AS MEDIA UNIT–PR

ELIMINARY

TASK1. 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

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

Similarities with the front cover:

MASTHEAD

BARCODEDATE/PRICE

COVER LINES

MAIN IMAGE

Main cover line

Differences with the front covers

• For my magazine I have chosen to use a medium close up shot for the main image. I feel as though this suits mine more as the model is looking away from the camera in distress. This goes with the cover line “ don’t let work get you down.” VIBE, however has used a medium long shot to show the attitude that is associate with the model. Here they have him with his chest showing and eyes glaring to show his attitude.

• I have chosen to include a promotion with my magazine where it includes a free poster. I felt as though this was needed as my magazine would be new and need incentives to attract customers. Vibe is a well known magazine and therefore has chosen not to include promotions.

• Vibe has chosen a contrasting white pink and black colour scheme to attract customers to the main selling points. I have chosen red white and black as I feel this are strong bold colours which will resemble my magazine to be strong through the connotations.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?

• I used the camera to acquire the pictures which are in my magazine.

• I have used Moodle to acquire resources needed top complete my product.

• I have used Photoshop to design my front cover

• I used InDesign to create my contents page and put the magazine together in one file .

MY ORIGANL IMAGES

This image I used to advertise the fasion part of my magazine and using the “quick selection” tool I removed the background

This was the main image I used on my magazine front cover

WHAT I DID ON PHOTOSHOP TOP CREATE MY MAGAZINE COVER

PHOTOSHOP CONTINUED…1. I started of by simply using a radial gradient as my background in front of this I was planning on my main

image being centred around.2. Next I used the “quick selection” tool to edit out the background around my main image to make it more

appealing.3. Once I had my main image to work around I used the “shape tool” to insert a paint splodge which would be

the background to my masthead.4. Now that was there I added the actual text “fresh.” the title of my magazine. To make this stand out more

though I used the 3d tool to emphasise it.5. Copying the aesthetics of a magazine I added a barcode and then a date accompanied by a price.6. Using dafont I got the paint brush font used on my magazine for the cover lines. The first cover line I came up

with was the “free timetable” one which I thought was a good idea as it would promote sales of the magazine. 7. Then I added the tag lines at the top of my front cover giving readers a quick insight into what could be found

in the magazine.8. Then I added the other coverlines.9. To add a little more to my cover I put another little image showing some of what was inside and talked directly

to the reader in the cover line.10. Finally I added my sell line “the most up to date magazine you can buy” to get consumers to buy it.