Eventually my video has uploaded.
I spent a long time recording and editing this video (and even longer uploading it!).
Here is my media evaluation final video!
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Evaluation Video!
Blog 62:
Eventually my video has uploaded.
I spent a long time recording and editing this video (and even longer uploading it!).
Here is my media evaluation final video!
Eventually my video has uploaded.
I spent a long time recording and editing this video (and even longer uploading it!).
Here is my media evaluation final video!
Evaluation Update
Blog 61:
I am currently uploading my video evaluation onto YouTube and then onto Blogger.
However this is taking longer than expected!!! I am hoping to get it uploaded ASAP but YouTube is proving to be very unpredictable!
Should have my Evaluation on my blog shortly!
I am currently uploading my video evaluation onto YouTube and then onto Blogger.
However this is taking longer than expected!!! I am hoping to get it uploaded ASAP but YouTube is proving to be very unpredictable!
Should have my Evaluation on my blog shortly!
Saturday, 3 May 2014
Evaluation
Blog 60:
Over the past few days I have been planning and filming certain parts of my evaluation. Today I am planning to film the rest and edit it. I am going to use windows movie maker to edit my evaluation as it is simple and available to me.
My evaluation deadline is on Wednesday 7th May, therefore I have 4 days to make my evaluation, however I hope to have edited it by sunday evening.
Over the past few days I have been planning and filming certain parts of my evaluation. Today I am planning to film the rest and edit it. I am going to use windows movie maker to edit my evaluation as it is simple and available to me.
My evaluation deadline is on Wednesday 7th May, therefore I have 4 days to make my evaluation, however I hope to have edited it by sunday evening.
Friday, 2 May 2014
Evaluation: Question 7
Blog 59:
Question 7 is: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
My notes for this question are:
Question 7 is: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
My notes for this question are:
o
Comparison- photoshop,
InDesign
o
How to use the tools
o
Using the codes and conventions- research, inc
blog
o
Time management
Thursday, 1 May 2014
Evaluation: Question 6
Blog 58:
Question 6 is: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
My notes are:
Question 6 is: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
My notes are:
o
Photography- Canon EOS
1100D. The shutter speed and exposure, aperture. Used manual setting to change.
Zoom and Focus. Shots/Angles/Rule of Thirds used (Long, mid, close up etc.)
o
Photoshop- Magic
Wand, Clone Stamp, Spot Healing, Healing brush, Burn, Smudge, Blur, Layers,
mask tool. Before and After.
o
InDesign- Grid +
Boxes, Insert, colours, display performance, text, fonts, create shapes (e.g Polaroid’s).
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Evaluation: Question 5
Blog 57:
Question 5 is: How did you attract/address your audience?
My notes are:
Question 5 is: How did you attract/address your audience?
My notes are:
- Feedback from target audience (twitter q&a)
- Interviews with my target audience- ask about each page and what they like
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Evaluation: Question 4
Blog 56:
Question 4 is: Who would be the audience for your media product?
My notes are:
Question 4 is: Who would be the audience for your media product?
My notes are:
o
Teenagers
o
Young Adults
o
Male + Female
o
Music Enthusiasts
For this part of the video I intend to interview my target audience.
Monday, 28 April 2014
Evaluation: Question 3
Blog 55:
Question 3 is:
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
My notes for this question are:
Question 3 is:
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
My notes for this question are:
o IPC Media consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United
Kingdom, with a large portfolio
selling over 350 million copies each year. UK's leading consumer magazine and digital publisher. Almost
two thirds of UK women and over 40% of UK men. Websites reahes over 25 million
global users every month. Publish
NME (Style model) + Time Inc.(owned by Time Warner) is Parent company -It publishes 130 magazines
Evaluation: Question 2
Blog 54:
Question 2 is: How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My notes for answering this question are:
Question 2 is: How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My notes for answering this question are:
I think the two main social groups that I have
represented in my magazine is Teenagers and young adults (from around 14-25),
and the indie genre.
The stereotypes of the ‘indie’ group are:
o
The ‘indie’ group-
dedicated to music, fashion consious and like to
shop at vintage shops, enjoy festivals and gigs, are laid back and fun loving,
are environmentally friendly and their style is edgy (often sporting the
messy hair look and mis-matched clothing), confident in themselves
The stereotypes of teenagers
and young people are:
o
Age
= teens- rebellious, youthful, want to have fun, fashion conscious
As
part of my research I conducted questionnaire which helped a lot in the
creation of a magazine which is suitable for the target audience
Represented
in Mag
- Front- festival,
edgy style, messy hair + feathers (hilly), laidback (outdoors), vintage (Polaroid’s), environmentally
friendly (outdoors)
-Contents- edgy style (different shaped boxes, Hilly’s
awkward pose, font), festivals + gigs
(gig reviews and festival section), laid back + fun (Amy & cath
laughing, editor’s note style of writing), environmentally friendly (hilly and
Hannah)
-DPS- edgy (Hilly’s hair, expression, leaf,
polaroid’s on slant, font in different colours, article content, other images),
festivals (mentioned in article), confident (small picture of hilly on steps),
environmentally friendly (outdoors, nature, leaf, meditation-suggests Buddhist?),
dedicated to music (new album).
o
Gender = both (say about hilly-edgy, cath
& amy- feminine, Hannah-relatable, Josh)
Compare to other photos of the genre.
