Sunday, 8 May 2016
What have you \learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
What have you \learnt about
technologies from the process of constructing this product?
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There are many different technologies that I
have used throughout the making of my magazine these include:
Blogger; blogger was used in order to
upload my research and planning and so the viewers could see it. This was very helpful as it helped me to keep
all my work organized and in chronological order.
Photoshop; Photoshop was used in order to
edit all of my images, these images included the ones on my front cover, double
page spread and contents page. All of these images needs the background removed
so that I could change the background for my actual production. This was done
using the magic wand tool, and the blemishes were removed from the front page
using the blemish tool.
InDesign; was used in order to create the
form of my actual magazine. At first it was quite tricky as I had to remember
to use layers so that the background could sit below the images and the text
could sit on top. It helped to make my magazine look very professional.
Slide share; this was used to upload my PowerPoint
or slide documents onto my blog. It was very helpful as it allowed me to take
that particular embed code and put the actual slides into my blog as there is
no way of doing this via PowerPoint.
Padlet; this was by far the most
ascetically pleasing of all the technoloigies I used. It allowed me to
integrate both text and images onto one page.
In conclusion I have learnt that there are
many different technologies that can be used this helps to speed up productions
and the way it looks afterwards.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience for my magazine will be young
adults as the genre I have choose is Rap and this type of music usually
contains explicit language and content, also the artists associated with this
type of music are usually linked to violence, drugs and crime and their lyrics
usually reflect this therefore I would not want my target audience to be any
younger the 17. Also the findings from my questionnaire showed me that people
between the age of 18-24 preferred Rap music and I took this into consideration
when making my magazine and I made sure to include things that would appeal to
that specific age group such as names of other famous artists that are usually
appealing to that age group. I think my
contents page and double page is representative of my audience as they follow
the colour scheme of black and red, they are also easy to understand and read
therefore this is suitable for my audience.
Audience is a vital element to take into
consideration when designing a magazine as certain things only appeal to
certain age groups for example the genre that I have chosen to represent in my
magazine will not be suitable to elderly people as they most likely do not
enjoy that type of music. However as I am distributing my magazine via a large
company means that anyone and everyone will have access to my magazine, for
this reason I will make sure not to use too much colloquial language and also I
will make sure not to have inappropriate language as younger people may want to
read my magazine as well. The double page is the main page that is specific to
young adults as it is an interview with a rap star that only certain
generations will know, however I made sure to include a small paragraph on the
Rappers life so that can become somewhat informed about the rapper.
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Friday, 29 April 2016
How did you attract/address your audience?
How
did you attract/address your audience?
In order to attract my audience I made sure to take my questionnaire into consideration, for example I made sure to include bright eye-catching colours such as red and white. I also made sure to include a picture of the front cover of my model looking towards the camera this creates a sense of direct address between the model and the reader, this will hopefully draw the reader in more. For my double page spread I made sure to make the interview with the celebrity interesting and fun, I also include a pull quote and this will effectively make the reader want to read more as they will want to find out what else the celebrity had to say. Also on the double page spread I used a range of colours so it was easy to read and understand. Finally on the contents page I made sure to put the top stories in a bolder bigger font to the reader will be attracted to them, I also had to make sure it was easy to understand because this was the main way they were going to be directed through the magazine.
Thursday, 28 April 2016
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