Day 50: FINAL POST

Day 50: Question 7 : Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I used sliderocket to finalize the progress I have made from my prelim task to my final product. In this presentation I will be analyzing layout, colour, editing, taking photos and overall comparing my prelim with my final magazine.

I decided to use Sliderocket as it is a quick and easy program which allows you to present your aims and answer questions fully. Slideshare is very good when displaying your understanding and ideas on a specific subject.

Day 49 : Question 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Throughout my media studies experience we have learnt loads of tricks in lighting, how to edit photos and why settings on the cameras are important. When taking photos the settings vary depending on the lighting. For example if you’re taking a photo outside and it’s dark, you need to put flash on or else the camera won’t capture the person, object or scenery. This is exactly what I did when I was taking photos for my media photo-shoot, with Yezzi as we took a photo outside in this shot below.

When preparing to take photos we learnt about the different ISO settings you can have, e.g. if you put your setting between 100-400 there’s a higher shutter speed which means it would let less light into the camera. This setting is good for outside photography.

I mainly used YouTube in terms of presenting my data, whether I did a voice over or a vlog on my progress with my photo-shoot. Also I used Dafont.com and Befunky.com. Throughout the creation of my magazine, these websites helped me a lot as Dafont provided a variety of fonts which related to my genre and Befunky helped me improve the lighting of my photos.

I made a video on my experience with programs/websites such as Indesign, Blogger and Photoshop.
I used Sims 3 to represent my ideas and what was monumental for me when using them.

Day 49 : Question 5- How did you attract/address your audience?

Question 5- How did you attract/address your audience?

Here is a mind map I made using examtime, displaying in terms of my magazine how my target audience is represented. Below is a typed up version for readability and a video from Odosketch which shows me making the mind map.

My magazine represents my target audience in many ways, as I have addressed in my previous questions however I never focused on how imagery and Mise on scene reinforces my audience. The front cover portrays Yezzi wearing a hood with a serious expression. This image of Yezzi reinforces my target audience as it emphasizes the main aim I had for my magazine e.g women who're serious about music. Similarly on the contents page Yezzi is shown on a photo shopped graffiti background which reinforces the image of young people, also Bethany as I mentioned on the mindmap reinforces the idea that my target reader likes fashion. On my double page spread Yezzi is pictured wearing conservative clothes with headphones on. This image shows an artist which my target audience would look up to as shes's someone who has a strong passion for music.