid, and stress prevention.

2. proposal

This document outlines a proposal for a student project to create promotional posters and screenshots for a fake video game called "The Wanderer". The target audience is women aged late 20s to early 30s from lower to upper middle class backgrounds. Over the course of 10 weeks, the student will conduct research on similar games and production techniques, create experimental pieces, and develop assets for the promotional materials. They will spend several weeks in production and receive feedback before making any needed changes to the final project.

2. proposal

This document outlines a proposal for a project creating promotional posters and screenshots for a fake video game called "The Wanderer." The target audience is women ages late 20s to early 30s from lower to upper middle class backgrounds. Research will include analyzing similar games, surveying the target audience, and comprehending relevant psychological and sociological concepts to portray themes of ideological relationships and misconceptions through color theory. Production will involve experiments, planning, creating multiple posters in Photoshop over 10 weeks, with evaluation based on conveying themes/content and attracting the target audience.

3. proposal sf 2017

This proposal outlines a short film project called "Meteor" targeting 20-30 year olds of upper-middle class backgrounds. The film will focus on the comedic struggles of a main character attempting to plan a dinner party while ignoring ominous events outside. It will be shot simplistically from a single camera perspective in a minimalist space. Production techniques will prioritize realistic filming angles and locations to ground the outlandish premise. Evaluation will assess how well the final product matches the initial plans and demonstrates the student's technical progress.

4. production experiments(1)

The document discusses the author's process for creating images in Photoshop. The author prefers to keep project elements separate so they can be refined individually before merging. Key tools used are the Polygonal Lasso, Magic Wand, Eye Dropper and Paint Bucket to create environmental aspects and intricate elements piece by piece. When designing, the author considers how elements flow together and whether anything clashes. Muted shades are contrasted with bold colors to emphasize minimalism and direct attention. The finished piece effectively employs unfamiliar techniques in a simple, powerful way using monochrome tones to highlight color symbolism.

3. research(1)