Sunday, 27 April 2014
Evaluation: Question 1
Blog 53:
Question 1 of the evaluation is:
How does the product use forms and conventions of real media products?
I have made notes on how I will answer this question for my evaluation video.
Notes:
Question 1 of the evaluation is:
How does the product use forms and conventions of real media products?
I have made notes on how I will answer this question for my evaluation video.
Notes:
o
Front cover- Large,
snappy title(like NME eyecatching as is red, draws reader), main story, mid
shot- most of mags did this, exclusives/ free products – entice reader to buy
,price- in top corner like nme- not too big or distracting, date, other
features, barcode- convention as is necessity conveniently placed
o
Contents- page
numbers- big and bold stand out like nme, 1 larger image- shows main story like
nme, large title, editor’s note- convention in all mags, familiar layout
‘weekly…’
o
DPS- 1 image side 1
text side 50/50- pete dochety- solo artists tend to have 50/50, quotes- give
suggestion of article , small text- intro gives overview and captivates
audience, captions- convention, 1 large picture, catchy headline- usa got the
love Q
o
Talk about developing
conventions e.g blocky polaroid’s, 2 detailed boxes on contents
Saturday, 26 April 2014
Evaluation Task
Blog 52:
Now that I have finished my magazine task I have to answer 7 evaluation questions.
The evaluation is worth 20 marks of the coursework.
I am going to make a video answering these 7 questions.
The questions are:
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of a real media product?
Now that I have finished my magazine task I have to answer 7 evaluation questions.
The evaluation is worth 20 marks of the coursework.
I am going to make a video answering these 7 questions.
The questions are:
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of a real media product?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the final product?
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Final Cut
Blog 51:
So yesterday was my final cut deadline.
I handed in my three final pieces; Front Cover, Contents and DPS.
I am very proud of my work and have worked extrememly hard for the past few weeks in creating my magazine using the codes and conventions of a music magazine as well as what my target audience want from a magazine.
I am especially proud of the progress of my front cover and contents, as they have changed dramatically. I believe my final cut is a lot more professional that my draft and had improved a lot.
So yesterday was my final cut deadline.
I handed in my three final pieces; Front Cover, Contents and DPS.
I am very proud of my work and have worked extrememly hard for the past few weeks in creating my magazine using the codes and conventions of a music magazine as well as what my target audience want from a magazine.
I am especially proud of the progress of my front cover and contents, as they have changed dramatically. I believe my final cut is a lot more professional that my draft and had improved a lot.
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Article
Blog 50:
Today is the day of my deadline so I have been tying up all the loose ends of my magazine ready to hand in.
The main thing I did today was proof read and change small things in my article. I changed spelling and grammatical errors and rearranged the order of the article so it flowed better.
I am quite proud of my article and I think it fits well with the genre and theme of the magazine.
Today is the day of my deadline so I have been tying up all the loose ends of my magazine ready to hand in.
The main thing I did today was proof read and change small things in my article. I changed spelling and grammatical errors and rearranged the order of the article so it flowed better.
I am quite proud of my article and I think it fits well with the genre and theme of the magazine.
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
Photoshop
Blog 49:
So I have realised when photoshopping my final photos that I haven't uploaded a lot of the photos I have photoshopped. So I will show them to you now, with the new additions!
Hannah's photo-shoot was outdoors and therefore I edited the contrast and colours of her photo. The photo didnt need that much change, just to be brightened.
So I have realised when photoshopping my final photos that I haven't uploaded a lot of the photos I have photoshopped. So I will show them to you now, with the new additions!
Amy & Cath (Jigsaw)
My girlband 'Jigsaw' are featured twice in my mag- on the front and contents.
Therefore I had two photos of Amy and Cath to photoshop. Their photo-shoot was in the studio, so I had to use the magic wand tool and masks to photoshop the white sheet out of the background. This proved difficult, and probably took the longest to photoshop out of all of my photos.
Josh
Josh's photos were also taken in the studio. His photo was easy to edit in comparison! Here it is.
Hannah
Hilly DPS- smaller images
I used the burn tool as well as the hue and saturation to change the colour of the images.
The images now stand out more.
Monday, 21 April 2014
Update 5
Blog 48:
I have 2 days until my deadline I have achieved most of my aims.
The only tasks I need to complete now are the polaroid position on my DPS, and to re photoshop those photos. I will have these done in no time and will upload my progress onto my blog soon.
I have 2 days until my deadline I have achieved most of my aims.
