EVALUATION:
In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
I have slightly made my magazine different by not using real
media products such as angle of gaze showing a turn of real media convention. I
have done this to make my magazine more unique and look different from other
magazines on the shelf so therefore it would stand out more as it would be the
only one not looking into the readers’ eyes. Another convention would be that I
didn’t try and cover up some blemishes on the model or things that would be
considered a ‘fault’ in the medias eyes as my research shows that 14-18 year
olds would like a more natural, realistic look rather than us sticking ideas
into their minds of this sort of impossible perfection that they will need to
achieve, it’s better to show them the reality of models that you can be stylish
with whatever ‘faults’ you have.
How did you use new media
technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
The programme I used the
most was Photoshop, I mainly used the fonts on there as it was already
efficient enough for my magazine cover as I wasn’t trying to do anything to
‘word art’ as some may call it. Throughout planning I looked to the internet
such as Google Images for inspiration and ideas on what to do with my magazine
front cover, and in terms of research I selected a few other students
throughout the brief age range to show what they would look for in a fashion
magazine front cover.
What will you look to
improve on for your NEA?
I would like to use my time
more efficiently so that way I can have spare time to work on other small
details like the magazine cover itself or the research so I can educate myself
more on what to do to meet the standards of the brief. I’d also like to make my
magazine more unique this time around so It can have its own house style which
will make it unique.
What have you learned about
yourself from this process?
I learnt that I can be
creative about some things and I’ve also learnt a lot of patience as I’ve
learnt that it is needed when making the cover, especially when one of the Photoshop
tools bug you, overall I’ve enjoyed the task immensely and cannot wait to do it
again.