Friday, 28 October 2011
Picture's I've Edited In Photoshop
Picture I've Edited and What I Did:
Curves
Brightness
Contrast
Crop
Brightness
Contrast
Exposure
Blur
Rubout
Magic Wand
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Media Evaluation
In my magazine front cover and my contents page I used a digital SLR Canon 550D Camera to take my photographs, I used a tripod and three different types of lenses. I used many different techniques such as studio shots I also took photographs outside. I often changed my shutter speed depending on what was happening in the frame. I used many different types and angles of camera shots, for example I used middle shouts and long shots to give my magazine a friendly feel.
In Photoshop I used many different techniques to create my magazine front cover and contents. The tools I used in Photoshop were:
Magic Wand Tool - to get rid of large chunks of background and to get rid of small imperfections on the text.
Brush Tool - to get rid of the shininess on some of the models faces and I also used this to get rid of red eye.
Spot Healing Tool, Healing Tool and Clone Stamp Tool - to get rid of any imperfections on the models faces.
Paint Bucket Tool - to create colour in my callouts to make them stand out.
Eraser Tool - to rub out any of my unwanted background.
Blur Tool - to rub the edges of the image so it blended into my background and the image looked natural.
Horizontal Text Tool - to create text on my contents page.
Eyedropper Tool - to get a colour close to the models skin to clear any imperfections of their faces.
Shape Tool - I used this to make a callout on my front cover so my promotion would stand out.
I also used the internet to get the style font I wanted on my front page I used a website called dafont to create my masthead because Photoshop did not have any graffiti style fonts.
There are all typical codes and conventions of a magazine and I have included these in my work:
With my magazine I wanted to achieve a simple but modern look. A style which would stand out from the magazine rack it would be placed on. I wanted my magazine to be individual, unique because this is how I view my audience and what they would be like.
My target audience is from the age of 13-17, I have chosen this age group because these are the people that go to school. If the age group had been any different then the people wouldn't buy the magazine because they aren't interested in school.
As my target audience is very youthful I feel as though my magazine appeals to them through a variety of ways.
I have used a graffiti style font which is how I imagine my stereotypical target audience would write their name so taking this into account I wrote the masthead and other text in this way to appeal to my target audience.
All my picture feature young people in them, all the models were between the age of 13-17 which is the same as my target audience I feel that if I had put in pictures of people any older, my target audience would not have been able to relate to them also I feel if I have put picture of anyone younger then it would have made my magazine childish and my audience would not have wanted to read it and it would appeal more to younger people.
I have put little doodles on my contents page because this is linked my target audience and is perhaps what they would do in lessons that they don't enjoy. So this would appeal to them and my audience would be able to relate to them.
I feel that the weaknesses of my magazine front cover is that the callout on the bottom of my contents page does not attract enough attention of the reader also some of my fonts on the front cover don't stand out as much as I hope they would and the text is lost into the background.
If I was to do my contents page again I would have more of a variety of angles in my photographs because most of my photos are level and I would slightly rotate my images more so they stood out more also I would change the size of my text to help the audience denote which stories were the main ones.
I think the strengths of my front cover are that is has a background instead of having a studio background this makes my magazine more realistic and makes it seem more like a school magazine. Another strength of my front cover is that it has many different colours so it appeals to most people in my target audience also I have many types of fonts which makes it more appealing.
A strength of my contents page is that it has got graffiti style font which is different from all the professional magazines I have seen also another strength of my contents page is the photo corners on my pictures this make it feel a bit like a scrap book and give it a more personal feel.
In Photoshop I used many different techniques to create my magazine front cover and contents. The tools I used in Photoshop were:
Magic Wand Tool - to get rid of large chunks of background and to get rid of small imperfections on the text.
Brush Tool - to get rid of the shininess on some of the models faces and I also used this to get rid of red eye.
Spot Healing Tool, Healing Tool and Clone Stamp Tool - to get rid of any imperfections on the models faces.
