Wednesday 21 October 2009
INTRODUCTION [MAIN COURSEWORK] =]
In this main assignment i will have to design and produce a magazine front cover, contents page and a double page spread for a new music magazine, to do this i will be using Adobe Photoshop and InDesign. I will also be writing a blog which outlines my planning decisions and will be evaluating my work.
Tuesday 6 October 2009
INTRODUCTION =]
My Media AS preliminary coursework task for this year will involve deigning a cover and contents page for a Sussex Downs magazine. My work will be produced using Adobe InDesign and using my own original photographs that i have taken. I will also have to write a brief blog, outlining my planning decisions and evaluating my work. The target audience for my magazine is from 16-20 year olds that attend Lewes Sussex Downs College. I have named my magazine "LSDC" because it stands for Lewes Sussex Downs College. I thought this was an appropriate name because this magazine will be read by Lewes Sussex Downs College students. We took pictures of one person, this was for the front cover of the magazine and i had the choice out of my favourite two pictures. These are the pictures.
I used the second picture because on the front cover of a magazine the photo has to be their head and shoulder. It can’t be of their body as well. If i cropped the first photo, the photo would be too small to have as a main photo. The reason i chose this picture was because it relates to my front line of "Rock in the bog" which is a music festival which many students go to and they dress up. This relates to my target audience because most students go to music festivals such as Reading, Guilfest, Glastonbury etc.
This is my finished magazine:
I think my finished magazine is succesful but not as succesful as i hoped, this is because i hadnt followed my planning that i had created before. In order to make it better i could of followed the plan that i had made. I also could of put more thought into what articles will be in the magazine which are listed on the front cover of the magazine. The elements that i am pleased with are the photos that i have, i thought this was easy because i have recently taken these photos at a music festival. The elements i need to improve is the layout of the text because it is a bit messy. And think of a colour cheme becuase the text does not go with the background. I also would make the Contents Page more attractive because it looks a bit bland.
I used the second picture because on the front cover of a magazine the photo has to be their head and shoulder. It can’t be of their body as well. If i cropped the first photo, the photo would be too small to have as a main photo. The reason i chose this picture was because it relates to my front line of "Rock in the bog" which is a music festival which many students go to and they dress up. This relates to my target audience because most students go to music festivals such as Reading, Guilfest, Glastonbury etc.
This is my finished magazine:
I think my finished magazine is succesful but not as succesful as i hoped, this is because i hadnt followed my planning that i had created before. In order to make it better i could of followed the plan that i had made. I also could of put more thought into what articles will be in the magazine which are listed on the front cover of the magazine. The elements that i am pleased with are the photos that i have, i thought this was easy because i have recently taken these photos at a music festival. The elements i need to improve is the layout of the text because it is a bit messy. And think of a colour cheme becuase the text does not go with the background. I also would make the Contents Page more attractive because it looks a bit bland.
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