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Evaluation
From completing my magazine cover I learnt how to use the different tools on Photoshop which helped me to edit my main image of the cover on my magazine, for example it helped me edit/create my main image, where I have layered the picture of my friend onto an image of a college campus. Also this task has taught me how to become a independent learner; whenever we were set tasks I managed to complete them independently. Also I have learnt the different conventions of a magazine such as the 'Masthead title piece', ' the plug', ' teasers' etc. etc. I also learned how to use an SD card, how to put it in the camera and how to upload things from the SD card onto the computer, how to put the SD card into the computer and how to upload things from a camera onto the computer. The technology on the computer I used to help me complete my magazine cover is Photoshop, Publisher, Word and Blogger and I have also used camera's - which I have taken all my picture's with. I have used technology by using Photoshop on the computer which I used to edit my main image of my friend, I changed the colour of her eyes to make them a brighter blue colour, I earsed all her spots and made her skin brighter. I made her teeth whiter and her lips lighter so that her teeth stand out. I also used Photoshop to edit/layer the background image of the college campus behind the girl. The different conventions I have used are 'The Masthead title piece' , ' teaser' ' headline articles and subtitles', ' bar code, price, date, issue number'. I have used the bar code, price, date and issue number because the magazine more realistic, also these features are the main priority of the magazine because they are what you need to sell the magazine to the reader, the price - for the reader to see how much it will cost, the bar code - so you can scan the magazine and sell it, the date of the magazine - for the reader to see if the magazine is in date, the issue number - for the people to see what issue they are readin gof the magazine, and see if it is the new/updated version of that magazine. I have used the ' Masthead title piece' to show people what the magazine is called and the headlines and subtitles of my articles advertised on the magazine to show people what kind of articles are in the magazine. I have used the teaser, so that the magazine seems more appealing for the reader to buy and read, my teaser offers for people to win a free holiday. People know that you will never get a holiday for free; this is how my teaser works, as people would like the advantage of a free holdiay. The teaser also informs people what kind of audience my magazine is aimed at. The teaser states 'WIN A FREE HOLIDAY RAVE IN IBIZA', the 'Rave' included in the sentence shows that it is aimed for a the late teens/young adult audience as the older generation are not assumed wiht 'raving' in places such as Ibiza. Also the bright colours of the magazine show that it is aimed for the more lively, younger generation which is connoted bright, vibrant/lively colours. with not the older generation who are connoted with softed colours.If I were to change any of magazine, I would retake the image of my friend that I used for my central image of my magazine cover and take it in a more natural place such as a library or a classroom in Wyke college. I Also I would do the same for the background image, I would have taken an image of the outside area of Wyke college. Also I would take more images that I would include on the side of the magazine, to go with what the article is about, like you see on real magazines. I would also use Photoshop differently such as use it to change the colour of my friend's hair or the colour of her clothes or what her clothes look like. I would also change the layout of text on my magazine, as the text style I have used makes the magazine look child-like, if I used a bolder font, in a bigger size; it would look more stereotypical for a college magazine. For the 'Masthead title piece' I would have used a darker, bolder colour so that it contrats better against the background image. If I had more time to complete this task I would aslo include a contents page and a double page spread - with an article that I would have created myself included with framed images I would have taken myself. I would also change the colour shceme that I chose, instead of purple, orange and blue I would have chosen more stereotypically colours that are assumed to fit in with college students. Such as dark/navy blue, sky blue or a dark green each of these colours can be connoted with sophistication and independence. Which is what people think college students learn to become like during their college years.
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