Task 6: Additional flat plan-

Task 6: Magazine presentation

Here is my magazine presentation.

Photography notes

When I went into the photography room today, I took some notes on all the equipment that I was going to be using so that I would understand how to use them. I feel like this will benefit me when I go to do my photography. I also learnt some tips of where to place my model and why I shouldn't put them in certain places etc.


White backdrop- The white backdrop is the background in your photo shoot. You can adjust the length and height of the white backdrop.


Model wise- Don't make the model stand right at the back of the backdrop. If this happens, you will blend into the background. You need to separate the model from the backdrop.
The lights are always turned off in the studio.


Studio flash- Trinity flash head. It has a button called 'test', if you press this button you test the flash and you are also building the charge at the same time.
Music note sign means the beat. It's the sound it makes when it flashes.
The plus and minus buttons makes the flash stronger or weaker. If you press the minus, it gets weaker, 1 is the minimum. If you press the plus sign, the flash gets stronger and the maximum is 6.


3 point lighting- Main light- softbox.
Fill light- has a grid. It gives you even light and gets rid of any shadows.
Hair light-  The snoot is the cone part of this. The hair light puts light on the back of the model's head. It seperates the model from the backdrop.


There is a 3 to 1 lighting ratio. As the lights go around, they get softer.


Godox- it is plugged into the light. ON= Flash. There is a receiver on the top of the camera.


Reflectors gives the picture a warm glow.


DSLR camera- Nikon D7000- 17 million mega pixels. It has an 18-105 lens.
Canon camera- 350D.


Buttons on the camera:
Press the play icon to look back at your pictures.
+button means zoom.
The wheel is to scroll left and right.


A=auto focus mode on the lens.
M= manual focus mode on the lens.


Depth of field- Focus in foreground and out of focus in the background.


Click menu> green camera on> click set picture control> standard=colour, monochrome= black and white.

Distribution of magazines task 5 Part B

Task 5 - Part A: Magazine newsstand

Task 4 - Preliminary task: Audience feedback and evaluation

Prelim task- Audience feedback and evaluation for the college magazine

What went well?

I feel like the photography for my front page and contents page went very well. I feel like the background of my contents page fit the image I had taken. The picture I took for the front page also went well. This is because the props I used for the model to hold fit the magazine well and related to it. Also the medium close up I used worked well on the front page. Furthermore, the model also fit the target audience. This is because it was a teenager for a college magazine, which teenagers would read, as it’s based on them. I also feel like the use of my teasers and journalism went well. I was able to use appropriate teasers to relate to the main purpose of the magazine. For example, talking about “advice on career choices” related to a college magazine. The mast head I used was very eye-catching and intriguing. The use of the word “exposed” attracts the target audience for my magazine. I felt like it was quite easy to come up with a catchy yet exiting masthead. The layout and positioning of my text was quite easy to do. I felt that I knew exactly where it would be best to put certain teasers etc. I definitely feel like my Photoshop skills have improved. I now feel much more confident with how to do certain things. For example, changing the text fonts, colours, size etc. Furthermore, I feel like I can easily crop images and make them to an appropriate size that is needed. Also I feel much more comfortable with how I should layout specific texts e.g. mastheads, teasers etc. My In Design skills have improved slightly, and I have learnt how to do a few more things e.g. knowing where to place text. Furthermore, I feel like I laid out text in the write place. For example, on my front page I included text in the skyline. I used this as it was the main topic for the front cover. I also used an interesting topic in the lower left third of the magazine. I used this because it attracts the audience, making them want to pick the magazine up. It intrigues them making them want to know how to get those vital “A*’s”. I used psychological pricing to price my magazine. I made my magazine 99p rather than £1 to make it seem cheaper. I feel like this helped me attract the target audience, because teenagers would not pay a lot of money for a magazine.

What do I need to improve on?

I feel like I need to get more familiar with using In Design. I sometimes struggle with using In Design and can get confused with certain tools. I know the basics of In Design, I just need to improve on my skills and learn some more things, and this will help me overall so I can deal with things much easier. I also need to improve on my alignment with texts. I felt like I was good with alignment, however I wasn’t perfect. I feel like the more I practice this, the better I can get, therefore I can make things more accurate and make it look more of a professional standard. I also could of added more information on my front page and contents due to feedback received.

3 key points for development when producing the main task-

1. My In Design skills- I feel like I need to get familiar with how to use certain tools and how to do certain things. I feel like the more I practice, the easier it will get for me so I will not struggle as much and I will be able to produce better content for the main task.
2. Being more accurate- I feel like I should improve my accuracy on specific things. I feel like I can improve how well things are done. I don’t consider it a weakness of mine, I just feel like I can improve this. This will help me with the main task as it will make my content look much more professional.
3. Improve my contents page- I feel like I can improve my contents page. I feel like I can make my contents page more interesting/appealing. For example, I could add more picture-based listings instead of having all my listings written. This makes things look more appealing which is helpful for my main task.

Task 3 - Preliminary task: college magazine practice

I feel like this task has benefited me by a great amount. I feel like my photoshop skills have improved especially when making my front page. I have learnt many skills. For example, I have learnt where to place my images and what camera shots to use. I have learnt how to use a variety of fonts and where to place my text on the front cover. On my contents page, I learnt that I need to include features and regulars on there. I have also learnt that I needed to use a colour scheme for the front page and contents page. My skills have definitely improved.

Questionnaire-

Please could you answer these questions:

1. What do you think of the fonts used?
2. What do you think of the colour scheme?
3. What do you think of the text layout?
4. What do you think of the terminology for the teasers used?
5. Does it relate to the target audience?(15-18year olds)

Task 3 - Preliminary task: college magazine analysis

Task 3 - Preliminary task: LSC magazine sketches

This is my magazine front page cover sketch. I am going to use a medium close up shot for the main body image. I called the magazine " Leyton Exposed" to make it seem appealing to teenagers. There are going to be teasers around the magazine. These will be eye-catching.

This is my contents page. I will be including regulars and features written as listings. I will also be using picture-based listings. The main body image will be on the right hand side, and the listings on the left. The title will be at the top of the page.