Research and Planning Evaluation 7

College magazine vs Music magazine

Cover 

 

Contents Page 

 


You can tell what genre my magazine is because of the masthead as it is an RnB masthead compared to the college magazine. Everything is just all over the place and people won't know what the genre is i.e. if it is for college students or just a normal magazine. The college magazine looks boring and un-attractive as you can see in my IShowU video compared to my music magazine. The model image on the music magazine looks more professional as it was taken with and SLR camera whereas the college magazine picture was taken with a normal camera and in the IShowU video, you can see the difference in the quality of the images.The layout on the college magazine is simple and boring with not a lot going on in it compared to the music magazine. Everything is organized and in order which makes it easy for the reader to know what each section is about and what it is about. The contents page on the college magazine is dull and doesn't look like a contents page. It looks more like a poster because it is not the layout that a contents page should have like the music magazine contents page. Instead of adding a lot of images on the college magazine contents page, I think like the music magazine, I should have added more stories and then used one or 2 big pictures just to make everything look better and more professional. 

IShowU video 

Research and Planning Evaluation 6

Technologies used

Blogger

I used blogger to post my work for the examiners to see and to keep up to date with my work. I learnt how to edit my posts and change the dates of when I did the work if I was not up to date so this helped me get my work organised and up to date. 



Photoshop

I used Photoshop to make my magazine cover, contents page and double page spread. I learnt lots of skills using this software and I also developed a lot of my skills like my creative skills. I was able to make my images look more professional and get rid of any blemishes on the picture. This helped me a lot because I was able to make my images more clear. I could also add artificial make up on the picture without having to add real make up on the model. This was easy because if I couldn't find the right make up, I could just use the blush tool to add the make up on using the software.



Prezi

I used prezi to make a presentation for my magazine. I learnt how to make each section of the presentation come on the right time and for how long it should stay on. I was also able to pick different designs and make my presentation look better. I was an easy process and I was able to add it on my blog whereas if I used PowerPoint, I would not be able to add it onto the blog so prezi was easier and much quicker.




Flickr

I used Flickr to present my images on a different website instead of blogger. I learnt how to embed my images onto blogger on the right places. I also learnt how to add the images onto Flickr.



Canon SLR camera

I used the Canon SLR camera to take the shots of my model. I thought this was the best camera to take my images on as it would make the images look more professional. I learnt how to adjust the quality of the image or to add blur to the image if needed. I was able to see which images looked better with the flash or without the flash. This camera offered me with the best quality images which were clear.


Facebook

I used Facebook to present my magazine cover, double page spread and contents page. I used it to get audience feedback and then take the feedback on board to improve the magazine. I thought this was good as it was a way to let people see my improvements after taking their feedback on board. It also helped me get a non-biased response.

I photo

I used I Photo to import my images onto the desktop from the SLR camera.

This is my IShowU video