My Tour Poster:

This is my tour poster using photoshop, InDesign and my original MISE-EN-SCENE image. It shows how the fonts, colours, languages and images can all help to convey a genre in print/ media.

Reflection:

I think that overall my tour poster fit the purpose of informing others about my artist/ Archie’s tour. It has everything that was on the brief; name of artist, name of tour, dates and venues, tickets and downloads available. I made a plan on a post-it note before making it so that I could have all the information ready. In my design, I tried to keep a constant colour scheme by making the background the same as the coat/ prop. I struggled to minimize my colour pallet, so the poster ended up with multiple colours. There is a light relationship between the image and the colour of the graphic design. The colours are mainly pastels tones that are typical shades for pop genre media. I researched pop music posters before creating my own version so I could see what fonts and colours are usually used. One of my main focuses was to make sure all the text is legible. My fonts are all clean and easy to read. The typefaces are basic, bold and suit the genre. There is only two typefaces in the design. I don’t have any text that wraps around any images. Instead I overlapped some of my key dates/ numbers over the titles and subtitles. The models looking towards the camera to focus the attention, however the glasses hide his eyes. The models costume reflects popularity and is quirky. This fits the pop genre because pop means popular and rare. The body language of the model is appropriate since it’s a common, casual pose. I tried to make my masthead/ cover lines/ texts prompt a sense of desire by using bold typefaces and short alluring/ tempting words. The idea of the posters text is to communicate the tours timings/ information and persuade the audience to buy tickets. This message is appropriate to the posters genre. The ADIA (Attention, Interest, Desire, Action) in my poster is clear.

My Magazine Front Page Swede:

3 Positives About My Magazine:

• I successfully made the question marks and explanation point tilted /diagonal.
• I didn’t have any spelling or grammar mistakes in my text boxes.
• I got all the main features from the magazine without skipping any of the small details.

3 Negatives About My Magazine:

• I couldn’t find 1 of the tour poster images (so I used a similar photo).
• I struggled getting the correct typefaces for the mastheads and cover lines.
• The background image isn’t the same- which meant that the composition of the magazines’ right side was slightly different.

2 Useful YouTube Videos On InDesign:

• Magazine Layout Tutorial
• Learn InDesign Basics

My Focus Forward:

During this week’s lessons on using InDesign, I have learned how to import photos/ insert shapes/ text boxes/ colours, and zoom in/ out. All these will help me moving forward to make my own media efficiently. Once I learnt how to use the basic commands, such as going back and saving, I was able to complete my work much quicker and easier. Even though my fonts aren’t the exact same in my recreation, I learnt how to get more choices, which will be helpful later on.

The Camera Talks:

Introduction:

This is a mood board of 9 images that my group took around our school. We went around different locations and took various angled shots. All three of us took turns modelling and photographing. Overall, we finished the shoot with 50 images. This meant that we had more choices to choose from. This exercise helped my group learn about the effects the compositions of the images can have. For example, most of our high angled photos make the subjects look sad and powerless. This is because they didn’t fill the frame and therefore looked small/ helpless. Contrastingly, most of our low angled shots make us look strong and confident. In our extreme long shots the setting becomes more significant than in the extreme close ups. This is because there’s more of the setting/ location visible in the shot. I have learnt that when making a film, or a piece of media, the camera plays a massive part in the images overall meaning. Before the task, I assumed the only emotions we can feel is from the actors facial expressions. However, there’s several parts used in creating media that makes the audience see/feel something (aka: colours, camera angles, facial expressions, costumes, and make-up). For example, in one of our photos we tried to convey a story/ feeling of failure and loneliness. We did this by framing the shot of Kai next to the goal, holding his head down. For each location change we tried to change our poses and the cameras frames. The term media language means how the media text is conveyed to the audience. So when the media is photography (from a camera) the media language is the CLAMPS, and the types of camera shots used.

My Image That Uses MISE-EN-SCENE To Communicate Meaning:

Introduction:

This is our Padlet research on the genre “pop”. We looked at the Costumes, Lighting/ Colours, Acting /Proxmetics, Makeup /Hair, Props, and Settings (CLAMPS) that relate to pop artists and bands. For example, our biggest inspirations were The Beatles- particularly Abbey Road. Even thought I wasn’t the model for the shoot I helped choose the outfits and props.

Costumes:

The first outfit is bright, colourful and eye-catching. It was a multicolour pair of sunglasses and a coat- that matches our colour palette. The jacket makes the image link with our artists inspirations. We also did a second outfit in a black uniform. This made Archie look smart and wealthy. Our third costume was a fluffy leather jacket, with the same multicolour glasses as outfit one. This leather jacket is trendy amongst the pop industry. Finally, the forth outfit was a reckless, school boy look. We tied his tie around his head to make him look like many of the teenage/ young bad boy male artists. Even though many male pop artists don’t wear make-up (like Ed Sheeran), most females are usually highly styled/ made up. So based on our model we decided to go with a ‘natural’ effortless look.

After we finished planning all four outfits, we went to photograph them. We took lots of photos, so that after we could narrow them down to the best ones later. Changing the lighting wasn’t possible since we were shooting outside. However, that didn’t affect our photos since ‘pop’ can be associated with bright light/sunshine.

Final Images and My Reflection:

This is my favorite outfit my team and I produced/created. The lighting illuminates the face, whilst also highlighting the pink coat sleeve. His natural hair in the wind creates a relaxed vibe within the composition. The bright pastels are good contrasts to the shadows and dark patches of colours. The smirk gives the audience a happy, lighthearted impression- just like pop music is supposed to. We also made sure Archie filled the frame and that we didn’t have any extra unnecessary spaces. Each of these elements together created some good final images. Since this was the first practical (experimental) task, it gave us a good insight into the course. Overall, my team and I were happy with the theme we were given, and the results we got.