To the examiner,
I hope you enjoy taking the time to look through my blog and the work which I have produced over the last few months. Looking back to the start, and then to my final piece, you can see how much improvement has been made, and I am very please that I have learnt this skills on PhotoShop and hope to use them in the future. I put in a lot of effort to my research and planning in order to be able to produce the best magazine I could. Throughout my blog I have show where my inspiration has came from, and what I have done to my final piece in order to make it different to others. Hope you enjoy my blog! Thanks, Jack.
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Final Evaluation question 6
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Looking back to when we first started this task, I knew very little about camera use and the different types of shots which can be used to adjust the lighting, and the presence of your model. I used my own camera which is a Sony camera, 12.1 mega pixels. This provided good quality pictures at first, but seemed to lack the final edge to them once they had been put on to PhotoShop. I then therefore swapped camera to using the schools cameras, which had a better final touch to them. I took many test shots so I could get used to how the cameras lighting and quality worked, before selecting which photos where best, after receiving feedback from some students in the class about which they thought were the best ones.
Apart from photography, I have used a wide range of internet programs which I have never used before, the most obvious one being PhotoShop. Over the period of time I feel that I have became more advanced in the program, and now find the majority of it very easy to use. Cutting photos out and changing the ways that they look eg. Black and white, hue, saturation, was a very big factor in my final product and I’m glad that I have learnt this skills so that I can take them on it the future
Other programs that I hadn’t used before were programs such as Scribd, Slideshare, Flickr and even Blogger. I have learnt about all the different ways Microsoft Word and Microsoft Powerpoint documents can be uploaded to my blog, and how to embed codes in order to present the post clearly.
Final Evaluation question 1
In What ways does your Media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real Media products?
As soon as this task was set I decided that I was going to do an indie/rock genre, as that is my personal favourite style of music, and the one which I know most about. After reading indie/rock magazines for a long period of time, I felt that I had instant inspiration from them, in the way that they are set out and how they look; colour schemes and type of language for instance.
I looked at magazines online and in real life, the main one being NME magazine, my weekly read. I also explored into the Rolling Stone magazine, Q magazine and Kerrang. All magazines are similar in the way they are presented, but just have a slightly different genre. For example, I found that the majority of the magazines focused the main story on what usually seemed to be male artists, which is where I got my inspiration to develop this and use a female artist instead. I did take inspiration from these magazines in how I layout my front cover, with a large masthead at the top and the main image in the centre.
As soon as this task was set I decided that I was going to do an indie/rock genre, as that is my personal favourite style of music, and the one which I know most about. After reading indie/rock magazines for a long period of time, I felt that I had instant inspiration from them, in the way that they are set out and how they look; colour schemes and type of language for instance.
I looked at magazines online and in real life, the main one being NME magazine, my weekly read. I also explored into the Rolling Stone magazine, Q magazine and Kerrang. All magazines are similar in the way they are presented, but just have a slightly different genre. For example, I found that the majority of the magazines focused the main story on what usually seemed to be male artists, which is where I got my inspiration to develop this and use a female artist instead. I did take inspiration from these magazines in how I layout my front cover, with a large masthead at the top and the main image in the centre.
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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Lesson 29.2.12
In todays lesson I have finished off my feedback evaluation and put it onto my blog. I have also uploading my 5 evaluation questions to scribd and started to put them onto my blog.
For my magazine I have partly cut out 2 pictures, both for my contents page. I plan to finish cutting these out next lesson and start to put wording into my contents page.
For my magazine I have partly cut out 2 pictures, both for my contents page. I plan to finish cutting these out next lesson and start to put wording into my contents page.
Magazine cover improvements
After recieving feedback on my magazine cover, I realised that there are a lot of improvements that can be made to all concepts of my magazine
Firstly, the front cover needs more adding to. For example, there needs to be a bar code and the date on there somewhere. I also think the main writing such as the masthead needs to stand out more, as it blends in with a lot of other text. I also need to think of using 2 or 3 more different fonts in order to make my magazine stand out and look different.
On my contents page I also need to change fonts of the heading a numbers. I also will be changing my pictures and adding more pictures, in order to give a better feel to what type on genre of music I am trying to get across. Size of the text will also need to be change so everything is similar.
My DPS was something I liked, but need to change my image and maybe add more images, so it again relates to my genre of music. The places of the text also need to be changed as some of it blends in, and some text doesn't quite match the picture.
Firstly, the front cover needs more adding to. For example, there needs to be a bar code and the date on there somewhere. I also think the main writing such as the masthead needs to stand out more, as it blends in with a lot of other text. I also need to think of using 2 or 3 more different fonts in order to make my magazine stand out and look different.
On my contents page I also need to change fonts of the heading a numbers. I also will be changing my pictures and adding more pictures, in order to give a better feel to what type on genre of music I am trying to get across. Size of the text will also need to be change so everything is similar.
My DPS was something I liked, but need to change my image and maybe add more images, so it again relates to my genre of music. The places of the text also need to be changed as some of it blends in, and some text doesn't quite match the picture.
