In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
I used the school magazine ‘fusion’ as a style model for my school magazine. Fusion magazine used a specific colour theme throughout, using black, red and white. For my magazine I used the colour blue on both the front cover and contents page, because blue is the colour of Whitley Bay high. The size of the image on the front cover is large and takes up the whole page, and the text is in front of the image. The text is written in bold white font, which makes it easy to read as it contrasts with the background, a similar technique ‘Fusion’ magazine used. The language in the school magazines are casual and informal, therefore I used simple language such as ‘I love sixth form’ which presents a casual tone. I wrote ‘issue 1’ underneath the title, as this is an important convention to show the number of the magazine. I used a big, bold font for the title of the magazine, making it easy to read and eye-catching, in a traditional black colour. On the contents page I used page numbers and headlines and subheadings. I used a bolder font for each title of the pages, then underneath I wrote a normal, smaller size font to explain each article is about.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I used natural light to take my medium close up shot for my front cover. The photo is of Catherine, and I took it portrait. The photo is focused on Catherine, and the background is out of focus, but the colour scheme remains blue, as the background shows the school building. I learned how to put the camera in focus when I took the picture. I used the image as full screen and I put the text on a different layer on Photoshop so the text was in front of the main image. I put different photographs on the front cover, but made them smaller, so they did not take the main attention.
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