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The document compares the learner's preliminary magazine project to their final music magazine project. Some of the key improvements noted include: - Developing stronger Photoshop skills like cropping images, adding gradients, and making elements look more 3D - Including more magazine conventions like mastheads, slogans, sell lines, and freebies - Designing for the target audience better by researching genres and including relevant images/content - Organizing elements more professionally and cohesively across pages
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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.
Recovered file 1
The student learned many new skills in progressing from their preliminary task to creating a full music magazine. For the preliminary front page, the text overlapped the main image and the artist was not properly cut out from lack of Photoshop skills. The full magazine featured the text flowing around the main image and a cleaner cut-out. Additional improvements included more organized additional lines, varied typography sizes and colors, and inclusion of typical magazine elements like barcodes, dates, and websites. Overall the preliminary work lacked experience, but researching real magazines helped the student create a more professional and authentic final product.
Choices Made When Creating my Music Magazine
The document discusses the choices made in designing the cover and contents page for a music magazine. For the cover, the designer used a close-up photo of Chelsey inspired by 1980s magazine covers. Cover lines advertise articles and competitions. The contents page continues the 1980s retro theme with ripped paper and Polaroid-style photos. Article names and page numbers are included to aid navigation. The double page spread features a large photo of interview subject Chelsey Denton with a pull quote from the interview as the heading.
Question 1 media evaluation
The document summarizes how the media product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real media. Specifically:
- The front cover uses direct address of the main image and eye-catching colors, but challenges conventions by positioning the image off-center.
- The double page spread features a large dominant main image and easy-to-read layout inspired by other magazines, but develops the product by changing image and text colors.
- The contents page uses relevant images and colors linked to the genre, includes contact details and social links as per conventions, but develops the product by adding an editor's letter and subscription note.
Evaluation ...
The document describes the evaluation of a music magazine created by the author. It discusses the conventional layout of the cover, contents page, and a double page spread. It also describes how the author attracted their target audience of teenage girls interested in R&B music through the use of a teenage girl image, girly colors, and informal writing style on the magazine. The author reflects on gaining new technology skills in Fireworks and blogging through the process of constructing their magazine product.
Evaluation 7
- The document compares the student's preliminary student magazine to their final music magazine project.
- For the music magazine, the student paid closer attention to magazine conventions like distinctive headlines, subheadings, and organized sell lines. Photos were also improved with better lighting and angles.
- The student learned skills in Photoshop and improved their photo skills. They created a more creative and visually appealing music magazine compared to the basic student magazine.
- Looking back, the student recognizes they could have maintained a more consistent theme and style throughout the music magazine pieces.
Question 7
The document discusses the improvements made from the preliminary magazine cover task to the final music magazine cover. Key areas of improvement included conducting research on conventions for magazine styles, colors, images and layouts targeted towards the intended audience. Additional improvements were adding elements like sell lines, mastheads and centering the cover image based on research findings. The model's pose and clothing were also adjusted to look more professional based on research.
Evaluation Question 7
1) Looking back at their preliminary college magazine task, the author feels they have improved various skills from gaining experience creating a full music magazine product.
2) Specifically, the author notes improvements in using Photoshop tools, capturing higher quality images, including more content, and following magazine design conventions better in the music magazine compared to the preliminary task.
3) Through the process of researching music magazines and improving various skills, the author concluded they have gained valuable experience creating professional-looking magazine products.
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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.
Recovered file 1
The student learned many new skills in progressing from their preliminary task to creating a full music magazine. For the preliminary front page, the text overlapped the main image and the artist was not properly cut out from lack of Photoshop skills. The full magazine featured the text flowing around the main image and a cleaner cut-out. Additional improvements included more organized additional lines, varied typography sizes and colors, and inclusion of typical magazine elements like barcodes, dates, and websites. Overall the preliminary work lacked experience, but researching real magazines helped the student create a more professional and authentic final product.
Choices Made When Creating my Music Magazine
The document discusses the choices made in designing the cover and contents page for a music magazine. For the cover, the designer used a close-up photo of Chelsey inspired by 1980s magazine covers. Cover lines advertise articles and competitions. The contents page continues the 1980s retro theme with ripped paper and Polaroid-style photos. Article names and page numbers are included to aid navigation. The double page spread features a large photo of interview subject Chelsey Denton with a pull quote from the interview as the heading.
Question 1 media evaluation
The document summarizes how the media product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real media. Specifically:
- The front cover uses direct address of the main image and eye-catching colors, but challenges conventions by positioning the image off-center.
- The double page spread features a large dominant main image and easy-to-read layout inspired by other magazines, but develops the product by changing image and text colors.
- The contents page uses relevant images and colors linked to the genre, includes contact details and social links as per conventions, but develops the product by adding an editor's letter and subscription note.
