Digital Technology
There are different pieces of digital technology that enabled me to make my magazine. These include:
- Canon DSLR 5 50D
- In-Design
- Photoshop
- Issuu
- Internet
- The Canon DSLR was used to take my photos during the photo-shoot. This was the only time that I had to use this camera as i only did one photo-shoot.
- I used In-Design for the actual making of my magazine. This software enabled me to create my magazine from scratch. using this software I could chose from a range of fonts, colours, and I could also insert images. the fonts could be made huge or very small. An example of this is when the title of the magazine 'ambient' is big compared to the small page numbers in the bottom corners of each page.
- Photoshop was used to help alter my images from the photo-shoot. I did not do any major alterations as I don't think my images needed it. All I did was alter the brightness, and the contrast.
- The next piece of digital technology that I used from Issuu. This is an online website that enabled me to upload my magazine and embed it into different applications such as blogger. They have a very simple way of getting it from the website to the social networking site you want it on. You will upload the magazine onto Issuu, and you can then choose to share, or embed the magazine. For either one you are given a different code which enables you to show your magazine on different social networking sites.
Creativity
I used a range of technology to help me get inspiration on what different creative aspects and features I could include. During my photo-shoot I used props, makeup, costumes to help make my photos unique. I only used three props, which were two chairs, (one which was slightly vintage to help with my indie theme), and one electric guitar.
Research + planning
Research
-For my research I used the internet to look up previous music magazines so i could get some inspiration. From this I could see what type of images I could take, the layout out of my music magazines, and also what type of colour scheme fits my indie theme. The colour scheme that I ended up with was red, white and black. Research is key if you want to make a good music magazine.
Planning
-For planning I created mood boards, design ideas for the layout of my magazine, masthead designs, and name ideas etc. On the mood boards I collected images of different band names, concerts, and any other images that relate to indie music. For my magazine I ended up with the masthead: ambient, and used a very simplistic font: Eras Demi ITC. Planning all this out means that when it came to putting my magazine together, it would be a quick and easy process as I would know exactly what to do.
Research
-For my research I used the internet to look up previous music magazines so i could get some inspiration. From this I could see what type of images I could take, the layout out of my music magazines, and also what type of colour scheme fits my indie theme. The colour scheme that I ended up with was red, white and black. Research is key if you want to make a good music magazine.
Planning
-For planning I created mood boards, design ideas for the layout of my magazine, masthead designs, and name ideas etc. On the mood boards I collected images of different band names, concerts, and any other images that relate to indie music. For my magazine I ended up with the masthead: ambient, and used a very simplistic font: Eras Demi ITC. Planning all this out means that when it came to putting my magazine together, it would be a quick and easy process as I would know exactly what to do.
Post-production
Post production is the making of my magazine. For this I used Adobe In-Design. This program enabled me to use different fonts, colour schemes, text sizes, insert my own images and many more. I was able to make this magazine as unique as possible, because I had access to multiple different icons. I used a red, white, and black colour scheme as I think these colours bested linked to indie music. For example if you saw the colour pink I would associate that colour with pop music.
Using media conventions in real world texts
I used a range of music magazines for inspiration. At the start I looked at a whole range of music magazine with different genres, these included Billboard, Vibe, Q, Kerrang, Rolling Stone and NME. Then once I knew which genre I wanted to do I looked further into Q, Rolling Stone, and NME. From looking at these I could see what styles of font to use, how big the font was, and also their overall style as a magazine. I was able to understand what their target audiences are interested in. This target audience varied from 16 years of age to 50.
Using media conventions in real world texts
I used a range of music magazines for inspiration. At the start I looked at a whole range of music magazine with different genres, these included Billboard, Vibe, Q, Kerrang, Rolling Stone and NME. Then once I knew which genre I wanted to do I looked further into Q, Rolling Stone, and NME. From looking at these I could see what styles of font to use, how big the font was, and also their overall style as a magazine. I was able to understand what their target audiences are interested in. This target audience varied from 16 years of age to 50.
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