the prezi we have done for spooks (non diegetic sound)

media evaluation (written version)

1.       I have looked mainly at two types of magazines; Q magazine and the uncut magazine. However, I have mainly looked at the Q magazine. This is because I thought the magazines layout was better than the uncut magazine. Q magazine has inspired me with their layout and colour scheme of their contents page but the front cover of my magazine is generally in the design I thought would look the best. My magazine has a similar layout on the contents page with the Q magazine. It is clear enough to see what pictures belong to what page. Also it is organised in sections, which means I have written ‘Regulars’, ‘Interviews’, ‘featured’ etc. This shows a separation of what pages go under which category. This will make it clearer for the reader whilst looking for pages. Also the numbering of the pages is in order and therefore makes it easier to read through the contents page. Another thing which I have been inspired by in my contents page is that there are different font sizes on the numbering of the pages and there are plenty of pictures which makes the magazine look like it is full of events which shouldn’t be missed; this has given me the idea to also use different font sizes for numbers and numbering pictures. I have also got the idea of the use of large fonts in sentences from the front cover and the contents page to stress important words from the Q magazine. This is because I thought that having big fonts are important to stress words which need to be seen by the reader. It also draws large amounts of attention when there is a bright colour like the colour white as an attention grabber as it is also a bright and eye catching colour to draw attention to special offers like ‘FREE’ is used, also making the font bold helped me to draw attention to the consumers. However, I have used some things professional magazines do not have which I have created my own. I have created an interview format asked to celebrities which is only based on chosen questions which come from fans on social networking sites such as Facebook and twitter. This makes the readers more involved in the magazine; this could also include getting suggestions for the magazine to have it the way the readers would like to see it as. In other words it is more interactive which most readers are interested in; being part of a magazine rather than just having a boring old magazine which is full of writing which you cannot participate with. From my case studies I didn’t like the dull colours of the ‘Uncut’ magazine; I thought it looked too old style. However if I combined the plain style and font of the uncut magazines front cover and the busy and lively layout of the contents page of the ‘Q’ magazine for my contents page it would have made it look less crowded. This is important for me as I didn’t want my magazine to look too lively as this wouldn’t have fit the genre of country pop because it’s a half classical genre. The other half is POP which is shown by the liveliness of the contents page.

 

2.       My magazine portrays young females and males in a positive way. They are shown as flawless and beautiful in every kind of way; talented, girly, modern and stylish. My magazine is mainly aimed to be attractive to people who are interested in country pop and people who usually listen to lyrics which reflect their own lives rather than lyrics which sound like they’re all over the place. My magazine is aimed to attract all ethnic groups all around the world too. This is because country pop lyrics are based on specific emotions some people feel, such as love; and every human in the planet feels love and emotions to people regardless of their gender. This should show that my gender is for every ethnic group and gender. I believe my magazine shows the values people give/ should give to love and emotion in every kind of way and was my aim also.

 

3.       I have thought that I would want Bauer to publish my magazine. This is because Bauer is a successful magazine publisher which publishes magazines like the Q magazine, ID magazine, TWIST, M and many more successful magazines. Also, Bauer is a worldwide publisher; this is the exact thing I want because I want my magazine to be known across the world. I have made up a website which is www.countrypop.com to gain a larger scale of audience through the internet. This will be easier to engage with my audience. Facebook and twitter was also used which most teenagers use; and because my magazine is aimed at younger people generally, this would be a great way to earn a young audience. Young people these days are often on the internet and on the twitter hash tags, so I have also made one within the twitter website which is #countrypop. For Facebook, I have made whatever was popular, so I have created a page called ‘country pop magazine official’ which our readers would like, and catch up with things like: when the magazine is going to be published, important dates, special offers etc.

 

4.       The age group aim was from the ages between 16 to 35 years of age. This is because these age groups are often closer and associated with love and love songs. Also because the artist which is on the front cover is young; and young singers are often has a young audience whether they want it or not. It’s the same with old people. They listen to singers who are slightly older which are like the 80’s. Although my aim was to have an audience from all around the world, my gender audience was more for females. But towards finishing my magazine, I came to the conclusion that not only girls feel love and like love songs. People who want my magazine could probably be people who like to dress up and go shopping because all the people on my front cover and contents page are dressed well and modern. A typical reader for my magazine could be someone who is interested in instruments, like people who play the guitar and sing along to it. These people could catch up with new songs and get the notes for the songs, although they would have to pay a certain amount of money and will not be the official guitar notes, this would be plagiarism.  

 

5.       My audience was mostly impressed with my photography. This may be because I have used the skills I know in Photoshop such as using the spot removing tool which removes even the tiniest spots on the face, leaving the skin to look clean and clear, almost perfect. My audience also like my masthead which I have named countrypop. They have said that the font was well fitted for my theme. They liked that I’ve used a 3 colour scheme but said some text was blending in with the picture so it made it slightly harder to read. They also liked the layout and the continuous colour scheme I had used throughout my magazine, because I have used a RED colour scheme all through my front cover, contents page and my double page spread. I also thought using similar colour schemes and font types made my magazine look like it was a whole rather than looking like three different magazine pages from three different magazines. My audience also thought I portrayed the females in my magazine in a good way. They thought that the girls in my magazines where shown as beautiful, flawless and girly.

