Planning
Good research into similar texts. Good research into audience, but would have been improved by using some graphs. Reasonably good graphs.
15/20
Construction
Proficient use of software to construct pages. Good manipulation of images and text. Good evidence of construction. The front cover is a well chosen photograph. The contents page has too much white space and is a little too basic.
44/60
Evaluation
Some attempt to address the seven set questions. Some analysis but a little basic in places.
13/20
Overall
72/100 Grade B
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Evaluation
The audience for my media product would be the students and parents themselves, this is because parents will be interested in seeing what their son and school has been doing and students will be interested in seeing the summary of the whole year and what they has partaken in etc. So as you can see it attracts both these audiences at the same time.
I attracted my audience by taking into consideration the answers given for the questionaire and therefore worked out what would be the most effective articles to put in the magazine and the most effective presentation.
I have learnt a lot about apple computers which i never knew before because i do not own one and have rarely been on one. I also learnt a lot about the application's used on these computers like photoshop where you can manipulate images to your specifications and indesign where you can create attractive text pages.
My media product represents private schools in a very good light, because it shows all the academic, sport, CCF and other achievements that it has gained. It also shows that the school has great relationships with students and parents and portrays it own community.
Lastly my media product challenges forms and conventions of other magazines that seem to be obsessed with filling their cover's with text and pictures, but i have shown that a simple front cover can still be as effective and eye-catching. It also uses the same forms and conventions as these magazines because it still uses a big bold masthead and the top of the page and a slogan/motto at the bottom of the page.
I attracted my audience by taking into consideration the answers given for the questionaire and therefore worked out what would be the most effective articles to put in the magazine and the most effective presentation.
I have learnt a lot about apple computers which i never knew before because i do not own one and have rarely been on one. I also learnt a lot about the application's used on these computers like photoshop where you can manipulate images to your specifications and indesign where you can create attractive text pages.
My media product represents private schools in a very good light, because it shows all the academic, sport, CCF and other achievements that it has gained. It also shows that the school has great relationships with students and parents and portrays it own community.
Lastly my media product challenges forms and conventions of other magazines that seem to be obsessed with filling their cover's with text and pictures, but i have shown that a simple front cover can still be as effective and eye-catching. It also uses the same forms and conventions as these magazines because it still uses a big bold masthead and the top of the page and a slogan/motto at the bottom of the page.
Production - Contents Page
I will now show and give evidence of how i produced my contents page, just like previously with my front cover.
The first thing i did was to open up indesign and then put the heading 'Contents' in a text box at the top of the page. I then organised all the way down the page equal text box's that would soon contain page numbers and the names of the different sections within the magazine.
The first thing i did was to open up indesign and then put the heading 'Contents' in a text box at the top of the page. I then organised all the way down the page equal text box's that would soon contain page numbers and the names of the different sections within the magazine.
I also colour-coded each of the house sections to make it easier for the reader to distinguish each house and the colour that represents this particular house.
I then added a diverse range of pictures that sum up everything that the college does as a school. I did this by creating picture box's and then putting the picture i wanted into them, then adjusting the size of the picture to fit into the frame, then moving the picture to where i wanted on the page.
I then made sure that all of the pictures where an equal size and then moved all of the text box's and pictures into their appropriate positions.
Production - Front Cover
Here i will show and give evidence of the ways in which i was able to make my front cover for my school magazine.
I started off by taking a picture of my student in medium-close-up in the area that i wanted him to be.
I then opened the same picture onto photoshop so that i would be able to put text and other pictures onto it and i would do this by using different layers.
I then took a picture of the school crest which is located on our school gates at the entrance to the school. Once again i opened the picture onto photoshop, this is so i can manipulate the image and take out the background and then just have the crest which i would then put on the other picture with the student on. I used the tool called 'Magnetic Lasso', which means that i can outline the school crest perfectly and get rid of the background surrounding it. I then moved the school crest onto the picture of the student, made a new layer for it, re-sized it and then placed it in the bottom right-hand corner.
The next step was adding the all important text to the front cover. I did this by adding text box's in the appropriate areas, on new layers and then selecting the font style, colour and size.
I started off by taking a picture of my student in medium-close-up in the area that i wanted him to be.
I then opened the same picture onto photoshop so that i would be able to put text and other pictures onto it and i would do this by using different layers.
I then took a picture of the school crest which is located on our school gates at the entrance to the school. Once again i opened the picture onto photoshop, this is so i can manipulate the image and take out the background and then just have the crest which i would then put on the other picture with the student on. I used the tool called 'Magnetic Lasso', which means that i can outline the school crest perfectly and get rid of the background surrounding it. I then moved the school crest onto the picture of the student, made a new layer for it, re-sized it and then placed it in the bottom right-hand corner.
The next step was adding the all important text to the front cover. I did this by adding text box's in the appropriate areas, on new layers and then selecting the font style, colour and size.
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