Evaluation ...
The document describes the evaluation of a music magazine created by the author. It discusses the conventional layout of the cover, contents page, and a double page spread. It also describes how the author attracted their target audience of teenage girls interested in R&B music through the use of a teenage girl image, girly colors, and informal writing style on the magazine. The author reflects on gaining new technology skills in Fireworks and blogging through the process of constructing their magazine product.
Evaluation 7
- The document compares the student's preliminary student magazine to their final music magazine project.
- For the music magazine, the student paid closer attention to magazine conventions like distinctive headlines, subheadings, and organized sell lines. Photos were also improved with better lighting and angles.
- The student learned skills in Photoshop and improved their photo skills. They created a more creative and visually appealing music magazine compared to the basic student magazine.
- Looking back, the student recognizes they could have maintained a more consistent theme and style throughout the music magazine pieces.
Question 7
The document discusses the improvements made from the preliminary magazine cover task to the final music magazine cover. Key areas of improvement included conducting research on conventions for magazine styles, colors, images and layouts targeted towards the intended audience. Additional improvements were adding elements like sell lines, mastheads and centering the cover image based on research findings. The model's pose and clothing were also adjusted to look more professional based on research.
Evaluation Question 7
1) Looking back at their preliminary college magazine task, the author feels they have improved various skills from gaining experience creating a full music magazine product.
2) Specifically, the author notes improvements in using Photoshop tools, capturing higher quality images, including more content, and following magazine design conventions better in the music magazine compared to the preliminary task.
3) Through the process of researching music magazines and improving various skills, the author concluded they have gained valuable experience creating professional-looking magazine products.
Eval 7
The document discusses the progression from the author's preliminary music magazine task to their final production. For the preliminary task, the author lacked skills in Photoshop and magazine design, so the preliminary task was very basic and did not resemble an actual magazine. Through research, practice with Photoshop, and feedback, the author improved their skills and created a final production that more closely resembles a professional music magazine. Key improvements included enhancing photos, using consistent formatting and fonts, and incorporating design elements from research on other magazines. The author feels they have gained valuable experience and design skills from the process.
Question 1
The document summarizes the development of various design elements for a magazine media product. It describes how the author refined their logo design through iterations to end with a more professional logo. It also details how images on the front cover and contents page were modified based on feedback to better represent the genre. Elements like the barcode, price, date and color scheme are included to match conventions of real magazines. The document discusses using inspiration from existing music magazine layouts while developing unique elements like giveaways to engage readers.
Cover new
The document provides details on a model's costume and makeup plan for a photoshoot. Key points include:
- The model will wear a light highlight on her cheeks to make her look young and healthy.
- Her eye makeup will include gold eyeshadow with a darker color in the socket and lighter color in the inner corner to make her eyes look bigger. A cat eye flick will also be used.
- A dark plum lipstick will be chosen to coordinate with graphic elements.
- The model will wear blue jeans and a purple/maroon top to look casual yet stylish, appealing to the target demographic of teen girls aged 15-18.
Evaluation
- The document discusses the student's music magazine project and how it uses and develops conventions of real music magazines.
- The magazine follows conventions of magazines like Vibe and Blender in its bold masthead font, white background, and placement of the artist in front of the masthead on the cover.
- The contents page also follows conventions through its use of headings, website listing, and fonts/colors that match the cover.
- The double page spread layout similarly places the main image and follows conventions used in magazines like Top of the Pops.
- The student feels they have progressed from their preliminary school magazine task by using more effects, fitting content to their genre/audience, and making the music magazine
As media evaluation
The document discusses how the student's media magazine product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of the genre. Through research of other music magazines, the student gathered ideas on graphical elements and presentation for their target audience. While focusing on indie music, the student aimed to appeal to a female demographic by using female models. The dark color scheme and autumn tone photos challenge stereotypes of indie magazines. The contents page takes inspiration from other magazines to incorporate typical codes and conventions to create a professional product. The house style and orange elements are continued throughout to maintain cohesion.
Q7
Looking back at the preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product.
Evaluation
The document summarizes what the student learned from creating a magazine called "The Sound" for their evaluation project. Some key points:
1) The student learned how to use design software like Photoshop, InDesign, and Publisher to construct the magazine pages and layout. They gained experience editing photos and arranging text.
2) Feedback from classmates helped the student tailor the magazine to their target audience of 16-25 year olds interested in rap/hip hop music.
3) Compared to their preliminary task, the final magazine product looked more professional with higher quality photos, well-chosen colors, and magazine-like design elements like a masthead and barcode.