Paint Bucket Tool - to create colour in my callouts to make them stand out.
Eraser Tool - to rub out any of my unwanted background.
Blur Tool - to rub the edges of the image so it blended into my background and the image looked natural.
Horizontal Text Tool - to create text on my contents page.
Eyedropper Tool - to get a colour close to the models skin to clear any imperfections of their faces.
Shape Tool - I used this to make a callout on my front cover so my promotion would stand out.
I also used the internet to get the style font I wanted on my front page I used a website called dafont to create my masthead because Photoshop did not have any graffiti style fonts.
There are all typical codes and conventions of a magazine and I have included these in my work:
With my magazine I wanted to achieve a simple but modern look. A style which would stand out from the magazine rack it would be placed on. I wanted my magazine to be individual, unique because this is how I view my audience and what they would be like.
My target audience is from the age of 13-17, I have chosen this age group because these are the people that go to school. If the age group had been any different then the people wouldn't buy the magazine because they aren't interested in school.
As my target audience is very youthful I feel as though my magazine appeals to them through a variety of ways.
I have used a graffiti style font which is how I imagine my stereotypical target audience would write their name so taking this into account I wrote the masthead and other text in this way to appeal to my target audience.
All my picture feature young people in them, all the models were between the age of 13-17 which is the same as my target audience I feel that if I had put in pictures of people any older, my target audience would not have been able to relate to them also I feel if I have put picture of anyone younger then it would have made my magazine childish and my audience would not have wanted to read it and it would appeal more to younger people.
I have put little doodles on my contents page because this is linked my target audience and is perhaps what they would do in lessons that they don't enjoy. So this would appeal to them and my audience would be able to relate to them.
I feel that the weaknesses of my magazine front cover is that the callout on the bottom of my contents page does not attract enough attention of the reader also some of my fonts on the front cover don't stand out as much as I hope they would and the text is lost into the background.
If I was to do my contents page again I would have more of a variety of angles in my photographs because most of my photos are level and I would slightly rotate my images more so they stood out more also I would change the size of my text to help the audience denote which stories were the main ones.
I think the strengths of my front cover are that is has a background instead of having a studio background this makes my magazine more realistic and makes it seem more like a school magazine. Another strength of my front cover is that it has many different colours so it appeals to most people in my target audience also I have many types of fonts which makes it more appealing.
A strength of my contents page is that it has got graffiti style font which is different from all the professional magazines I have seen also another strength of my contents page is the photo corners on my pictures this make it feel a bit like a scrap book and give it a more personal feel.
Sunday, 23 October 2011
My Final Contents Page
This is my final contents page:
I have used different coloured fonts to make my text stand out, but I have also used it to make my stories easier to read.
I have put little doodle on my contents page to make it more appealing to the younger end of my target audience also this is the kind of drawing that they would do if the were bored.
I have used a callout in my contents page to attract attention to the promotional story.
My colour scheme is the same through my contents page I have done this so you won't get distracted by the colour you will just see the writing and the stories which are the selling point of the magazine, but I have use colour to make the magazine look good and not a boring black and white scheme because this would not appeal to my target audience.
All the image I have chosen to use relate to the magazine stories or my target audience in some way.
I have used a graffiti style font because this would appeal to my target audience an this also maybe how the would write in bold and it would be the font that they would chose.
Whenever I came up with an idea for my magazine I would ask the question how would my typical target audience do it? Then I would go on to incorporate how I think they would do it into my idea because the I know it would appeal to them.
I have used different coloured fonts to make my text stand out, but I have also used it to make my stories easier to read.
I have put little doodle on my contents page to make it more appealing to the younger end of my target audience also this is the kind of drawing that they would do if the were bored.
I have used a callout in my contents page to attract attention to the promotional story.
My colour scheme is the same through my contents page I have done this so you won't get distracted by the colour you will just see the writing and the stories which are the selling point of the magazine, but I have use colour to make the magazine look good and not a boring black and white scheme because this would not appeal to my target audience.
