Thursday, 9 February 2012

Unit 5 Monitoring Blog

So far I have been working on my second DPS,




















The updated version is the bottom picture, I had to rearrange the whole thing and design a new layout as the picture I chose to use showed my model in a position which would be difficult to place my original design around. So, I got rid of my introduction idea and put a title up instead, also including a kicker beneath to help introduce the story. I edited the photograph on photoshop to extend the black background, making my whole page background black as I thought this was more effective and looked a lot more striking. I decided not to edit out her underwear like I originally planned, because I found it difficult to edit it the right amount without over-doing it. I found that by leaving her underwear visible, it didn't look too bad plus it at least looked real and natural.




















I have created the design of my contents page which I have based upon the contents page from 'Glamour' magazine. I thought this was a good magazine to copy as the genre of the magazine is similar to mine, plus the picture I am planning to use for the contents page will fit really well into this design.

 

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Unit 5 Monitoring Blog - Contact Sheet

Below is my contact sheet showing all of the pictures I have taken for my magazine. I am planning on using image 0095 for my front cover because I think it suits my feminine/girly theme and will be a good image to choose as the one my target audience sees first. For my contents page I want to use image 0093, again because it looks very girly and I think it would fit well on my contents page because it looks like she is really modelling her outfit, I could then provide a page number as a link to 'where she got the look.' For my double page spread with the article regarding body issues, I want to use image 141 as this really fits the whole feel of the article as the look upon her face and her position helps tell the story of her struggle. As for the rest of the pictures I thought the majority were good, as quite a few are similar to the ones I am using, however the ones I have chosen have little things about them such as a slight change in facial expression or posture, which I think makes them look more professional and worth using.






Unit 5 Monitoring Blog

23rd Jan
1.      Start article planning

2.      Begin to write articles

3.      Revision for exam

4.      Psychology Exam

Homework: Finish articles



This week I planned to focus on my articles and get them finished and put into my layouts on inDesign. I did have a Psychology exam at the end of the week so that set me back a little bit, but I was able to get both articles finished and put into the article layouts as homework. On my second article I am going to use a summary introduction and have it also act at the title of my article, I haven't written that yet so I will need to add that to my schedule to be completed next week, so that my articles can be fully complete. Next week I have my photoshoot so I will be able to add my photographs into my double page spreads next week, hopefully giving me an idea of what my final product might be looking like.