The student reflected on gaining new
Evaluation 7
This document summarizes the learning and progression from a preliminary music magazine task to the final production. The author notes they gained skills in using Photoshop and creating a more professional layout. For the preliminary task, images were unedited, text wasn't appealing, and it didn't resemble a magazine. However, for the final production, images were enhanced, font was clearer, and it resembled an actual music magazine. Researching codes and conventions was helpful for guiding the final production.
Evaluation question 7 #1
Evaluation Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Media powerpoint
The document is a media studies student's foundation portfolio for their target audience magazine project. It includes details about editing photos in Adobe Photoshop and laying out pages in InDesign. It outlines the goals for their magazine targeted at 16-19 year olds, including using slang and casual language. It provides before and after examples of edited photos and explains the changes made to improve the images. It also includes contents pages and article spreads from the magazine, describing the layout and design choices.
Q7
The document reflects on improvements made from a preliminary magazine layout task to a final music magazine layout. Key improvements included using more colors, additional images, a masthead, varied image poses, and better positioning of text and images informed by research of other magazines. Photoshop skills to edit images were also improved. Feedback helped reduce overcrowding of text and images. Overall, the music magazine layout demonstrated more professional conventions and composition compared to the preliminary task.
Media Eval - Q7
The author feels they have progressed significantly from their preliminary task to the final product in several ways:
1) They have learned how to use design software like Photoshop and InDesign more effectively and can now utilize most features.
2) Their designs have become more realistic and authentic looking by adding more magazine conventions and details.
3) They have improved at laying out pages in an appealing way for readers and maximizing the use of space.
4) Overall, they have gained a better understanding of how to design magazines that look like real publications.
Cover amended
The document provides details on a model's costume and makeup plan for a photoshoot. It specifies that the model will have very highlighted skin to make her cheekbones shimmer and look young. Her eyeshadow will be gold with darker color in the socket and lighter color in the inner corner to make her eyes look bigger. Lip color will be a dark plum. The model will wear blue jeans and a purple top to look casual yet stylish, appealing to the target demographic of teen girls aged 15-18.
Evaluation part one
- The document discusses the student's media product, a music magazine, and how it uses and develops conventions of real music magazines.
- The magazine follows conventions through its genre (hip hop/R&B), layout, use of fonts, colors, and natural posing of the cover model.
- The contents page also mirrors real magazines through its use of headings, fonts, and single cover image while keeping a clean design.
- The double page spread interviews an artist through photos and quotes, representing the target audience in a conventional style.
Question 1
IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF A REAL MEDIA PRODUCT?
DPS Links to Cover/Contents
The document discusses how the cover and contents page of a magazine are linked through consistent design elements. Both pages use a black, white, and blue color scheme, similar fonts for pull quotes, and the magazine masthead to visually connect them. Small X graphics are also carried over from the cover but made smaller on the contents page to transition between the pages. The same artist and article titles featured on the cover also appear on the contents page and a double page spread within the magazine to tie the content together.
research and planning presentation
This document provides an analysis of magazine design conventions based on research. It examines the layout elements used in sample magazine covers and articles, such as mastheads, color schemes, images, headings and subheadings. The document also discusses which conventions will be applied in the design of a school magazine, such as using a main image, color scheme, masthead and puffs. Research on sample magazine spreads is presented, analyzing how they follow, develop and challenge conventions through elements like multiple related images and non-traditional layouts.
Prelim to Music Magazine
The document summarizes the improvements made from the author's preliminary magazine task to their actual music magazine. Some key improvements included adding more effects like drop shadows to the masthead, using stronger colors on the cover that stand out better, including more imaginative images, making text sizes larger and clearer on pages like contents, and addressing weaknesses identified in the preliminary task. Overall, the author felt they progressed significantly and learned valuable lessons that allowed them to create a stronger final music magazine.
Introduction
The document describes a magazine project focused on music and fashion genres. The magazine was created individually over 10 weeks using InDesign and Photoshop software. To attract female readers, the magazine uses a model on the cover wearing fashionable clothing and utilizes girlie fonts and colors throughout. The contents page highlights the main artists and events in the issue to entice readers. A feature interview article employs multiple images and quotes in different fonts to engage readers.
Evaluation of my music magazine
The document summarizes the student's evaluation of their music magazine project. It describes how the magazine cover follows conventions by having a clear masthead, prominent image, and use of fonts/colors. The contents page is neatly organized with consistent fonts, dates/websites, and an advertisement. The double-page interview layout fits text around images professionally with a large headline. The magazine represents younger audiences through images of bands and topics like concerts and celebrities. Distribution points considered are supermarkets, websites, and billboards to reach large audiences. Areas for improvement include taking more authentic music-related photos outside of school. The student learned skills in editing software, magazine design conventions, and creating a more professional magazine compared to their preliminary project.
