Research and Planning: Shot Research

I started looking at the different types of shots that can be done with the camera

This is an example of a close up and I will use this in on my magazine cover











This is an example of a mid shot and I will use this in my content page























This is an example of a long shot and I will use this in my double page spread

Research and Planning: Imaginary fonts

These are the font I have drawn. I think the fonts I have designed are related to the words. The popcorn one is simple but is related to the word because it has small pieces of popcorn flying out of it. The pop world font I have designed was the most difficult to design as I could not think o any good ideas.

Research and Planning: Research into Semeiotics

Semeiotics is a process in media that mean studying signs so a person can reads into the type of font and style of font to determine what style or genre the magazine you are reading is going to be and make them able to read more into a magazine just by looking at images and text. people do this by:

• colour of font 
• style of font 
• background colour
• shapes and areas around text You can use semeiotics to determine what style of magazine this is. firstly you notice the bright colours and how they look very dynamic, you then look at the fonts used and what colour they are. you then see the image of the people on the front and see what they are wearing and it is obvious that they this is a music magazine about a raping group

Research and Planning: Draft of college magazine

This is the first draft of my college magazine and the design. I have used a very basic outline so i know where i am going to place things on the cover of my college magazine. I have placed the masthead at the top and will probably make the title bigger so it looks more eye catching to the viewer of the magazine.


the draft shows how many sub stories I will include on the magazine and also where the main story is going to go on the magazine. It also include the bar code, issue number and date on the magazine so the reader know when the magazine was published.
I have also included a competition to make it more appealing to people who want to win prizes.

Research and Planning: Target audience for college magazine

My college magazine will be targeted at students aged 16-19 this is because people in college are around this age. This magazine will be for a range of different colours so it reaches both male and female students. The college magazine will include a lot of peoples interests like music film and sports so it will reach a large range of different students.


The college magazine will be for all students doing GCSE's, A levels and other classes and would include up coming classes and Enrichments that will be available to them in the weeks that they are in college it may also include information on clubs that might be running that they maybe interested on joining. This magazine will be targeted at the working class because thats the type of student at this college

Research and Planning: examples in medium close-up

These are medium close-up shots you can tell this by the way the camera has captured the character. I now understand what shot I have to use for my college magazine.

Research and Planning: analysis of college magazine

This is a typical college magazine, you can tell this by:

• The masthead font is simple and not to adventures 
• The main image is of a person holding some books
• The magazine has stories scattered around it that relate to students around that age
• It has a bar code, date and issue number on the bottom left corner
• The colour scheme is very basic and repetitive 
• There is a small paint splatter on the page making the magazine seem more childish
• The slug line is in smaller font above the masthead of the magazine (Your experience to everything hip, hot & happening)
• The different fonts used on the magazine make it appeal to a younger audience

Research and Planning: Indesign Tutorial

This was my first attempt at making a film review and I made this on the program indesign which is a program I have never used before. I think it is easy to use and for my first attempt I did well.


I started by making the columns so I could structure the text in the correct place so it looked more realistic. I then to make the title for the page. I placed a text box in the area I wanted to make the text and typed in the title of the film so if a person was reading it they can see what film the review is about. I changed the colour of the background using the shape tool then changed the colour of the font to make the text and image stand out more. I place my image on the page by clicking on the place item in the file option. Then change the size of the image to fit the A4 page. Finally I made a white frame to go around the text an the image to make the page look a bit more interesting. 


One thing I did struggle with is the gradient tool as it would not seem to work on my page. If I could change something or do something different I would add some more colour to the page to make it a bit brighter and a bit more eye catching.

Research and planning: Introduction to photoshop (Skin correction tutorial)

For this part of the introduction to photoshop I had to air brush this image to make her look like she had more make up on. First I started with with the spot healing tool to make the woman's skin clearer. Then I wet on to the make-up. First I started  by adding eyeliner to the image to give the eyes more definition and I did this with the paint brush tool. After that I began putting some blue eye shadow on using the paint brush again just at a bigger size and using less opacity so it looked like a blue glitter effect. Also I thought it might be a good idea to make the woman hair slightly lighter blonde to add to the glamorous look and feel to the image, I did this by selecting the dodge tool and turn the opacity down and began lighting small areas of the woman's hair. After I had done with the make-up I started the cut out the background so I could change the colour from pink to blue. I used the magnetic lasso tool so I could cut around the woman and the fill the colour in using to paint bucket tool to change the colour to blue.

Research and planning: Introduction to photoshop (Creating a document)

This was the photoshop challenge in this lesson we had an image of a girl that we had to air brush using the different tools in photoshop.We started by using the spot healing tool to get rid of all the spots on the girls face.I then used the magic wand to select sections of her hair and brighten the colour to make it look like the girl had highlights.I then began adding make-up such as lipstick and eyeliner and adding more eye lashes.


The background was the easiest part of the image to do.I selected the the background layer and the clicked on the paint bucket tool and changed the colour to blue.I then made a frame around the girl by selecting to shape tool and the filling the inside in using the paint bucket tool.I then went on to insert the font.I selected the font tool and placed the font box just above the image then I typed the (AS Media Studies), then I selected the text and changed the font to gothic and changed the colour to red.

Research and planning: Introduction to photoshop (CD cover)

This is the introduction photoshop and we started by changing different images into one single CD cover. I have managed to change all the images to one as I have used photoshop before. I managed to change the colour of the small CD and also make the music instrument a brighter colour so it looked brighter.
I also learned to change images opacity and give things a backing glow effect I have also distorted the background of the CD cover using the smudge tool.


as I have used photoshop before I had tried to make the trumpet a full image as the the top left of the image was cut off and i have tried to replace and blend the edge and the colour with the rest of the trumpet. In this lesson i refreshed my memory on how to use photoshop and learn where everything is on the system.

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