Presentation slides for_research_planning_evaluation 2
- 1. AS MEDIA STUDIES FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO RESEARCH & PLANNING CENTRE NO: 11049 ST FRANCIS XAVIER COLLEGE
- 2. My name is: Natalie Bennett Candidate No: 2061
- 3. Preliminary Project – Research & Planning How did you think about target audience? For this task we were told that we was making a student magazine for college students so I automatically knew that the target audience would be college students. How did awareness of that audience impact upon your visual design and choice of language? Because I am a college student myself, I was able to think in the same mind-set as other students. I knew that my image had to be a picture of college students so that my audience could relate to it. I didn’t change the language so much. What key points did you learn about Adobe Photoshop and InDesign in constructing your artefacts? I learnt how to make layers, swatches. How to move images and where to position my coverlines on Photoshop. On InDesign, I learnt to use gridlines and baselines when writing texts or in this case my contents page numbers
- 5. What would you do differently next time? I will manage my time better so that everything is done so that I can move on quickly to the next task. I will also take better images of what I might want on my contents page or my main image for my magazine. I will also learn to use other tools that I may not have used on my previous task to use on future ones. What kind of feedback did you get that might influence you? From my feedback, I learned that I need to learn to use the programmes better and also that my colour scheme needed to be changed. What aspects of your understanding of Adobe Photoshop & InDesign do you need to improve? I need to improve on scaling images, moving images from Photoshop onto InDesign, improve on making layers and how to move them around on my image.
- 6. The music genre of my music magazine is: Genre: Electronic/Dubstep My chosen title is Turntablez because it is a piece of equipment that is used to make Dubstep music and relates to the genre.
- 7. Model 1 Model 2 http://dubstepbeats.org/
- 8. Cover Design Cover Lines The cover design The coverlines I found was that consist of the colours were music, up and bright, neon coming club colours. parties, artists, et c. The setting was in a club, where Dubstep music is most played. What I learnt from this was very helpful to my understanding of Dubstep music magazine and gave me new ideas and inspirations to my Dubstep music magazine.
- 9. For my music magazine…. Target Audience: My Target audience is teenagers ranging from 16+ Frequency: Monthly Cover price: My price of the magazine is £1.99 Publisher: Development Hell Ltd Unique Selling Point:
- 10. This is how it works Front cover The main coverline, font is size is larger than the rest, so it stands out as the main story and make sit clear that it is the main article. The Masthead is a font that relates to the genre that I picked for my magazine from what I found out from my research.
- 11. Here are the 4 original photographs I shot for the project……
- 12. I modified each photograph; here is the original next to the final version: Raw 1 Final 1 Here is how I changed the photograph and why On Photoshop, I used the polygonal lasso tool, so I was able to get rid of the background of the image so it could fit on my magazine cover better.
- 13. And the second one: Raw 2 Final 2 Here is how I changed the photograph and why
- 14. And the third one: Raw 3 Final 3 Here is how I changed the photograph and why
- 15. And the last one: Raw 4 Final 4 Here is how I changed the photograph anf why
- 17. Contents These are key Page features… I have written an “editor’s says…” on the contents page which interacts with the audience and also lets the editor get what she/he what she wants to tell the audience.
- 18. It links with the colour scheme as I wanted to keep it consistent. I also kept the same coverlines, but made it clear under what heading these coverlines go under. I used the same font for the headings as I did for the Masthead. I did this because I believe that it is neater and also that doesn’t confuse the reader and not look like it is rushed.
- 19. I made the coverlines relate to the target audience and made them sound interesting that may draw in the reader. Well they both have page numbers so you know where to go, they also illustrate what the coverline is about and also that it is made to clear to the audience. I came up with the main coverline being about artists because I though that topic would be interesting for me to cover, as that is what music is about, making new artists. I liked the other coverlines that I made, but I was most excited to do this one. Well I made the coverline have its own heading as that is the main story, I thought that making the mixtape the second coverline because it came after the main article on new artists so it could be said that they link to one another as the mixtape could include the artist that I spoke about in my main story.
- 20. Well it is outlined clearly that that my main coverline on the contents page is at the top of the page under its own heading, which is also highlighted in the research I did about contents page.
- 22. I feel that this double page spread works as it is clear that it doesn’t challenge any codes and conventions, so it is straight forward and you know what is to be expected in the article/interview.
- 24. Well I used the same colour scheme again, to keep it consistent. I wrote an interview for my double page spread and I put the image on the right side, facing the text, this could symbolise the model in the image looking at the interview, facing it. There is also speech marks on the image frim what the interviewee said, a convention that I found in my research, and also putting the email of the interviewer, which I also found in my research.
- 25. They all have the same colour scheme, black, orange and red. All the images relate to the type of genre that I did They all emphasise what the main coverline/article They all convey what the whole music magazine is about.
- 26. Cover Page Key modifications from feedback That the main coverline should be at the bottom and in a big font as compared to the others. The image on the right side and the text on the left, showing the use of columns
- 27. Contents Key Page modifications from feedback All the text on the right side and all the images on the left, again showing the use of columns Put headings in a position that is noticeable so the reader will understand the text Make it clear what page the numbers that the articles are on
- 29. Use columns, to separate the text and not make it difficult for the reader Put quotes in your article Make sure the image links to the article