Question 3
IPC Media would be a good publisher to distribute the media product because they reach over 20 million users per month through their 60 iconic brands. They have experience with indie/rock music genres and target a similar young audience. Specifically, IPC Media's music magazine NME focuses on the same genre and demographic as the media product. Distributing through their large, established company would allow for cheaper advertising options to successfully reach the target audience. Bauer could also be considered as they publish magazines like Kerrang and Q that target rock music fans, though they may not be as closely aligned as IPC Media.
Question 6
The document discusses various technologies the student learned to use while completing a coursework project to create a magazine. The student used Microsoft Word to write articles, questionnaires, and other documents. Microsoft PowerPoint was used to create presentations and organize answers to evaluation questions. Microsoft Excel was utilized to create graphs from questionnaire results. A USB stick helped store and transfer files between locations. Blogger allowed uploading work in an organized chronological manner. Slideshare and Divshare facilitated uploading presentations and audio files. Adobe Photoshop and tools like the Lasso and Magic Wand helped edit photos professionally. An Edirol device recorded interviews and Audition software edited audio. Overall, the student gained experience using various software programs and technologies for planning
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Eval 7
The document discusses the progression from the author's preliminary music magazine task to their final production. For the preliminary task, the author lacked skills in Photoshop and magazine design, so the preliminary task was very basic and did not resemble an actual magazine. Through research, practice with Photoshop, and feedback, the author improved their skills and created a final production that more closely resembles a professional music magazine. Key improvements included enhancing photos, using consistent formatting and fonts, and incorporating design elements from research on other magazines. The author feels they have gained valuable experience and design skills from the process.
Question 1
The document summarizes the development of various design elements for a magazine media product. It describes how the author refined their logo design through iterations to end with a more professional logo. It also details how images on the front cover and contents page were modified based on feedback to better represent the genre. Elements like the barcode, price, date and color scheme are included to match conventions of real magazines. The document discusses using inspiration from existing music magazine layouts while developing unique elements like giveaways to engage readers.
Cover new
The document provides details on a model's costume and makeup plan for a photoshoot. Key points include:
- The model will wear a light highlight on her cheeks to make her look young and healthy.
- Her eye makeup will include gold eyeshadow with a darker color in the socket and lighter color in the inner corner to make her eyes look bigger. A cat eye flick will also be used.
- A dark plum lipstick will be chosen to coordinate with graphic elements.
- The model will wear blue jeans and a purple/maroon top to look casual yet stylish, appealing to the target demographic of teen girls aged 15-18.
Evaluation
- The document discusses the student's music magazine project and how it uses and develops conventions of real music magazines.
- The magazine follows conventions of magazines like Vibe and Blender in its bold masthead font, white background, and placement of the artist in front of the masthead on the cover.
- The contents page also follows conventions through its use of headings, website listing, and fonts/colors that match the cover.
- The double page spread layout similarly places the main image and follows conventions used in magazines like Top of the Pops.
- The student feels they have progressed from their preliminary school magazine task by using more effects, fitting content to their genre/audience, and making the music magazine
As media evaluation
The document discusses how the student's media magazine product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of the genre. Through research of other music magazines, the student gathered ideas on graphical elements and presentation for their target audience. While focusing on indie music, the student aimed to appeal to a female demographic by using female models. The dark color scheme and autumn tone photos challenge stereotypes of indie magazines. The contents page takes inspiration from other magazines to incorporate typical codes and conventions to create a professional product. The house style and orange elements are continued throughout to maintain cohesion.
Q7
Looking back at the preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product.
Evaluation
The document summarizes what the student learned from creating a magazine called "The Sound" for their evaluation project. Some key points:
1) The student learned how to use design software like Photoshop, InDesign, and Publisher to construct the magazine pages and layout. They gained experience editing photos and arranging text.
2) Feedback from classmates helped the student tailor the magazine to their target audience of 16-25 year olds interested in rap/hip hop music.
3) Compared to their preliminary task, the final magazine product looked more professional with higher quality photos, well-chosen colors, and magazine-like design elements like a masthead and barcode.
The student reflected on gaining new
Evaluation 7
This document summarizes the learning and progression from a preliminary music magazine task to the final production. The author notes they gained skills in using Photoshop and creating a more professional layout. For the preliminary task, images were unedited, text wasn't appealing, and it didn't resemble a magazine. However, for the final production, images were enhanced, font was clearer, and it resembled an actual music magazine. Researching codes and conventions was helpful for guiding the final production.
Evaluation question 7 #1
Evaluation Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Media powerpoint
The document is a media studies student's foundation portfolio for their target audience magazine project. It includes details about editing photos in Adobe Photoshop and laying out pages in InDesign. It outlines the goals for their magazine targeted at 16-19 year olds, including using slang and casual language. It provides before and after examples of edited photos and explains the changes made to improve the images. It also includes contents pages and article spreads from the magazine, describing the layout and design choices.
