Preliminary Print Tasks

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My tour poster

 

My tour poster

 

Before making my tour poster I had to do some research on my genre and see what fonts, images, headings and information about tours other artists posters were like to get idea’s for mine. Below is my slide show of a number of artists tour posters and what i have found out from them.

 

After finding this information about my genre, I then deiced to start my tour poster. I had a rough idea of the layout and what it would look like in my head, with the main things that I had learn’t from the others posters.

Above is my finished tour poster…. 

I am pleased with my final product of my poster and I feel like the picture of me being big really helps, especially filling in the extra gaps. My use of colours on the poster I feel like goes well as it links to what I am wearing in the picture. These colours of red, white and blue are also the colors of the American flag which links to the theme. The background of my name also has stars faded into it which links to it as well. One thing I could have done better was use some different fonts like old western handwriting and link them to genre and other posters. Another thing I could done to improve the poster would be to change the background. I found it really hard when designing it to find a background that would suit the genre and everything I tried I ended up getting rid of and just decided to have a grey one which still looks good.

 

Above is my feedback on my tour poster……

I feel like I have used AIDA well when working on my tour poster adding in all of the elements.

In conclusion, I am pleased with how this task went and happy with how my tour poster came out. I feel like the poster looks professional and could be used for a real artist. However in the future if I had more time there would be a few things I would change to make it better. But I know my editing skills  for photoshop and indesign are not amazing so it will be something to work on.

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My magazine front page swede

My magazine front page swede

In the past few lessons we had learnt the basics on the software app called indesign about how to edit and make magazines working towards are music magazine. Our task was to try and recreate a magazine poster the best we can. I was given the magazine of NME my chemical romance.

 

Below is the original copy of the magazine 

Here is my version of the magazine

 

Overall from this task, I now feel confident using indesign and getting the right techniques. I also feel confident knowing where everything is and using these skills to create my music magazine. When looking at the two side by side they look very similar and it is quite hard to tell them apart.The only main difference is the gap on the left side from the title and Suede comeback interview writing.

Three things that I did well were….
  1. I feel like that my attempt at the front cover was not far off the real one.
  2. I am happy with the layout of the cover and how everything is close to the real one.
  3. I managed to get the all of the extra photos and boxes similar to the real one.
Three things I could have improved on are….
  1. Time management. Although my magazine looks good it took a long time to perfect it and next will need to work faster.
  2. I found it hard to get the right fonts for some of the writing parts.
  3. To learn what each thing in the tool bar does. I was relying lots on just the basics but once I got the hang of it i knew what to do and was able to add better editing in.

To conclude 

For the future when working on my music magazine I feel like I have got the basics of Indesign and know a lot more then I did at the start of this task. But I know that they is still room to improve on my editing and leaning new and cool effects to get the extra marks on my work. Also how to work faster on the app as that was my main floor.

To improve on these things that I have listed I have chosen some videos on youtube to help me…  

 

 

 

 

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The Camera Talks

The camera talks 

In are groups we had to go around the school and get 30 photos and try and tell a story in these photos. We used lots of different places and lots of different angles to try and use what we had learnt about in the previous lesson about how to use the DSLR cameras and what setting, angle, distance and framing to use when taking photos.

Here is the photos that we got…

 

It was very hard to learn the basics on the DLSR camera’s and the photos that we took on them did not turn out how we wanted them. This was down to the aperture, where we took the photos the lighting was very bright meaning most of the photos were out of focus and blurry. Luckily I had taken some photos on my phone so we were able to use them. I am happy with the photos that I took on my phone and feel like I got a good range in the different styles.

Here are my final nine photos that I have selected…

 

The final nine photos that I selected try to each tell a story, the quotes I put with them also help to tell this. I am happy with how the first photo came out by using the shallow depth of field it brings out the main feature of the rock. The photo I feel that tells the best story is the last one. This is because the centre of the photo is based around a bike helmet which stands out well because the sun is reflection on it. The main question in the picture is why is it there, and how did it get there?

Conclusion…

From this task I have learn’t a lot about DSLR camera’s. At the start I did not know how to use one and how to get the right setting to make the perfect picture. Although the pictures we did take did not come out how we wanted them to be, I know for the future what to do right to get that perfect shot. When working towards my music magazine I also know how the angle of the camera can effect the image and message you are trying to put forward to the reader.

 

 

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My Image that uses Mise En Scene to communicate meaning

My Image that uses Mise En Scene to communicate meaning

The class were all allocated a music genre in groups. Me and Oscar were in a group and got Country and Western music. We then created a mood board to gather ideas on what this genre looks like and the what aspects of Mise En Scene they use. From creating this mood board we could see what props and clothing I needed for the photo shoot.

Below is mine and Oscar’s mood board…

Made with Padlet

Post it photo..

These photos have adjectives describing our country and western theme.

  • Friendly
  • Laid back
  • Country
  • Relaxed
  • Organic
  • Rustic
  • Thrown Together

These adjectives link well with our theme of the western and country. I felt like we managed to recreated our genre well by using Mise En Scene especially with the props we used like the hat, guitar and neck bandanna to show what that type of people wear. I also feel like the setting of the final photo we chose really helps us recreate our genre very well.

Photo shoot

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Then we went and did our photo shoot. We tried in lots of different places and lots of different angles to try and get the best shot. Then we added the acoustic guitar as a prop to make it more like a music poster. It was hard to get a good shot in the first place we went to as it was very windy and the lighting wasn’t the best out on the front of the school. But we managed to find a good spot by the hall where it was sheltered, the lighting was good and it had a wooden door as the background which linked with our theme really well.

Final product

   

Here is the final photo I have chosen out of all the ones we took. I have chosen this photo specifically because I feel like it represents are music genre the best. This images uses lots of aspects of Mise en scene which is why in my option the best. For example the setting of the picture is definitely the best place we found out of the whole shoot as the wooden door to the hall gives it that western feel like a barn. The use of the guitar as a prop I feel like also makes a big difference to the image showing it is to do with music.

I have learnt from this work that Mise En Scene is very important to think about when doing work like this when trying to tell an story in a image. Using these different types of MES has help build up photo around the genre we were given. Making a mood board really help us to get an idea of what we could plan for the shoot and the type of photos we could get.

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Print Media that Communicates Meaning

Above is my analysis of the tour poster I chose  

Print Media that Communicates Meaning

When doing my analysis of the tour poster I learnt that every photo will have denotations and connotations. Denotations is the picture having things happening in them. Connotations is the meaning of what is happening in the photo. From using these techniques I can see what the message is in the photo or in this case what message the tour poster is trying to give the audience without actually telling them.

From learning this it should help me towards producing my music magazine, making it a quality piece of work that could be put on sale like a real one. I know that the type of font, colour and images I use will have an impact on what style I am going for and what the reader thinks of it and the type of media I am targeting.