Research and Planning: Camera shots

These are my examples of different types of shots. I looked up each shot on the internet and drew an example on the page. I scanned them into the computer so I could upload them.

Research and Planning: College magazine Evaluation

The mast head on my magazine is clear to read and is easily seen from far away. It doesn't take up too much cover space. My cover lines were large enough to read without taking up lots of space but they may have been hard to read due to their colour.
My magazine does follow the three colour rule but two are more prominent than others as I rushed writing my cover lines and forgot to switch the texts colour as I went along. This has made the yellow barely noticeable and the green and orange the main colours.
I can tell the contents page and cover page are from the same magazine because they use the same colours and fonts as each other.
The contents page photos are appropriate for the magazine and look very good but the photo on the front isn't. I think this is because I didn't use a real camera for it and I edited it on Photoshop. I should have left it as it was.
There are plenty of stories on the cover and the contents page. The ones on the contents page are more appropriate and sensible but the ones on the cover are more childish. I think this makes my cover more noticeable and interesting.

Research and Planning: College magazine contents page

This is my college magazine contents page. I made it on InDesign. I took the pictures myself and used the same colour scheme as on my front cover.

Research and Planning: College Magazine cover

This is the front page of my college magazine 'Inspire'.

Research and Planning: Front cover photos

These are the photos I took for the front of my college magazine. I took four then picked my favourite and edited it in Photoshop.

Research and Planning: Front page and contents page drafts

These are the drafts for my college magazine front cover and contents page. I will base my actual magazine off of these drawings.

Research and Planning: College magazine draft 1

This is my progress so far on my college magazine. It is coloured but the photo is black and white.

Research and Planning: Semiotics and fonts

These are three examples of fonts that could be used for different types of magazines. I downloaded them from www.dafont.com.

Research and Planning: Magazine Feedback (Interviews)

This is the video footage of peoples responses to my college magazine draft.
The main responses I recieved were:

• Should involve some stories/articles about the college
• I need to add a background to my front cover
• Keep the masthead the same
• The colour scheme works well together
• The page is easy to read

Research and Planning: Interview Questions

1. Do you like the cover lines featured on the front of the magazine? What others would you like to see?
2. Does the masthead suit a college magazine? Can you think of a more appropriate name?
3. What do you think of the colour scheme? Can you recommend any changes?
4. If this magazine was free, would you get it and why?
5. Do you like the layout of the page? Is it easy to read?

Research and Planning: Medium close up examples

 These are examples of  'medium close ups'. I will need to take images like these for use on my college magazine cover.

Research and Planning: College Magazine Analysis

• You can tell its a college magazine because the masthead says 'College'
• The man in the main picture is holding text books for college subjects
• One of the cover lines says 'Make money on campus'
• Another says 'College Couture'
• The other cover lines are all about things that college students would care about or be interested in (Blackberrys, spring break etc)
• The person in the main picture look as if he is in his late teens or early twenties
• The publication line involves modern, popular words like 'hip' and 'happening'
• The bar code says the price is $4.99, us college students would be more likely to afford it  than high school students
• The issue number says 'The Inaugural' edition, inaugural means the start/beginning of an institution (e.g. college)

Research and Planning: InDesign tutorial

- I selected a film review off of 'Empire' and copied the text to a word document and copied it and the picture to my desktop
- I opened a document in InDesign then clicked file and 'place', selected my document and then drew a box to place my text in. I then clicked the red plus in a box to draw another box for the rest of the text
- I did file and place again but selected the picture this time, I drew a box where I wanted it to go
- I then clicked 'text' and drew a text box at the top of my page. I then wrote my title and then clicked the colour change button to change the colour.
- Then I highlighted the text, clicked 'stroke' on the side bar, added weight and selected a colour to give my title a border.
- Then I selected the rectangle tool, picked a colour and drew a rectangle over the top of my whole page. Then I right clicked the page, selected 'arrange' and send to back. This put the rectangle behind my text and image, giving me a background.

Research and planning: Film poster

I chose a photo of a film poster from Google. I then copied it to my desktop before opening iPhoto and taking a picture of myself pulling a face. I then opened both pictures in Photoshop and then used the magnetic tool to draw around and select my face. Using the moving tool I placed it onto my poster and the rotated it and placed it over Will Ferrell's face.

Research and Planning: Photoshop Challenge

- I clicked new, then changed it from clipboard to international paper (A4)
- I selected the horizontal text tool, drew a text box and wrote AS Media Studies
- Then I changed the font and size using the tool bar, and the colour using the colour box
- I then right clicked the page and clicked background
- Then I clicked on it in the layers panel, and using the paint bucket tool I coloured it
- Then I selected the text, clicked layers, layer style and drop shadow.
- Then I adjusted the shadow size, positioning and opacity
- Then I cut out a picture of a celebrity using the magnetic lasso tool and placed it on the page
- Then I clicked the brush tool, changed the brush size, opacity and colour. Then I coloured in her hair
- Then I drew a box the same colour as my background onto the page, I then moved it down in the layers panel so my images were on top of it. I then used the paint bucket tool to colour my original background into my new boarder colour

Researching and planning: Skin Tutorial

I opened the photo in Photoshop and then using the spot healing tool I got rid of all her spots and blemishes. I then clicked on 'Layer' and duplicate layer. On the copied layer I then clicked 'Filter', Blur and then smart blur. I altered the setting and then I used the brush tool to change the colour of her hair. I made the size of my brush bigger and turned down the opacity before selecting her new hair colour. Once I'd done her hair I made the brush smaller and changed the colour again to give her lipstick. I repeated this for her eye shadow and blusher. I then used the magnifier to zoom in so I could more accurately draw on her eyelashes and eyebrows using the same process as with the rest of her makeup. I did the same to whiten her teeth. Finally I made the brush bigger and the opacity less to draw on her blusher.

Research and Planning: Photoshop cd tutorial

First I opened up the 3 files in Photoshop. Then using the marque cutting out tool I cut out the CD and then using the moving tool I dragged it across to the background. I adjusted the size and positioning before changing its colour by clicking image, appearance, then colour balance. Then I used the magic wand to select part of the white background of the horn. Then I clicked on select, similar, which selected the rest of the white, I clicked invert which swapped it so instead of selecting the white it selected the image. Using the move tool I placed it on my background, adjusted the size and positioning and again changed the colour (using the same process as before). Then on the layers palette I selected the 4th layer labeled 'notes' which inserted a picture of music notes. I positioned them and then clicked 'Horizontal writing tool', this allowed me to draw a text box. I wrote my name and changed the font, size and colour using the tool bar at the top of the page. I selected the text box then clicked layer, layer style and drop shadow. I adjusted the shadow so it was underneath the writing. Then I clicked on the background layer on the layer palette, I clicked filter, distort and wave. I altered it until the background looked how I wanted it to.