Q7
The document reflects on improvements made from a preliminary magazine layout task to a final music magazine layout. Key improvements included using more colors, additional images, a masthead, varied image poses, and better positioning of text and images informed by research of other magazines. Photoshop skills to edit images were also improved. Feedback helped reduce overcrowding of text and images. Overall, the music magazine layout demonstrated more professional conventions and composition compared to the preliminary task.
Media Eval - Q7
The author feels they have progressed significantly from their preliminary task to the final product in several ways:
1) They have learned how to use design software like Photoshop and InDesign more effectively and can now utilize most features.
2) Their designs have become more realistic and authentic looking by adding more magazine conventions and details.
3) They have improved at laying out pages in an appealing way for readers and maximizing the use of space.
4) Overall, they have gained a better understanding of how to design magazines that look like real publications.
Cover amended
The document provides details on a model's costume and makeup plan for a photoshoot. It specifies that the model will have very highlighted skin to make her cheekbones shimmer and look young. Her eyeshadow will be gold with darker color in the socket and lighter color in the inner corner to make her eyes look bigger. Lip color will be a dark plum. The model will wear blue jeans and a purple top to look casual yet stylish, appealing to the target demographic of teen girls aged 15-18.
Evaluation part one
- The document discusses the student's media product, a music magazine, and how it uses and develops conventions of real music magazines.
- The magazine follows conventions through its genre (hip hop/R&B), layout, use of fonts, colors, and natural posing of the cover model.
- The contents page also mirrors real magazines through its use of headings, fonts, and single cover image while keeping a clean design.
- The double page spread interviews an artist through photos and quotes, representing the target audience in a conventional style.
Question 1
IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF A REAL MEDIA PRODUCT?
DPS Links to Cover/Contents
The document discusses how the cover and contents page of a magazine are linked through consistent design elements. Both pages use a black, white, and blue color scheme, similar fonts for pull quotes, and the magazine masthead to visually connect them. Small X graphics are also carried over from the cover but made smaller on the contents page to transition between the pages. The same artist and article titles featured on the cover also appear on the contents page and a double page spread within the magazine to tie the content together.
research and planning presentation
This document provides an analysis of magazine design conventions based on research. It examines the layout elements used in sample magazine covers and articles, such as mastheads, color schemes, images, headings and subheadings. The document also discusses which conventions will be applied in the design of a school magazine, such as using a main image, color scheme, masthead and puffs. Research on sample magazine spreads is presented, analyzing how they follow, develop and challenge conventions through elements like multiple related images and non-traditional layouts.
Prelim to Music Magazine
The document summarizes the improvements made from the author's preliminary magazine task to their actual music magazine. Some key improvements included adding more effects like drop shadows to the masthead, using stronger colors on the cover that stand out better, including more imaginative images, making text sizes larger and clearer on pages like contents, and addressing weaknesses identified in the preliminary task. Overall, the author felt they progressed significantly and learned valuable lessons that allowed them to create a stronger final music magazine.
Introduction
The document describes a magazine project focused on music and fashion genres. The magazine was created individually over 10 weeks using InDesign and Photoshop software. To attract female readers, the magazine uses a model on the cover wearing fashionable clothing and utilizes girlie fonts and colors throughout. The contents page highlights the main artists and events in the issue to entice readers. A feature interview article employs multiple images and quotes in different fonts to engage readers.
Evaluation of my music magazine
The document summarizes the student's evaluation of their music magazine project. It describes how the magazine cover follows conventions by having a clear masthead, prominent image, and use of fonts/colors. The contents page is neatly organized with consistent fonts, dates/websites, and an advertisement. The double-page interview layout fits text around images professionally with a large headline. The magazine represents younger audiences through images of bands and topics like concerts and celebrities. Distribution points considered are supermarkets, websites, and billboards to reach large audiences. Areas for improvement include taking more authentic music-related photos outside of school. The student learned skills in editing software, magazine design conventions, and creating a more professional magazine compared to their preliminary project.
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IPC Media would be a good publisher to distribute the media product because they reach over 20 million users per month through their 60 iconic brands. They have experience with indie/rock music genres and target a similar young audience. Specifically, IPC Media's music magazine NME focuses on the same genre and demographic as the media product. Distributing through their large, established company would allow for cheaper advertising options to successfully reach the target audience. Bauer could also be considered as they publish magazines like Kerrang and Q that target rock music fans, though they may not be as closely aligned as IPC Media.
