20th Blog Entry

I was unfortunately able to upload my improved version of my souble page spread which included an added background effect and also more organised text columns with more of the story written. I forgot to upload/finish it whilst I was at college and no longer have access to it until after easter. When that time comes I would like to finish and upload it, even though it wont be marked, for my own benefit.

19th Blog Entry - Evaluation Question 7

Evaluation - Question 7

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18th Blog Entry - Evaluation Question 1

17th Blog Entry - Evaluation Question 2

 

16th Blog Entry - Evaluation Question 3

15th Blog Entry - Evaluation Questions 4+5

Evaluation answer for questions 4+5

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The links for my presentation above have failed to work when I converted the presentation onto slideshare which was a shame as I feel that they worked really well. Below are the original slides as I intended them to be.

14th Blog Entry

In todays lesson I have started to construct an interactive powerpoint to answer the evaluation questions 4&5. I have added click buttons to operate between slides to allow the viewer to skip through slides without the trouble of having to find it.

13th Blog Entry - Evaluation Question 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

In todays lesson I have created an online presentation using a programme called 'Prezzi.' I have used it to create an answer for question 6 of my evaluation. It is a unique way of displaying information as it is a free flowing/moving powerpoint.

What have I learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? on Prezi

12th Blog Entry

Evaluation speed dating, in todays lesson we did an activity which allowed us to evaluate a piece of eachothers work by having an evaluation sheet in front of the work with a space to comment on what we liked and disliked/what we would change. I found that a few comments suggested that I should add more colour/brighter colour to my contents page. Overall most of the comments were positive especially the title of my magazine.

Images from the Tinie Tempah concert at Southampton Guildhall on the 26th February 2011.

Audience Feedback

This is a audience feedback sheet I created to hand around the class to find out what front cover to use as the final choice. The end result was the cover on the left was the most popular with 10 votes to 3.

Final Front Covers (Normal and Limited Edition)

Final Contents Page

Final Double Page Spread

Double Page Spread - 11th Blog Entry

In todays lesson I have nearly completed the layout and text of my double page spread which I started during the half term period. I have a few more spaces to fill and tweaking to do, but overall I have nearly finished. I have also completed my contents page.

Contents Page Development 10th Blog Entry

In todays lesson I altered the layout of my contents page slightly and added more features and text. It is nearly completed ready for me to move on to my double page spread.

9th Blog Entry

Today I started the contents page for my magazine. I found an image on the internet to base my contents page on using layout and image techniques. I also edited my photos in photoshop to make them stand out more.

8th Blog Entry

Today I have fully completed my front cover and created a special edition alternative. I will now move on to creating my contents page and double page spread.

I then decided to create an alternate front cover using my original design especially for subscribers. I did this by adding a text box across the top and changing the "freebies" included from 4 A5 postcards to 3 A3 posters.

In todays lesson I developed my design further until completion by adding text boxes, effects and altering he images.

This was my finished version of my magazine which I printed out to see how it looked on paper.

I then discovered that there was too much "red" colours on the cover so I decided to alter the main image and the positioning of the features.

7th Blog Entry

In todays lesson I started to add the main features of my magazine cover including cover lines, images and text. A font I particularly like was cityburn which I had downloaded from the website dafont.com.

Music Magazine Front Cover - Progress Screenshots

 This is the first screen shot i had taken from the previous weeks work. It includes the title, tag line and main image.

The next few shots were from todays lesson where I added a coverline in a similar font to The Pretty Reckless logo. I also created a box containing 4 free posters to feature in the magazine.

6th Blog Entry

Today I finished my magazine proposal and started to create the front cover for my magazine. I also uploaded more original photos taken at The Pretty Reckless concert.

Possible Front Cover Images

I have now uploaded some possible front cover images to flickr here http://www.flickr.com/photos/56436884@N05/sets/72157625844740940/


These photos were also taken at The Pretty Reckless Concert in December.

5th Blog Entry

First day back from winter break. I spent this lesson uploading and editing some photos to use for my music magazine using adobe photoshop and flickr. I then created a questionnaire to hand out to gather some audience feedback into music magazines. I also finished researching into the music magazine industry and started to created initial ideas and a proposal for my own magazine.

Research into music magazines

This image shows my research into the music magazine industry with some initial ideas and information on different music companies.

Music magazine questionnaire

This is a questionnaire that i created to get some audience feedback about music magazines and also to see what the audience is interested in.

Flickr Pics - The Pretty Reckless

http://www.flickr.com/photos/56436884@N05/sets/72157625666592883/

Above is a link to my flickr pictures, they were taken at the 02 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, on the 16th December 2010 when The Pretty Reckless where playing there live. I will edit/crop these photos for use in my music magazine.