This is my new and improved double page spread. These are the aspects I changed;
This is my emaze slideshow presentation on how my magazine uses/challenges conventions and its representations.
This is my first draft of my magazine.
Here is the feedback from my teacher:
My targets for my final draft are:
Front Page
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Contents Page
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Double Page Spread
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When creating my front page I have learnt new skills using in-design and Photoshop, also with a camera. For example….
whilst photographing my model i recognized how important it is to acknowledge the angle of the camera, for example the camera reiterates the message of the model by the positioning of it and how the model looks. It is also really important to ensure your model is positioned properly in the lens. It is also really important to remember to focus your lens on your model otherwise it will effect the whole resulting image.
After taking the image I used Photoshop to help me edit the image such as, cutting tool, move and selection tool, feather tool and the colour replacement tool. This helped me change the colour of hair strands to help blend or colour correct my models skin or impurities on the clothing etc. I also used the healing tool to help clear the blemishes on the image.
In addition to Photoshop I used in-design, In-design helped me choose the most appropriate masthead, I also used another toll which added a shadow affect on my text. I also used a smoothing tool which helped blend out my image into the background image.
Using these apps and the tools that they have to offer really helped me have the results on my image that I hoped for.
The main media conventional design features consist of the following..
It is crucial to understand the key terms especially whilst creating my own, I need to make sure I include these key terms to make my music magazine more authentic. In addition it’s good to understand and learn these terms when analysing magazine covers, it’s good also to help learn new key words and to extend your vocabulary in media.
This is my annotated magazine cover to show all the key things to look out for in a magazine
In this biography it portrays many different personalities, For example at the start we have this man named James Lavelle that is meant to have this ‘bad boy’ type feature it mentions this through the fact it provides the keyword ‘maverick’ which is also stereotyped to be rebellious, free spirited and a popular person like a trend setter. This attracts the audience to read on and find out more.
Secondly they use a very distictive metaphor ‘everest of cocaine’ which shows that Lavelle clearly was a ‘bad boy’ and shows that he went of the rails and used it to have fun, confirms his rebellion to life. However he becomes into great debt after his rebellion and realises that he cannot live a lifestyle like this if he wants to carry on spending that amount of money.
Furthermore, during the end of the biography he lightens up. He made a comeback and released a new album. He explains ‘I’ve put myself through quite extreme situations, both financially and emotionally. But then I got used to that very young.’ This shows his understanding in the situations he put himself through and notices that he’s been through it from such a young age and turns his life around.
Lastly, the biography ends with a rhetorical question “Have you looked at yourself? which engages the reader to really think about the biography and maybe even tell a friend about it because it left them wandering about themselves and what there life really is like and the situations they’ve been through.