BY J A C K LO A C H

AS MEDIA UNIT G321

PRELIMINARY TASK-

COVER AND CONTENTS OF A COLLEGE MAGAZINE

PRELIMINARY TASKEVALUATION EXAMPLE

1. 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

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IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?THE FRONT COVER-SIMILARITIES

MastheadCover LinesRule of thirdsbackgroundMain imageBarcode/price/website

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DIFFERENCES WITH FRONT COVER

The use of different sell and cover lines. My college magazineThe sell lines help catch the readers eyes and persuade them into getting it. The main image of a student also helps catch the audiences eye.The bold and bright colours I’ve used will further help draw the attention of the reader.The use of a medium close up and a friendly, warm smiling face will appeal to all students as they almost will feel invited to read it.

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IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS? CONTENTS PAGE

Initial of magazine mastheadHighlights front cover features.Text layout of ‘contents making it easy to spot the pages you wantUses sub headings to help reader’The use of columns makes it structured and easy to read

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DIFFERENCES WITH CONTENTS PAGE

The choice of contents within the magazine, adding a wider range and also making it easy for all readers to understandBy using more than 1 image, it is easier to give the reader an idea of what is within the magazine, and the caption explains the image. On the other hand, the black and white image in drummer, looks very sophisticated and perhaps for the main task I could use such a technique to enhance my magazine

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

Adobe in design and photoshop; creating documents on a double page spread, and changing images

Digital cameras; shot types, angles.

The use of moodle to gain resources.

The preliminary task has taught me a lot about the various technologies available and I will be carrying these through to the main task

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Using the digital camera, i could ensure that My image was an MCU which dominated the frame. I also left space at the top for the masthead and I observed the rule of thirds. Really I should have moved the image more to the right so that the left third had more space for cover lines. I told the model to smile and look happy!I use Adobe Photoshop to make an ordinary student into a “model” for a college magazine.This is how I used photoshop to manipulate the image so that it will appeal to a large audience:•I changes the brightness of the picture so that the model would stand out more and people would be drawn in by the friendly face•I also used the red eye tool to make my work look a lot more professional

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USING IN-DESIGN FOR MY CONTENTS PAGEI made a box at the top of the page that was the same colour as the front cover with the same text so that there is a familiarity throughout the magazine.I made shapes that all interlink in the

background which gives the contents a modern edge. One problem is that some of the writing does not fit the box and therefore makes the contents look slightly unprofessional.

I did use columns and I think I used text quite well. I also experimented with colour to add variation. I think Indesign was quite hard to use because I’ve never thought about the design/layout of a page before and this has helped me to understand how important this is