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The document summarizes the author's analysis of conventions used in a magazine they brought in order to label different elements. They note the consistent pink and yellow color scheme and fonts used throughout. They also identify specific elements like a fashion article targeting young girls. The contents page is described as exaggerated but well-structured with lots of information and images. An editor's note along the side is identified as another element to incorporate. The double page spread is praised for its choice of image and use of color to link to the artist, with the image on a background and airbrushed to look "perfect" along with a fact file in the corner.
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Question 7- Evaluation
The document summarizes the learning and improvements the author experienced from their preliminary magazine cover task to the full magazine product.
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Question 7 Evaluation
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Evaluation question 2
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Question 7 of evaluation
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The document discusses how the magazine cover, contents page, and double page spread use, develop, and challenge conventions of real media products. For the magazine cover, elements like the color scheme and central model are loosely based on VIBE magazine, but with different poses, fonts, and layout. The contents page copies design elements from Q magazine, like the photo and contents placement, while innovating with overlapping images and added colors. The double page spread is loosely based on another publication's layout but develops it further with different photos, formats, colors, and additional creative elements.
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Evaluation 7
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For the finished magazine: the candidate changed everything and incorporated issue numbers, dates, and genre text on the cover; the contents page took inspiration from another candidate's work but with their own spin; the double page spread took inspiration from another source and used tools like layering and grids.
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Evaluation Question Seven
The student learned several key skills from designing a preliminary college magazine to a final music magazine:
1) Skills using Photoshop and InDesign improved, allowing for more professional designs.
2) An awareness of layout, spacing, and using color and fonts effectively developed.
3) The music magazine design incorporated these lessons, having a cleaner layout that drew attention to the key elements like the artist, with improved editing of images.
4) Creating the initial college magazine helped gain experience that made the final music magazine design higher quality and more conventional.
Evaluation 2
The student created a music magazine that follows many of the conventions of real magazines without overtly challenging norms. While developing their own unique style, the student's magazine shares similarities with examples they researched. Key similarities include centering the magazine name at the top, arranging text in front of photographs, using a black and white cover photo, and continuing facial expression themes throughout the magazine. The contents page also mirrors conventions through large central photographs and similarly arranged text. Overall, the student aimed to link pages thematically while conforming to typical magazine designs and layouts.
Flatplan and rationale re take as
The document provides details on the layout and design choices for a magazine cover and contents page. It discusses using a color palette of red, white, black and gold. Images will be relaxed in tone to create a calm atmosphere for readers. Larger, closer images will be used on the contents page for impact. A gold color will be used for the double page spread to match the images, going against the main color scheme. Font and image placement were considered carefully to guide the reader's eye through the pages.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what
Overall, the author feels they learned a lot from the mistakes made in their first college magazine that helped them improve their second music magazine. Key areas of improvement included font size and selection, limited and coordinated color schemes, tightly planned layouts without empty spaces, inclusion of important details, and following the flat plan design. Continuity of branding elements like fonts and colors across pages also strengthened the second magazine. The process allowed the author to gain experience with design software and elements that make magazines more professional and appealing to audiences.
Question 1: In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge forms an...
The document discusses how the product uses and develops conventions of real teen pop magazines. It summarizes that the cover uses coverlines, images next to coverlines, secondary images, and placement of elements like the masthead and main image following conventions. The contents page similarly incorporates images, colors, shapes, headings and dynamic text used in magazines. The double page spread challenges some conventions by placing the main image on the left, but includes secondary images and different text colors for questions and answers as seen in interviews.
Evaluation- Question Seven
The document compares the learner's initial school magazine project to a subsequent music magazine project. For the music magazine, the learner learned to: 1) Use Photoshop to professionally edit images; 2) Maintain a consistent house style and color scheme to look more sophisticated; and 3) Incorporate key magazine conventions like barcodes and cover copy. The music magazine cover overlays the masthead and images to look polished. For the contents page, the learner learned to: 1) Evenly space and align text and images using InDesign; 2) Use consistent formatting and fonts; and 3) Incorporate conventions like ads and categories. Overall, the learner gained knowledge about magazine genres, conventions and using design software which improved the quality
Evaluation Question 7
Overall, the author feels they learned a lot from the mistakes made in their preliminary college magazine that helped them improve their music magazine. Some key lessons learned included using more professional fonts, limited and coordinated color schemes, tightly packed layouts with no empty spaces, inclusion of important details, and following the flat plan design. The improved magazine had a more cohesive brand identity through consistent fonts, colors, and design elements.
Task 4
The document discusses three page layout experiments by the author for a fashion magazine.
In the first layout, a 3x3 grid is used with the main image on the left and header above it. Text wraps around the image. A second image of Kate Moss is also used. Drop caps are used to indicate sentence starts.
The second layout experiments more by centering the main image and writing the header vertically. Three columns are used but overlap and use difficult to read fonts.
The third layout uses a black background with a 4x4 grid. The main header is on the left with subheadings horizontally. Colors and images are balanced throughout the sections.
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- 1. Here I have labelled a magazine in which I have brought in order to show the different conventions that have been used. I have also looked into other factors such as the house style with the consistent use of pink and yellow throughout and the same fonts that have been used,. Other labels include other things included on the magazine such as the fashion article in the bottom left hand corner, this reinforces that the target audience are defiantly young girls.
- 2. Here I have looked into how exaggerated the contents page is and how it is packed with lots of information, I think that the images on this contents page are very well structured and I may have to use this sort of technique in order to make my page look more Pop like. I also like the use of the editors note along the left hand side of the page, I think that this is also another thing that needs to be incorporated within my magazine
- 3. The thing in which I liked most about the double page spread is the choice of image, although it does not use the same colour scheme of pink in which the front cover and the contents use, it uses a colour in order to link the magazine with the artist. I also like that the image is on a background and it has been airbrushed in order to make them look more ‘’perfect’’ I think I will defiantly incorporate this within my magazine and also the little fact file in the bottom left hand corner.