The task for this week was to complete the preliminary task, which involved analysing codes and conventions, taking primary images, make a front cover and contents and writing an evaluation for homework.
In the first lesson, we were given 6 different types of school magazines and asked to analyse one or two of them. We were asked to identify any codes and conventions that are common within school magazines and record them within the blog. The next lesson, we planned how we were going to set out the pages. This was done on paper and scanned into the computer. This was used as an accurate guideline for what we were going to create. However, later on some editing was needed in order to fit everything neatly and organised onto the page. The rest of the lessons were spent taking pictures of the models and putting them onto the magazine. Angles were a key component when taking the pictures. A medium close-up shot was crucial to the magazine type and it takes a little bit more effort to make it fit in with the ideas that I came up with. Editing and organisation were the main tasks when working with Photoshop. I learnt this week that you have to be careful what elements of Photoshop you use because you still want the images to look natural. I also learnt that you have to be careful how much text you use and the font size, otherwise it could cause the picture to look overcrowded and slightly more unattractive. The task was completed by the end of the week and I was able to complete my evaluation also, meaning I had no tasks to do over the weekend.
This was an interesting task to complete and it encouraged me to look forward to the music magazine ahead.
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