What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from your first task to the full product?
At the beginning of the year I did not feel comfortable with the editing tools or using a blog. This has all changed now and I can use the tools and I liked using the blog and want to start doing it myself. I did find Photoshop and InDesign extremely difficult at first and I don't feel that confident still now, but it is a better and was useful working with them.
I have learnt that audiences and magazines are connected and that the magazines publishing company is looked into in great detail. I think it was a good idea that the magazines connect with the audience and I like a lot of different magazines since starting this topic. I have also learnt about camera techniques and the effects they have. I know how significant the photo is on the magazines and how it has to portray the audiences in a certain way and connect properly.
I have enjoyed creating and working with this topic even though I have found it difficult to keep on track with this and other courses. I hopefully have produced a good product that is worth a good grade. I have learn a lot of information about how the audience is important though and how we as a person are looked at before the product is made.
I will continue to read magazines and look at it in the same amount of detail that I have produced my work in. I enjoy also working on my blog and updating it like I am writing here.
There is also a difference in the way my first draft at a college magazine looks to the final product of my music magazine. This shows my progression.
Friday 28 February 2014
Monday 24 February 2014
Evaluation question 6
What have you learnt about the technologies that you have used when constructing your product?
Throughout making my product I have used a range of different technologies including :
I also used hardware and technologies such as computers and cameras when I did my coursework. Every lesson we used computers to input data onto our blogs and also write up anything that we needed to. We used computers to edit things and type up any information we needed. The internet was used a lot because a lot of the information was of other peoples blogs and also some of the programs where on it. The only problem with this is that in the college system some of the things are blocked so we cannot access some of the information that we want properly. However, using the computers and using them to do a lot of things are useful and better than using pen and paper. Its good that I know how to use computers efficiently also.
Throughout making my product I have used a range of different technologies including :
Slide share is a programme used for creating online power points and embedding them on blogs and online for people to see them. I used this when I created some power points to put onto my music magazine blog for my exam coursework. I found it difficult to embed into my blog at first but I found it easy to use to create the power point, I soon figured my way around it. It was useful to show examiners and my teacher than I can use a computer to my advantage and take advantage of the technologies and programs that they offer. This could also give me extra marks in my exam for using such things.
Blogger is a programme that is for people to create blogs on for any reason. Magazine coursework was the reason I have had to create one and on this is uploaded all of my progress. This shows that I can use some media in fun and interesting ways. This was the first time that I had ever used this and found it easy to use and liked using it that I made a blog for my mothers cake business also. You could embed posts and photos onto this and also power points and other such programs can be used and put onto it to showcase some of your skills. I enjoy using this. This is a good way to mark coursework and I like the idea of it and it shows my skills of better.
Glogster was used to create a poster on my chosen music scene which was indie music. I used arctic monkeys as I love them and it fit well with what type of magazine I wanted to do. This is a good way to show the poster as it is interactive and almost 3D like.
In design was a very tricky process and took along time to do anything on it because I wasn't accustomed to it. It did do my head in. I used the text tool and used the previews to see everything I put onto the magazine. It helped with the order of my magazine and laying it out because it gave guidelines to stick to. This was the main programme that I used and even though it was tricky I got round it in the end. I also used photo shop which again was difficult to use but I got round it in the end, It was hard to delete things such as the background and other things such as editing text and photos. I used a free outline tool in Photoshop that helped me cut out of the background of the image so that it was just of the main star.
I also used hardware and technologies such as computers and cameras when I did my coursework. Every lesson we used computers to input data onto our blogs and also write up anything that we needed to. We used computers to edit things and type up any information we needed. The internet was used a lot because a lot of the information was of other peoples blogs and also some of the programs where on it. The only problem with this is that in the college system some of the things are blocked so we cannot access some of the information that we want properly. However, using the computers and using them to do a lot of things are useful and better than using pen and paper. Its good that I know how to use computers efficiently also.
I also used a camera that was given to me from the college to use. It was good and it was easy to upload some of the photos onto the computer via a usb lead. I enjoyed using the camera and enjoyed the topic overall. I found it easy to upload the photos and also easy to edit them. However, because of the lighting wasn't correct the photos where not perfect but they did the job and they were decent enough to use.
Evaluation question 5
How did you address attract your audience?
The language that I used on the front cover of this magazine is shown here. I used selling words such as 'shocking' and ' special' which gives the audience the impression that they are important and they are involved. These types of language should excite and interest them. I attracted them due to looking at what the audience would want to see. I have hopefully give of the impression that I knew what I was doing. I tried to use different conventions to do this. I used flashes and used the colours yellow, red and black so that everything complimented each other and they are simple which is what the reader of this want. The readers of this magazine are interested in the contents not what the colour scheme is, they are more deep. Yellow is the block colour that is used for the most exciting of the stories such as ' john myres shocking new album' and ' the fear'.
The models on the front of my magazine could be the reason to attract my audience. this could be because they fit into the scene of the music and people can relate. The male audience may want to be them and the women audience may think they are handsome. They are both young and people could find them attractive. I made sure that the clothing was set to the genre also. I made the models look into the camera and make them the mode of address as if they are looking at the audience, I find this technique very striking and effective.
The masthead on my front cover is large so that the audience can tell what the magazine is and always recognise it. Further on my magazine, I have put the names and stories what is included in my magazine in red. This is because red is a powerful colour and will attract the audiences attention to this and make them want to read and want to buy.
