Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

This is how I used the clone stamp tool and spot healing brush to make my model's face look free of blemishes and dark circles under her eyes, and also how I got rid of the shadows from underneath her glasses. I started off at first by selecting the spot healing brush and selecting all of the blemishes on her forehead that I wanted gone from the image, and then when this was done I used the clone stamp tool to give her face a more smooth complexion. I then used the clone stamp tool to get rid of the shadows created by her glasses, by selecting a part of her skin that I wanted her whole skin to be the same colour as, and then left clicking on the shadows so that it was the same colour as the rest of her skin tone.

This is how, using the quick selection tool, I got rid of the background surrounding my model. I selected the quick selection tool on the panel, and then left clicked and dragged my mouse so that it selection a certain part of the background and pressed delete to get rid of this part of the background. I did this so that eventually just my model was left without a background surrounding her so that when I pasted the picture onto an A4 paper in Photoshop, the background of the photo shoot wouldn't be included as it had been deleted.

This is how I used the brush tool and changed the capacity to make my model's eyes look more blue. At first I zoomed in on the eye, and selected the brush tool and changed the colour to a bright blue, I then brushed over the eye with the blue and then changed the capacity to a smaller percentage to make it look more realistic. 

This is the process I went through to make my final front cover. The technologies I used include transform, scale and rotation of the image and the boxes, the shape tool to create the boxes behind text, the brush tool to create the grey background, the text tool which included changing the font and style of text, and changing the opacity of shapes and colours:

This is the process I went through to make my final contents page. The technologies I used include transform and scale to change the size of the images used, changing the opacity of shapes and colours, the text tool which included changing the character, font, size and colour of the text used, the brush tool to create a grey background, and the shape tool to create the boxes:

This is the process I went through to make my final double page spread. The technologies I used at first on Publisher include scaling the images, copy and pasting the article I wrote and changing these all to the 'tight' format so that when I wanted to add in my pull quotes, the article would form around the pull quotes to give it a more profession look, I also used the shape tool to give the images a grey background. The technologies I used on Photoshop include the text tool, which included changing the font and size of the pull quote I used, I also used the shape tool to create the boxes behind the pull quote next to the images, and then I changed the opacity of the boxes behind the text too.

How did you attract/address your audience?

Who would be the audience for you media product?

What kind of institution might distribute your product?

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Improved double page spread

I changed the background of my double page spread to keep the continuity throughout my whole magazine, and I added an extra pull quote to create more colour rather than the article looking plain as it was just black and white.

Improved contents page final draft

I changed my contents page to make it look brighter and a lot more eye-catching, I also put blue bands behind the page numbers of the images to help with the continuity as it matches the blue bands on my front cover.

Final double page spread draft

Contents page teacher feedback

This is the feedback my teacher gave me for my contents page. I am going to add a caption to the photo of my artist and add summaries of the articles I have advertised on the right hand list of contents, I will also change the colour scheme a little to break down the grey and black colours of my contents and see what colours work well and make the page more appealing.

Peer feedback - Luke

I like the layout of your contents page as it looks very professional. I also like the contents of your articles.
The font isn't as formal as it could be, it may be seen as 'cartoony' x

Feedback

Really good contents page, colourful and looks very professionally made - Danny

Peer Feedback

The strengths of your contents page are the text as it is bright, looks professional and stands out, the pictures are good and look like they could feature in a real magazine. I like the colour scheme too!
I think that to improve you would maybe change the photographs around so the artist on the cover is the larger of the two images.

Amelia R

Double page spread draft 2

Double page spread draft 1

Final contents page

I really like my final contents page draft, I have used conventions to make it look professional and I think the colour scheme matches really well and matches the colour of the masthead of my magazine too. The 'subscribe' plug is a different colour to everything else, which means it stands out from the rest and will draw peoples' attention. I didn't put a border around the pictures, but added lines to put them in boxes to separate them from one another, which I think makes it look neater and professional.

Contents page draft three

In this draft I have put borders around my pictures and the background of my features and my 'subscribe' plug, I also changed the font to make the contents page look a little more interesting and less plain. I added backgrounds to the headings, and although I think it makes them stand out more for my next draft I am going to change the colour as I think that the blue doesn't stand out enough. I also think I will change the layout a little as all my features are a bit uneven and I think that by making the different sections of features level with each other it will make my contents page look more professional.

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Contents page draft two

I have changed the background of my 'subscribe' plug to make it stand out more and add a QR code to make it look more current, and added more features and changed the colour scheme to make it a little brighter by giving the different features grey backgrounds, I've also changed the headings of my features to red to tie in the title 'Notion.' in with the colour scheme of the contents page. I think that to improve on my next draft I will border the backgrounds of my features, and make the page numbers the same colour as my feature headings to make the colour scheme come together a lot more, I also think I will give the headings a background to make them stand out more and put borders around the pictures as well.

Contents page first draft

This is my first draft and although the colour scheme matches I think that it could be a little bright. I like the picture of Pulp in the top left hand corner and the band fits the genre of my magazine. To improve on my next draft I will add another picture and more contents features, and I'm going to add a QR code and make the background of the 'subscribe feature' a different colour from yellow, and I think I will change the colour scheme a little to make it more eye-catching.

Improved front cover final draft

I changed the background colour of my front cover to tone down the amount of blue, I also moved the cover line advertising the main featured artist to the middle because the readers line of sight is usually drawn to the middle and so it will be more inclined to catch their attention, I also put bands around 'Canterbury' and 'Jake Bugg' to make them look a lot more prominent and draw the magazine together a lot more, as well as this I also changed the main artists name so that it is slanting across the page and has a band behind it to make it stand out more and I changed the font of the masthead and stretched it out across the width of the front cover to make it more attention grabbing and effective.

Response to feedback

In response to the feedback I have been given I am going to see if I can re-size and readjust the main image on my final draft, and I will try and fill up the sides of my draft with more cover lines to make it look less empty.

Peer Feedback

Luke Bolton

You're blog is good, all posts are very detailed. You're front cover is very eye catching. It looks like you have worked extremely hard.

Peer feedback

Jonny page

Even though it's a great band and a great album the background makes it look a bit cheesy. The final draft is good as it includes a lot of information and has most if not all the main conventions of a front cover, but the picture looks stretched and a little unprofessional.

Feed Back

Lauren Larkins

I really like your blog and the detail of describing every photo you posted, saying what you like and dislike about the images. Your drafts clearly show the development of your work and your final front cover has lots of conventions. You could maybe move the circle up a bit near the masthead to fill the magazine a bit more.

Peer Assessment

Ellie Broughton 

I really like the detail you are going into with each post, you have done extra work and added personal touches which I think is really effective. On your front cover I like the colour scheme and also I really like the name of you magazine however I suggest maybe changing the font or even the boldness of the colour lines to add more character to the magazine.