As Media – Preliminary Task – Unit G321

‘In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of media products?’

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

‘In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of media products?’Front cover similarities.

Masthead

Date line

Main image

Main cover lines

Bar code

Cover lines

Selling line

Differences of Front coversWe have both used very similar styles Mastheads, however the ‘VIBE’ magazines is bigger, I personal think the masthead is a weakness on my magazine as it is too small. And the back drop shadow is too much.In both magazines, bright, bold colours have been used to attract the audience – both genders

We both have lots of cover lines to sell the magazine and to also fill the blank space. I think one of my strengths is that I used different effects e.g stroke or drop shadow however I think I could have limited my colours like the ‘vibe’ magazine as mine looks to ‘busy’.

One thing I would change about my magazine cover is the position of the bar code, as it looks squashed in with the text.

Audience feedback: Attractive, lots of information however the Masthead looks 3D, and does not fit with the magazine.

‘In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of media products?’Contents page similarities.

Masthead

Contents title

Sub-headings

Photographs

Layout out of columns for features within the magazine and categorised.

Differences of contents pages

On my Contents page, I have more subheadings, I think this is a strength of my magazine please it has lots to offer.

I have a very similar layout to the sports magazine, I put the writing on the left hand side to observe the rule of thirds in columns. However I could have made the columns thinner to look more like a magazine

Colours: On the sports magazine the colours are limited to black, white and blue – as they are sporty colours and connect with the photographs. On the other side, mine are more bright and colourful to convey college colours thus stationary colours were used. I think a weakness of my contents page is that I used to many effects, instead of keeping the information simple.

Text: I have used the same font for all my information however used the bold effect, stroke and background shadow, I struggled getting the subheadings all the same size therefore this is a weakness of my contents page.

What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product I used a digital camera to take

photographs for my front cover and contents page.We used Photoshop to

manipulate images, used different effects on text e.g. Masthead

Learning the features of InDesign to create my contents.

What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product

We used digital cameras to take our median close up shot for my magazine, front cover. When taking the photograph I insured that the model was central, there was room for the masthead, cover lines and selling lines. I also observed the rule of thirds, however I should have moved the image slightly to the left to maintain the rule. I attempted to shoot the photo 3 times to see which fit best with the rule of thirds. And also asked the model to give different facial expression to connect with the reader.

What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product

I used Adobe Photoshop to design my front cover for my college magazine on the left. I mainly used Photoshop to manipulate images, used different effects on text e.g. Masthead.

I also added font with drop shadow and effects to make the magazine more eye catching, as well as using a stroke effect as well to make the writing look bold – the main reason I had to use these effects was because you could not see the writing against the models clothing.

I used different colours and edited the shades to make sure they weren’t to bright as I was trying to portray college colours.

What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product

I used In design to design and create my contents page for my student magazine. We pretend to used in design for contents page rather than Photoshop as In design is a programme designed to manipulate text instead of images. I really enjoyed making m y contents page, firstly I decided where to place my images on the left hand side to follow the rule of thirds, however I could have placed an image on the right maybe as the reader would see it first. Also I could have used different shapes on the page as everything is rectangle, which is not eye catching – looks formal which is generally not the idea of a college magazine. College magazines are supposed to be ‘fun’ and a easy read.I have used columns to make sure it was neat and also to look like a magazine, which I think works really well accept the sub heading size. I liked using in design however found it harder to use rather than Photoshop.