Question 6
The document discusses various technologies the student learned to use while completing a coursework project to create a magazine. The student used Microsoft Word to write articles, questionnaires, and other documents. Microsoft PowerPoint was used to create presentations and organize answers to evaluation questions. Microsoft Excel was utilized to create graphs from questionnaire results. A USB stick helped store and transfer files between locations. Blogger allowed uploading work in an organized chronological manner. Slideshare and Divshare facilitated uploading presentations and audio files. Adobe Photoshop and tools like the Lasso and Magic Wand helped edit photos professionally. An Edirol device recorded interviews and Audition software edited audio. Overall, the student gained experience using various software programs and technologies for planning
Question 5
The document discusses strategies used in a magazine cover and contents page to attract a target teenage audience. Key strategies included using casual, natural poses and clothing to appeal to indie music fans; including freebies and competitions to encourage purchasing; and using bright colors, impact font, and images of artists to catch readers' attention. Social media addresses were included to make it easy for teens to find the magazine online.
Question 1
The document compares and contrasts the conventions used in different music magazines, including Vinyl magazine created by the author. Some key conventions discussed include:
- Using direct address and serious photos that match the genre of music
- Including barcodes, 4 colors, and 1-3 cover lines
- Targeting teenagers/young adults through colors, fonts and people featured
- Including freebies to attract audiences
- Focusing on bands/artists through photos and mastheads
Before & after pictures
This document discusses using Photoshop tools to edit before and after pictures. It mentions using the magnetic lasso tool, magic wand tool, brush tool and eraser tool to edit images and create before and after pictures.
Question 2
The magazine "VINYL" targets teenagers interested in indie music. To represent this group, the magazine features teenage models and uses some casual, colloquial language that teenagers can relate to. The font, color scheme, and inclusion of stereotypical indie music instruments like guitars and drums help portray the magazine's target audience and the genres it covers. The poses and shots of bands in the magazine portray different sides of teenagers - mature on the cover but also silly and fun in inside pages, challenging stereotypes.
Production of my contents page
The document describes the process of designing a magazine contents page. The designer edited photos using selection tools, adjusted colors and layout. Images and text were arranged on a colored background. Based on feedback, the designer adjusted spacing, added more information and changed the background color of images to white to make them stand out more.
Question 2
The magazine "VINYL" targets teenagers interested in indie music. To represent this group, the magazine features teenage models and uses some casual, colloquial language that teenagers can relate to. The font, color scheme, and photos of musicians playing stereotypical indie instruments like guitar and drums are meant to appeal to teenagers and convey the indie genre. The poses and shots of the band are used to depict both the mature and fun, energetic sides of teenagers and the social group.
Production of my double page spread
The document describes the process of creating a double page spread. The author first selected an image but then chose a more interesting one. They used selection tools like Lasso and Magic Wand to isolate parts of the image and remove the background. Text and smaller images were then added along with a floating quote. The background color was changed to navy blue to catch readers' attention. Page numbers and headings were also added to the final product.
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- The contents page includes section headings, a band index, and different article colors for clarity, matching NME's layout.
- A double-page spread features a large headline, enlarged quote, and snapshot photos to encourage reading without being text-heavy.
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The document summarizes the key learnings from creating a preliminary magazine cover to developing a full magazine product. For the preliminary cover, mistakes were made in design, cropping images, and not considering the target audience. These issues made the cover look dull and unprofessional. For the full magazine, the document discusses improvements made in using clearer backgrounds for images, more eye-catching colors tailored to the genre, and better layout of front page elements to draw attention. The content page and double-page spread were also improved by applying lessons around image selection, text formatting, and inclusion of expected magazine conventions. Overall, the process allowed the creator to strengthen their skills in Photoshop and magazine design by learning from mistakes in the preliminary
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This document summarizes the learning and progression from a preliminary music magazine task to the final production. The author notes they have improved skills in photography, text design, and using Photoshop effectively. For the final production, images were enhanced to look like a professional magazine, font was clearer, and elements were carefully positioned. Researching codes and conventions before production helped make the final magazine resemble actual music magazines, unlike the preliminary version. The front cover and spreads now have a continuous house style linking the artist to make it seem more professional.
Evaluation q7
The student learned several new skills when progressing from their preliminary college magazine to a full music magazine product. They learned to use Photoshop and InDesign tools more extensively to improve layouts, cover designs, and image editing. Specifically, they learned how to use effects like outer glow, use the magic wand and lasso tools, and transform images. They improved at incorporating codes and conventions to better suit the target audience. Overall, their skills with design software and understanding of professional magazine production improved.
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
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1) The magazine uses a fun masthead and colors/fonts to target young rock fans. Main articles feature bands to interest this audience.
2) Free items and emotive words are used to attract readers' attention on the cover. Varied colors, fonts, and images keep the content engaging.
3) The magazine represents and is aimed at teenagers interested in pop/rock music. The layout and band choices reinforce this target demographic.
4) Similar magazines like Kerrang! were used for research and help position it for the intended rock-loving teenage audience.
