Friday, 30 October 2009
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Preliminary Print.
Origjnally, I decided that I would attempt to create a magazine that would appeal to a more "alternative" market other then just the mainstream music that a school would be more likely to chose to be played.
The model that I decided on was my close friend, who - from experience - I know has a very large range in the types and genre of music that she listens to. I chose to incorporate Rhian into my piece as she is shown to be very colourful in the designs and her fashion sense (this is an element which could be incorporated into my magazine later), she is also shown to be unique against "normal" models that would appear on the cover of other magazines.
This photograph is a midshot of Rhian; I would use this piece on the front cover of my magazine that I am creating. This photograph is very colourful - prodominantly the pinks and yellows from her clothing - and these colours could be incorporated further when I was to design my magazine spread.
This piece could be incorporated into my contents page, this piece does again show that colours that she is dressed in - again, referring back to the colours that I could use for my magazine - this time however there is a possibilty that I could incorporate text around this photograph to list the page numbers and synopsis of each article.
This photograph I am unsure whether or not to incorporate into my finished piece; if I was to actually add the piece at the end I believe that I would do so for a comedy aspect and intrigue the audience making them want to read more. The downside of this photograph is that the context of this piece is a little of subject for this style of photograph.
Friday, 9 October 2009
Preliminary Print.
To conclude our preliminary pieces that we are creating in class we were given the brief to design and create a magazine front cover and a contents page that would be appropriate to be sold or shown in Lutterworth College and schools in the immediate area.
During discussion about what each magazine should include I was thinking about previous experience that I got in Year 11; some of those pieces are shown below.
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During discussion about what each magazine should include I was thinking about previous experience that I got in Year 11; some of those pieces are shown below.
This first magazine that I created was designed in the ICT BTec that I was placed into for Year 10 and Year 11; we were given the brief to design a magazine that would be appropriate for showing and selling to any child. I decided that I would attempt to reconnect with children of today's world and compile a magazine front cover that would be appropriate to be sold in any news shop and I attempted to do so by incorporating a High School Music-esq theme into my magazine, as - at the time - the third installment of the film was being developed.
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In the same class I was then given the brief to design a music magazine that would also be appropriate for teenagers and young adults.This time I thought about the magazines that were already available on the shelves - such as Kerrang! Magazine and Q Magazine, both of which I was very well educated. To finish off my original thoughts I decided that I would attempt at creating a magazine that was based on the best pieces of each of the magazines based around music that I had researched.
My final magazine that I designed previously was another music magazine. This time however, I created it in the induction week of Sixth Form for my Media coursework. I decided that unlike the previous magazine I was going to attempt to develop a more sophisticated, "grown up" magazine that - if produced - could rival Q Magazine and magazines of a similar genre. I decided that I would stick to a more mainstream audience - unlike the previous which would probably be considered to be a niche audience - and in the allocated time I produced this magazine cover.
Preliminary Print.
We have been given the brief to design and create a mock up for a music magazine which would be distributed within Lutterworth College.
The most importance of the magazine have to be fully discussed and reasons correctly; these elements include the name and genre of the magazine; as well as the audience and the special features which must appear within every magazine; when we are given time to design and create our piece we must assure that we have fully discussed and thought about the use of different fonts and different content of the piece; we must also deliberated as to how the magazine should be laid out - including the important elements, such as the magazine's masthead.
The most importance of the magazine have to be fully discussed and reasons correctly; these elements include the name and genre of the magazine; as well as the audience and the special features which must appear within every magazine; when we are given time to design and create our piece we must assure that we have fully discussed and thought about the use of different fonts and different content of the piece; we must also deliberated as to how the magazine should be laid out - including the important elements, such as the magazine's masthead.
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Preliminary Filming.
Following a short delay in editing our final piece of video after the issue concerning the finish piece on the tape, together as a group we set aside sometime together in the designated practical lesson and in our own free time and began to edit our filming.
To begin, together we began by editing down the original piece of film; the raw piece of action that we wanted to capture was the character - Dan - walking around the corner of the building, walking through the English corridor, then down the corridor past the drama and media rooms concluding with him entering the room that we were in and ending with him and the character already in the room divulging in the conversation. The enigma code can be applied to this piece of sequence, the audience watching the piece is left wondering why exactly the person is rushing to meet the second character in the room.
In our group we decided that we were going to attempt to make our piece stand out against the normal, bog-standard piece which had been developed; due to each of us - especially Dan - having some previous knowledge of using editing software on the MacBook, we decided that we were going to experiment with different colours and editing techniques.
Together, we decided that we were going to parody a series of dramatic thriller style movies that together we all have some knowledge of.
To begin this process, we decided that we were going to make each segment of the piece to be shown in black and white, thus bring about the idea that the piece that a person is watching is dark and mysterious - again referring back to the enigma code and tying in with the cultural code; showing that black and white generally mean that something unpleasant has - or is about to - occur within the piece of film.
I believe that the most successful piece of editing that we created within our piece was when we overlapped tow scenes into the same one; we had the first character walking to the meeting point, whilst over the top we had a scene of the second character - already in the room, waiting - looking at his mobile phone and using the computer in the room.
When we began filiming I believe that our piece started off very disjointed and unorganised, however as the piece progressed and we began developing ideas we managed to produce a good piece of work. Again, the group had a few arguements which arose due to some person editing preferences which occurred, however we each managed to produce a piece which showed off each element of the piece to it's full potential.
To begin, together we began by editing down the original piece of film; the raw piece of action that we wanted to capture was the character - Dan - walking around the corner of the building, walking through the English corridor, then down the corridor past the drama and media rooms concluding with him entering the room that we were in and ending with him and the character already in the room divulging in the conversation. The enigma code can be applied to this piece of sequence, the audience watching the piece is left wondering why exactly the person is rushing to meet the second character in the room.
In our group we decided that we were going to attempt to make our piece stand out against the normal, bog-standard piece which had been developed; due to each of us - especially Dan - having some previous knowledge of using editing software on the MacBook, we decided that we were going to experiment with different colours and editing techniques.
Together, we decided that we were going to parody a series of dramatic thriller style movies that together we all have some knowledge of.
To begin this process, we decided that we were going to make each segment of the piece to be shown in black and white, thus bring about the idea that the piece that a person is watching is dark and mysterious - again referring back to the enigma code and tying in with the cultural code; showing that black and white generally mean that something unpleasant has - or is about to - occur within the piece of film.
I believe that the most successful piece of editing that we created within our piece was when we overlapped tow scenes into the same one; we had the first character walking to the meeting point, whilst over the top we had a scene of the second character - already in the room, waiting - looking at his mobile phone and using the computer in the room.
When we began filiming I believe that our piece started off very disjointed and unorganised, however as the piece progressed and we began developing ideas we managed to produce a good piece of work. Again, the group had a few arguements which arose due to some person editing preferences which occurred, however we each managed to produce a piece which showed off each element of the piece to it's full potential.
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