The only tasks I need to complete now are the polaroid position on my DPS, and to re photoshop those photos. I will have these done in no time and will upload my progress onto my blog soon.
Front Cover Changes
Blog 47:
As I said in my previous blogs, my front cover is in desperate need of editing and rearranging. Therefore I have changed the image. I have also altered the layout and positioning of my text and smaller image. I have changed the polariod in the top corner and instead made just a normal box with a blue outline. This matches the new blue writing I have introduced to the side bar of text. It gives the magazine a splash of colour and makes the text stand out.
I also changed the font to keep it all the same as advised in my target audience feedback. I added a circle shape to the top corner to give it more variety and it is similar to NME front covers as they usually have a circle on their front covers.
BEFORE AFTER
As I said in my previous blogs, my front cover is in desperate need of editing and rearranging. Therefore I have changed the image. I have also altered the layout and positioning of my text and smaller image. I have changed the polariod in the top corner and instead made just a normal box with a blue outline. This matches the new blue writing I have introduced to the side bar of text. It gives the magazine a splash of colour and makes the text stand out.
I also changed the font to keep it all the same as advised in my target audience feedback. I added a circle shape to the top corner to give it more variety and it is similar to NME front covers as they usually have a circle on their front covers.
BEFORE AFTER
Saturday, 19 April 2014
Photo Inspirations 2
Blog 46:
My front cover image is very striking and original. When researching indie artists and styles I found that many of the settings were outdoors and more prominently in the woods.
Here is my Front Cover image with its inspirations:
The images are all in a wooded area. This makes it look magical and natural. The models in the images all have long, floating hair and most of them have a hairband or hairpiece in. Their outfits seem quite tribal and typical of a festival outfit. My image of Hilly has hints of these inspirations in it.
My front cover image is very striking and original. When researching indie artists and styles I found that many of the settings were outdoors and more prominently in the woods.
Here is my Front Cover image with its inspirations:
The images are all in a wooded area. This makes it look magical and natural. The models in the images all have long, floating hair and most of them have a hairband or hairpiece in. Their outfits seem quite tribal and typical of a festival outfit. My image of Hilly has hints of these inspirations in it.
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Photo Inspirations
Blog 45:
In order to create an authentic and professional indie magazine, I researched into the genre and style. I found specific trends in the images I found. I did not want to completely replicate these images for my magazine, however I used them as inspiration for my images.
This is my contents image and the inspiration behind it.
In order to create an authentic and professional indie magazine, I researched into the genre and style. I found specific trends in the images I found. I did not want to completely replicate these images for my magazine, however I used them as inspiration for my images.
This is my contents image and the inspiration behind it.
The images give off a slightly awkward look. It makes the model look edgy and typically indie through the fashion. The models all look individual as they are wearing items such as hippy glasses, over sized jumpers and big boots. The settings of the photos are in keeping with the indie theme as all but one of them are outside.
I think the image of Hilly fits with the indie vibe as it has a similar style to the images of the models.
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Contents Page Update
Blog 44:
As I said in my previous blogs, I am going to make some changes on my magazine for the final cut. One of these changes is to the layout of the contents page.
I have altered the layout on InDesign, to make it like my style model, NME.
I changed the photos, instead of the image of Amie and Jess I used a photo shopped image of my new model, Hannah. Instead of all the text down one side I moved and edited the text so it was placed in separate places on the page. I added a 'plus' box and got rid of the 'fix favourites' section. This is an NME contents page alongside my Rough Cut Contents and my new FIX contents page.
As I said in my previous blogs, I am going to make some changes on my magazine for the final cut. One of these changes is to the layout of the contents page.
I have altered the layout on InDesign, to make it like my style model, NME.
I changed the photos, instead of the image of Amie and Jess I used a photo shopped image of my new model, Hannah. Instead of all the text down one side I moved and edited the text so it was placed in separate places on the page. I added a 'plus' box and got rid of the 'fix favourites' section. This is an NME contents page alongside my Rough Cut Contents and my new FIX contents page.
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| NME Contents |
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| Old Contents Page |
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| New Contents Page |
Sunday, 13 April 2014
Photo-shoot 5
Blog 43:
On Wednesday I did another on location photo-shoot, as I mentioned I would in a previous blog (38). I went on this shoot with my new model, Hannah. For this shoot we went to the wooded area of the backtracks in Whitley Bay. I chose this location as it fits with the festival style of the magazine. I also wanted Hannah to be a solo artist that has quit a band, so the outdoors could symbolise her freedom.
I got a lot of great shots that I could potentially use on my contents page.
On Wednesday I did another on location photo-shoot, as I mentioned I would in a previous blog (38). I went on this shoot with my new model, Hannah. For this shoot we went to the wooded area of the backtracks in Whitley Bay. I chose this location as it fits with the festival style of the magazine. I also wanted Hannah to be a solo artist that has quit a band, so the outdoors could symbolise her freedom.
I got a lot of great shots that I could potentially use on my contents page.
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