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.
Evalu 111
This document discusses the development of a music magazine cover and contents page, focusing on how it uses and develops conventions from real media products. It describes creating a masthead that is partially covered by the main image, using fonts, colors and styles consistently throughout the magazine, and including images of musicians that follow trends in posing and fashion to appeal to the target audience. The document also discusses techniques like using the magazine logo on interior pages to maintain branding.
Media Evaluation Lewis Cooke
The document provides details about a student's media magazine project. It discusses the design conventions used in the magazine, including placing the title in the top left corner of the cover and using left-to-right reading. It also discusses representing the target audience of 16-25 year olds interested in indie music. The student learned new skills in Photoshop and how magazines are increasingly distributed online. Overall, the progression from the preliminary project to the final magazine improved the professional design and layout.
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.
My Media Presentation
This document is a student's portfolio submission for a media studies project where they created a magazine for their college. It includes summaries of their magazine concept, the process of designing the magazine in Photoshop and InDesign, reflections on feedback received, and re-drafted versions of the cover page, contents page, and double-page spread based on that feedback. The student aimed to target both younger and older students at their college with their magazine design. They learned skills in Photoshop like using layers and editing images. Feedback suggested making the contents page and cover lines more engaging. The re-drafted versions included modifications like improved images, tasters to draw readers in, and more relevant contents.
Evaluation Of My Music Magazine
The document discusses the evaluation of a music magazine product. It compares the product to real music magazines like Billboard and Vibe, examining similarities and differences in areas like cover design, layout, images and content. It also addresses questions about the target audience, how the product represents social groups, and what media institution might distribute it.
Evaluation 7 f
The document summarizes what the author learned from creating a preliminary magazine that could be improved for their final pop music magazine product. Specifically, the author learned that for a pop music magazine to appeal to its target teenage audience it needs bright colors, original fonts, a cluttered but content-rich format, informal language, prominent images on the cover and throughout, and elements like banners and frames that relate to web/social media and retro styles enjoyed by teenagers. The author analyzed their preliminary draft and made changes like adding more colorful and varied photos, torn paper elements, and filling empty spaces to create a final magazine that better matches the conventions and interests of their target market.
Magazine evaluation finished
The document is a student's analysis of their media product, a magazine. It discusses how the magazine both uses conventions of the genre as well as challenges them. It represents young females interested in funky house music. The target audience is females aged 12-19. The student discusses the design choices made and what they learned about technologies like Photoshop through making the magazine.
Magazine evaluation
The document is a student's analysis of their media product, a magazine. It discusses how the magazine both uses and challenges conventions of the genre. It represents young females interested in funky house music aged 12-19. The magazine would be distributed by IPC Media due to their large female audience. The target audience was attracted through bright colors, large fonts, and attractive photos of young female models. The student learned Photoshop skills like editing photos, adding effects and maintaining a consistent color scheme and style.
Question 1
The document provides an analysis of the media products created by the author for their final project. The author researched magazines in their genre of dance and club music such as Mix Mag and DJ Magazine to inform the layouts of their three media products. To make the products look like a real magazine, the author used a vibrant colour scheme taken from their magazine logo and consistent page numbering. Key elements like the masthead, artist images and pull quotes were included on pages like the front cover, contents page and double page spread to make the magazine look conventional while tying the elements together visually and thematically.
Evaluation
- The document evaluates a music magazine media project created by the author
- The author uses conventions of real music magazines such as eye-catching colors, centering the cover image, and including headlines to give readers an idea of the contents
- The intended audience is social classes C1 and C2 aged 16-20, represented through informal language, prominent images, and primary colors
- Bauer Media is proposed as a suitable distributor since they specialize in magazines, TV, and radio, allowing for cross-promotion across media platforms
Evaluation q7
The document discusses how completing a preliminary college magazine task helped the author learn important conventions for their final music magazine product. For the college magazine, the author experimented with layout, photography, and Photoshop skills. This allowed them to identify weaknesses in their first attempt, such as a cluttered layout with many small stories, poorly edited images, and an unclear masthead. For their music magazine, the author applied what they learned to improve the layout, feature large prominent images, and use clear fonts and colors consistent with industry standards. Completing the preliminary college magazine was beneficial as it provided an opportunity to develop skills and understand conventions needed to create a professional final magazine.
Powerpoint
The document summarizes the key differences between the student's preliminary magazine project and their full music magazine product. For the full product, the student learned to:
1) Make the masthead larger and more eye-catching by spacing out letters in different sizes.
2) Take higher quality, professionally-shot photos with models having a serious facial expression.
3) Use a cleaner layout with only three colors and consistent page numbering to appear neater.
4) Include regular features like reusing the cover model and adding sections to seem more full-featured.
