My media product uses some conventions of real magazines such as including a masthead, cover lines, and images on the front cover and contents page. However, it also challenges conventions by having the masthead under the image on the front cover rather than covering it. I have learned how to use InDesign to create double page spreads and content pages, and how to place and resize images. I also used Photoshop to create the front cover, where I learned how to add strokes, outlines and shapes to images and text.

1. Preliminary task
Amy Willetts

2. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. What have you learnt about the technologies from the
process of constructing this product

3. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions
of real media products?
THE FRONT COVER-SIMILARITIES
Masthead
Cover lines
Dominant Image
[rule of thirds] &
Plain background
Barcode
Images both
medium close up

4. Differences with front cover
On the look magazine
the picture is covering
the masthead. As my
image is under the text.
The look magazine has
used more images.
My college magazine has
more information what
inside.
The look magazine is about
fashion and my magazine is
based on college.
The text is bigger and
bolder so it stand out more
that my magazine.

5. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products? contents page
Masthead
Images of what the
magazine contains.
Usage of subheadings to
help reader.

6. DIFFERENCES WITH CONTENTS PAGE
My masthead is conventional
as the other magazine isn't.
This means its not following
the normal rules
My college magazine has the
page numbers on.
The look magazine has a main
image as mine has three
different ones.

7. What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product
Using InDesign to create
my content and double
pages.
Using Moodle to get information
and recourses.
I used Photoshop to make
the front cover

8. Photoshop
I used Photoshop to create my front cover
• In Photoshop I learnt how to create an
international paper, this started me off to make my
magazine cover. After that I imported a picture
then dragged it to the side and used the move
button to place it where I wanted it to be.
• On my text I added a black outline to make it stand
out. I used the stroke icon to do this, with this I
could change the width and the colour I wanted it
to be.
• Under the words ‘enrichment information’ I found
out how to add an arrow to give it more affect. I
used this by adding a shape and filling it in black. I
then right clicked and sent to back, so the text was
on top of it.

9. InDesign
I used InDesign to create my content page
• I learnt how to make a box using rectangle
frame tool to place my images in to do so I
had to use the place button to actually get
it in the box, then I learnt how to resize and
move around images on InDesign by using
the move button.
• I also added text to my content page and
changed the sizes of the font to make
subheading stand out. I also added page
numbers and used eyedropper tool to
make them all the same colour.