All the image I have chosen to use relate to the magazine stories or my target audience in some way.
I have used a graffiti style font because this would appeal to my target audience an this also maybe how the would write in bold and it would be the font that they would chose.
Whenever I came up with an idea for my magazine I would ask the question how would my typical target audience do it? Then I would go on to incorporate how I think they would do it into my idea because the I know it would appeal to them.
Progression of my contents page
Here are all the images I didn't use in my contents page:
I didn't use this image because it was the wrong size, also it wasn't really related to any of my stories.
I wanted to use this picture because I though it looked really good, but in the end I didn't use it because it didn't really relate to my magazine.
Next these are two pictures I did use in my magazine and reasons why:
I used this picture because it related to one of my stories (Your Hobbies) and also as it is a picture of cars and cars racing stereotypically it would appeal to the male side of my target audience and it would interest them in to reading the magazine.
This is another photo I used in my magazine:
I used this picture because it shows a younger person, this would appeal to them more, I did this because most of the people in my magazine photos are Sixth Form, even though it would be a Sixth Form Issue I wouldn't want to lose my regular readers.
I didn't use this image because it was the wrong size, also it wasn't really related to any of my stories.
I wanted to use this picture because I though it looked really good, but in the end I didn't use it because it didn't really relate to my magazine.
Next these are two pictures I did use in my magazine and reasons why:
I used this picture because it related to one of my stories (Your Hobbies) and also as it is a picture of cars and cars racing stereotypically it would appeal to the male side of my target audience and it would interest them in to reading the magazine.
This is another photo I used in my magazine:
I used this picture because it shows a younger person, this would appeal to them more, I did this because most of the people in my magazine photos are Sixth Form, even though it would be a Sixth Form Issue I wouldn't want to lose my regular readers.
Mock Up (practice contents page)
This is the magazine I used to create my first practice of a contents page:
I like how the picture is on the left and the writing is on the right in a column so I emulated this:
This is my mock up:
This is my emulation of the Vogue front cover.
I like how the picture is on the left and the writing is on the right in a column so I emulated this:
This is my mock up:
This is my emulation of the Vogue front cover.
Emulations for Contents Page
My inspiration for my contents page came from the magazine Prima.
Here are to examples:
The things I like about this magazine is:
The layout - what I like about the lay out it that it is all located to one side of the page I think this looks sophisticated. It also makes it easy to read.
The colours - Prima uses alternating colours this is good on a practical level, as the text is so close together it would be easy to get on line mixed up with another so by using different colours it makes it easy to see what page number belongs to what story. I also like the colour because it makes the magazine look more appealing.
The picture - what I like about the pictures is where the are laid out, they are all opposite the writing this gives a very scrapbook feel which I'd like to incorporate into my magazine. In addition I like how they have put page numbers and captions onto the pictures so you can see which picture relates to which story.
This is the contents page of Shout:
What I am going to emulate from shout is the fact that the contents page is only on one of the pages, Shout is a good example to use because its target audience is very nearly the same as mine so if I am to emulate it I would hopefully have the same effect.
Here are to examples:
The things I like about this magazine is:
The layout - what I like about the lay out it that it is all located to one side of the page I think this looks sophisticated. It also makes it easy to read.
The colours - Prima uses alternating colours this is good on a practical level, as the text is so close together it would be easy to get on line mixed up with another so by using different colours it makes it easy to see what page number belongs to what story. I also like the colour because it makes the magazine look more appealing.
The picture - what I like about the pictures is where the are laid out, they are all opposite the writing this gives a very scrapbook feel which I'd like to incorporate into my magazine. In addition I like how they have put page numbers and captions onto the pictures so you can see which picture relates to which story.
This is the contents page of Shout:
What I am going to emulate from shout is the fact that the contents page is only on one of the pages, Shout is a good example to use because its target audience is very nearly the same as mine so if I am to emulate it I would hopefully have the same effect.
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