Question 7
The document discusses the learning process of creating a preliminary magazine page and then a final magazine product. For the preliminary task, the author created a front cover and contents page but noted many areas for improvement, such as using brighter colors and fonts that did not stand out well. When creating the final product, the author applied lessons from the preliminary task by using bolder fonts, higher quality images, and a layout informed by researching real magazines. The author also learned to make the magazine appeal to both male and female readers. Overall, the process helped the author develop new skills in Photoshop, research, and magazine design to produce a more polished final product.
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Question 7
- 1. Question 7- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
- 2. Before After
- 4. For the music magazine, I stuck to 3 colours to show typical conventions of a magazine. This made things not look too bright.
- 5. There are more conventions used in my magazine. For example, I have used more freebies, website address, sell lines, main sell line, a slogan, and the price.
- 6. Here the masthead is been created in a way which would stand out however I used many effects on the masthead to make it look 3D.
- 7. The image shows unity and here I have developed Photoshop skills to crop the image out properly. The image also shows that they look like a band and are somewhat related to music.
- 8. In the preliminary task, I never cropped the picture out as I took the picture with the background already present. I used saturation, contrast and brightness to make the picture stand out more. I never used a gradient tool for the background.
- 9. For this to match a school magazine, I think I used too many bright colours and didn’t make it look professional.
- 10. I used many conventions of a magazine such as; Sell lines, Barcode, price and freebies.
- 11. The masthead is in bright red and I decided to do that to make it stand out however it looks quite boring and simple as I never added any effects or borders to it.
- 13. On the school magazine the sell lines are everywhere and are placed in different angles. This made it look unprofessional and wasn't very interesting to look at.
- 14. I used the same typography throughout my preliminary task.
- 15. For the sell lines I only used Red and White.
- 16. I never thought about my target audience when I produced this therefore this can be the reason why I never thought about my sell lines properly.
- 17. I never looked at any other real magazines to get any ideas about what to put onto my front page.
- 18. The image shows non direct address and this can draw the audience away from the magazineI edited the picture a lot more in my music magazine as I developed skills on how to use tools like ; Magnetic Lasso tool, magic wand, brush, eraser and many more. On the music magazine the sell lines are placed in an organised manner which makes it easier to read and also looks more professional. I used different sizes of the same typography on the music magazine. This was to catch the readers attention on specific sell lines or freebies. For the sell lines in the music magazine I used Maroon and White however I made it look professional by adding subheadings. I thought about my target audience for this magazine therefore is the reason why I added 2 freebies and not 1. I also targeted my image which teenagers can relate to whereas in the preliminary task I only used one image which many people cannot relate to. I looked at other magazines such as ‘NME’ and ‘Kerrang’ which relate to my genre. This helped me deciding what I was going to put on my front cover. The image shows direct address which can draw the audience into the magazine and they can feel more involved.
- 19. Simple masthead, no effects added. Main sell line does not stand out and not very eye-catching. Non direct Address. Sell lines not organised properly. Barcode
- 20. Improvements to my main focus point of the magazine. The one above is very boring and simple and does not stand out. however the main focus point on my music magazine is placed in large font and is on top of the image which can be eye-catching. I used one colour for the preliminary task whereas In my music magazine I used two colours which compliment each other and also stand out due to the effects added to the ‘ULTRAVIOLET’
- 21. Before After
- 23. The contents page looks very empty and not enough information present.
- 24. Only one image is used in the preliminary task which can be seen as boring because many teenagers tend to like visual things that textual.
- 25. Page numbers are not organised properly.
- 26. No editorial present.
- 27. Grey background used; Indicates genre of the music.
- 28. The contents page has alot of information present.
- 29. There is a range of images used including one large image which draws the audiences attention.
- 30. Music magazine has a very structured layout, looks very packed with information and actually looks like a contents page. There are headings for each information and these are in different colours which makes it easier to identify.
- 31. The page numbers are organised in a organised way and are placed in the same colour next to the information.
- 32. The colour scheme is kept the same throughout which looks more organised.
- 35. I have used more than one image present which can interest the audience into reading more of this article.
- 36. The colours used relate to the Indie genre as they are medium/dark colours.
- 37. I have used bold writing in the heading with Photoshop effects added to make it stand out.I have used different poses which makes the images look more appealing. The main image is taken from a low angle shot which can show status and their success. The costumes of all the pictures show the genre of the music they specialise in.
- 38. Conclusion From my preliminary task I believe I have improved in my Photoshop skills. I have targeted my audience better with my music magazine as I have included many more conventions. By improving on my Photoshop skills, I have achieved a good product with all the necessary information needed. I have looked at other magazines which I never did for my preliminary to help me produce my music magazine. I also developed many other language devices which helped me target my specific audience of VINYL.