The word plus is in yellow on a red background so that it stands out and shows the audience that they are getting a good amount of content and its interesting. This could be the reason someone buys it. There is a lot of information on my cover, so that should interest the audience that they are getting what they pay for as their is a lot of good stories. I have also used recent and regular bands to make sure this is the case.
This is my double page spread. I have used the article to show the reader what is to come if they buy the magazine and to see what is in it. I have used an attractive main model that dresses the same as what people may expect of a 'indie'. Looking directly at the audience he is giving the audience the effect that he is looking at them. Which is good with the quote next to him. He is also holding a guitar which people find attractive and interesting. I have set the photo so that the guitar is off the page and through the title. This is to show a edgy effect. I have then shown some home photos of the model which shows a fun and exciting side of him which I think people will like because it shows that people who read this magazine are fun and like a good laugh and a party. I stuck to the general house style here also, with the same colours ect.
I feel that the language I have used is interesting and readable. I believe that the readers would enjoy is because it is fun and young written and also funny such as ' I got followed to the toilet'. Which is standing out in the article so the audience again sees a fun side. This is how I attracted the audience by the element of fun and games with a edge. which again can be seen in a typical 'indie' person. This is a light hearted effect and this is also shown in the quote' the fans are amazing. I couldn't ask for better and that comes from the heart'. This gives the fan something directly to them to read.
The tour dates are also something that will attract audience as it gives them something to look forward to.
In my contents page as you can see I used a fun and vibrant photo which shows again the fun and yet edginess of this magazine. It again follows the colour scheme and looks nice and neat. It attracts the audience because it has a lot of information and yet is easy to read and follow. It gives live dates which excites the audience and shows reviews on loads of artists. I have worded the text so that it sounds exciting and used bands and artists that are part of this genre and the audience loves. I have used words such as' Exclusive and specials' which connotes that there is something worth looking at. It should create an explosion for the reader when they read it. I have put these things in yellow so they stand out.
The photo is another direct mode of address but it is a more fun and looks cooler. However, I feel like the audience will feel more relaxed and might have a giggle about this photo. It does work well though with the ones underneath also. I have used a subscribe now button to show readers they can get issues and look at the magazine online, which shows this magazine is keeping up to date with its readers and catering for their needs.
Everything I have done in this magazine is to keep the audience interested and keep up to date with the genre of music and articles that magazine such as Q and NME produce. I think I have done well and think my magazine is good enough to buy. With the pictures and articles also, are effective as people like photos.
The models on the front of my magazine could be the reason to attract my audience. this could be because they fit into the scene of the music and people can relate. The male audience may want to be them and the women audience may think they are handsome. They are both young and people could find them attractive. I made sure that the clothing was set to the genre also. I made the models look into the camera and make them the mode of address as if they are looking at the audience, I find this technique very striking and effective.
The masthead on my front cover is large so that the audience can tell what the magazine is and always recognise it. Further on my magazine, I have put the names and stories what is included in my magazine in red. This is because red is a powerful colour and will attract the audiences attention to this and make them want to read and want to buy.
The word plus is in yellow on a red background so that it stands out and shows the audience that they are getting a good amount of content and its interesting. This could be the reason someone buys it. There is a lot of information on my cover, so that should interest the audience that they are getting what they pay for as their is a lot of good stories. I have also used recent and regular bands to make sure this is the case.
This is my double page spread. I have used the article to show the reader what is to come if they buy the magazine and to see what is in it. I have used an attractive main model that dresses the same as what people may expect of a 'indie'. Looking directly at the audience he is giving the audience the effect that he is looking at them. Which is good with the quote next to him. He is also holding a guitar which people find attractive and interesting. I have set the photo so that the guitar is off the page and through the title. This is to show a edgy effect. I have then shown some home photos of the model which shows a fun and exciting side of him which I think people will like because it shows that people who read this magazine are fun and like a good laugh and a party. I stuck to the general house style here also, with the same colours ect.
I feel that the language I have used is interesting and readable. I believe that the readers would enjoy is because it is fun and young written and also funny such as ' I got followed to the toilet'. Which is standing out in the article so the audience again sees a fun side. This is how I attracted the audience by the element of fun and games with a edge. which again can be seen in a typical 'indie' person. This is a light hearted effect and this is also shown in the quote' the fans are amazing. I couldn't ask for better and that comes from the heart'. This gives the fan something directly to them to read.
The tour dates are also something that will attract audience as it gives them something to look forward to.
In my contents page as you can see I used a fun and vibrant photo which shows again the fun and yet edginess of this magazine. It again follows the colour scheme and looks nice and neat. It attracts the audience because it has a lot of information and yet is easy to read and follow. It gives live dates which excites the audience and shows reviews on loads of artists. I have worded the text so that it sounds exciting and used bands and artists that are part of this genre and the audience loves. I have used words such as' Exclusive and specials' which connotes that there is something worth looking at. It should create an explosion for the reader when they read it. I have put these things in yellow so they stand out.
The photo is another direct mode of address but it is a more fun and looks cooler. However, I feel like the audience will feel more relaxed and might have a giggle about this photo. It does work well though with the ones underneath also. I have used a subscribe now button to show readers they can get issues and look at the magazine online, which shows this magazine is keeping up to date with its readers and catering for their needs.
Everything I have done in this magazine is to keep the audience interested and keep up to date with the genre of music and articles that magazine such as Q and NME produce. I think I have done well and think my magazine is good enough to buy. With the pictures and articles also, are effective as people like photos.
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