 

6.       In Photoshop I have learnt how to remove blemishes on the skin, spots and how to generally design a magazine front cover on it. I did have slight technical problems like forgetting to click on the layer I want to edit and moving another objet out of place. I also had problems fitting the masthead on top of my models head as the picture didn’t have space to fit the masthead behind her head so I had to overlap her forehead which covered her hair quite a bit. My audience also said the same thing about my masthead covering too much of my model. To overcome this problem I have tried to push my masthead up higher and a bit more towards the left so less of her forehead is covered. My font also ended up looking bigger than I thought. Having to adjust the size of the font was time consuming.  In InDesign I have designed my magazine contents and dps. I have learnt how to fit an image to the proportion when I shaped the image box to the size appropriate. I have also learnt that using rulers around the pages in Photoshop and InDesign is important because they make the magazine texts look more organised, in line and more professional. For my photography I have used a camera which was Nikon 700D DSLR. This has helped me take good quality pictures. Also I have used the zooming technique by turning the lens of the camera to try making my model look closer. This has also helped me cancel out the areas not wanted in the frame of the picture without having to crop It with the crop tool on Photoshop. I have used CTRL + Alt + Print Scrn to print screen specific times of my magazine. I have used the print screening technique to show the improvements I have done as I went by and my step by step stages of the progress of my magazine pages. I have also used this to show any improvements I have done after my audience feedback to show I have listened to them and for my magazine to look better and uploaded it on to blogger by exporting them into JPEG’s from the programmes its self. In the photo studio we used plenty of equipment for my photography to come out nice. For this I have used the silver side of the reflector to give a sharp look to my models face and also experimented with the golden side of the reflector to give a warmer look to the models face. I ended up using the photos I had used the silver side of the reflector. Also I used the white reflector to reflect off any type of shadow from my models face, but I decided to use a picture with a reflection on the face, this made my model look more natural. For my evaluation I have used many technologies like glogster to answer question one. This is because this website has allowed me to add in pictures while speaking about the magazines I have analysed. It also makes my points clearer when there is images as the audience can see what I mean. For question two, I have used GoAnimate because it is a question about social groups. In GoAnimate I have used two characters. This shows that it is two friends where one is speaking about how the magazine represents particular social groups.  For question five I have used photopeach which I believe suits the question very well as it allows me to put pictures up, and then write captions below them. It also allowed me to add in music which sounded very countryish.

 

7.       From my college magazine and my music magazine, I have realised major improvements. These include front styles, font sizes, the layout, the photography and many more. In my college magazine I had used smaller fonts and I spaced them out very apart which made it look much empty. However, in my music magazine I have overcome this and made the font bigger which made the magazine look more busy and professional. The use colour for my front cover of the college magazine was good, as it contrasted well with what the model was wearing. In my music magazine I have used a colour scheme which was too camouflaged as my friends had said in their feedback.

my music magazine media evaluation

Question 1 is answered here:
http://www.glogster.com/sumey111/answering-number-1-for-my-evaluation/g-6kt5m67em7cop4ae4ocbpa0



Question 2. is answered here:
http://goanimate.com/videos/0NO2rpOntrzM/1



Question 3. is answered here:
http://www.voki.com/mywebsite.php   
note: this does not allow you to go into voki so this is the username and password to go in:
username: beauty_of_snw@hotmail.co.uk
password: sumeyyeee




Question 4. is answered here:
http://prezi.com/ya77doie-3yf/untitled-prezi/



Question 5. is answered here:
http://photopeach.com/album/p4suix



Question 6. is answered here:
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/14291529/question-6-of-my-evaluation



Question 7. is answered here:
http://portal.sliderocket.com/DIHOE/644A8353-2FE3-4607-A531-E24E29FAD334

Audience research + evaluation

1) Who are the audience?

2) How are particular groups represented? - PORTRAYAL of females portrayed. gender, ethnicity, fans of country pop music; youth -positive/negative?

3) Which elements does you like?

4) what could have been improved on my magazine front cover, contents page and dps?

5) Look at my college magazine. How have my technical skills in Photoshop + InDesign, improved?

What i know about the photography studio and what i have done for my photography

For our photography, we have learnt a few things about the studio and the equipment.
before taking a picture in the studio, you first of all need a background which is called a backdrop which could either be white or black, colourama. there is nothing worse than having a busy background in a studio. There is to be 2 flash lights called the trinity. The reason there are trinities is so it freezes an object. using the studios main light is not always neccessary. When i was in the studio i have used a white black drop and took the pictures with the lights turned off. Having the light turned off has given my background a smoother look rather than having a full white background. There was soft boxes in the flashlights (trinity) which is grided. This diffuses the light. It helps the shadow bounce off the face and the shadow dissapears. It also creates a perfect symmetry of light. I have learnt that the poly board bounces back light onto the model and gives a shadow to the face. it was in the shape of a circle. the reflector board was also in shape of a circle, however it has a different function. it has a gold, and a silver side. the silver side of the reflector gives a sharper tone to the face while the gold side gives a warmer tone to the face.
Having the model close to the background may make the model blend in with the background making them look like they have a floating head. This is why it is important to have the model closer to the camera and inbetween the 2 flashlights.
The soft boxes light could get brightened. the lowest brightness is 1 and the highest it brightens up to is 6. This could be used to make the face have more shadow or less shadow by having it brighter.
for my

the final look of my DPS

the final look on my DPS

carrying on improving my DPS

still carrying on improving my DPS. i have added page numbers, the cp website and the logo on the corners of the pages. i will now be making the 'EWA LUC' writing larger