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Sunday, 26 February 2012
Draft Magazine shots
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Draft Magazine
Friday, 3 February 2012
Magazine Genre
These are magazines which have inspired me as to how I want magazine. These show my genre (indie/rock) and the kind of style which I plan to do my magazine. The masthead from these is what inspired me to do mine, however mine will be different due to colour and fonts. Most of these have a mid-shot image in the middle of the page, and I'm doing a full body shot, but also doing mine in the middle of the page.
These are magazines which have inspired me as to how I want magazine. These show my genre (indie/rock) and the kind of style which I plan to do my magazine. The masthead from these is what inspired me to do mine, however mine will be different due to colour and fonts. Most of these have a mid-shot image in the middle of the page, and I'm doing a full body shot, but also doing mine in the middle of the page.
Title of magazine
AIM
The title I chose for my magazine is AIM. I chose this as it stands for Alternative Indie Music, which could be wrote underneath it on my front cover. I feel that this name is catchy and matches the indie genre, with a short, snappy title.
The title I chose for my magazine is AIM. I chose this as it stands for Alternative Indie Music, which could be wrote underneath it on my front cover. I feel that this name is catchy and matches the indie genre, with a short, snappy title.
Font ideas
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Draft article
Lillia Dunkley - 'If you asked me a year ago what I'd be doing now, I'd of said still playing in pubs and stacking shelves at Tesco'
The new indie youngstar has hit the UK with a bang in the past few weeks, and her fame seems to of only just begun..
After releasing her debut song 'Fear Not' just over 6 months ago, Britain seems to of taken an instant liking to her, and say they cannot wait to hear more. AIM got in touch with her last week to see how she's handling the new fame, and how she managed to get so well known, is so little time!
Its nice to finally see the face which everyone has been hyping about in the last few months! It must of all come to a massive shock to you?
Haha, I have to say this was the last thing I expected. Even after the debut song I never expected it to get this well known, and never expected to be asked for autographs and pictures everywhere I go! I was still playing in my own local pub just over a year ago!
Lets just hope you can live up to these expectations that people now have of you hey?! What more can we expect from you in the next year or so?
I'll try my best! Well, I've recently found the time to start working on an album. It may take sometime to be released to the public, but I just want to perfect it so I can give my fans what they deserve! I do however have a new single coming out soon which has already been made, just a teaser for the people before the real thing comes out!
Can't wait to hear it myself! How did the whole interest in music and wanting to become an artist come about in the first place? When did you realise you had such talent?!
Well my mother and father always had a massive love or music, and were both massive fans of The Beatles, who I seemed to grow up listening to everyday! At the young age of 9 my father taught me how to play some simple things on the guitar, and then by 13 I was fluently playing the guitar and singing! My mother first realised my talent then, and thought it would be a good idea to upload some of my music to YouTube, which clearly turned out to be a very good idea!
You mum deserves a massive thank-you then! Well unfortunately that's all we have time for this week. We would be delighted if we could speak to you in the near future after the album is out
She definitely does! Thanks a lot, yes feel free to get in touch whenever you want.
The new indie youngstar has hit the UK with a bang in the past few weeks, and her fame seems to of only just begun..
After releasing her debut song 'Fear Not' just over 6 months ago, Britain seems to of taken an instant liking to her, and say they cannot wait to hear more. AIM got in touch with her last week to see how she's handling the new fame, and how she managed to get so well known, is so little time!
Its nice to finally see the face which everyone has been hyping about in the last few months! It must of all come to a massive shock to you?
Haha, I have to say this was the last thing I expected. Even after the debut song I never expected it to get this well known, and never expected to be asked for autographs and pictures everywhere I go! I was still playing in my own local pub just over a year ago!
Lets just hope you can live up to these expectations that people now have of you hey?! What more can we expect from you in the next year or so?
I'll try my best! Well, I've recently found the time to start working on an album. It may take sometime to be released to the public, but I just want to perfect it so I can give my fans what they deserve! I do however have a new single coming out soon which has already been made, just a teaser for the people before the real thing comes out!
Can't wait to hear it myself! How did the whole interest in music and wanting to become an artist come about in the first place? When did you realise you had such talent?!
Well my mother and father always had a massive love or music, and were both massive fans of The Beatles, who I seemed to grow up listening to everyday! At the young age of 9 my father taught me how to play some simple things on the guitar, and then by 13 I was fluently playing the guitar and singing! My mother first realised my talent then, and thought it would be a good idea to upload some of my music to YouTube, which clearly turned out to be a very good idea!
You mum deserves a massive thank-you then! Well unfortunately that's all we have time for this week. We would be delighted if we could speak to you in the near future after the album is out
She definitely does! Thanks a lot, yes feel free to get in touch whenever you want.
Typical Reader Profile
This is Seb Harrington, he is a 16 year old male. I chose him as a typical reader for my magazine as I know him well personally, and feel that he could relate to my magazine, and would be the exact type of person to want to read it. He keeps up with the up to date, non mainstream music and has a subscription to the NME magazine, but feels that more could be offered to the magazine and it could be changed a little, which is what my magazine would do. He also likes to read magazines such as Kerrang, Q and Rolling Stone. Seb likes a wide variety of music, including bands and artist such as Foals, The Stroke, The Vaccines, The Horrors, Paolo Nutini and The XX. I chose him as my typical reader as he said that he thinks there is a lack of indie music magazines around, and that more are needed so there is a wider variety and something a little different.
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