this is the contents page of my magazine
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
magazine evaluation :D :D :D :D
who did you work with and how did you manage the task between you?
i worked on my own for the magazine cover and contents. i started out planning a colour scheme and fonts for the front cover page and its basic layout. after this i started actual work on the magazine cover before moving onto the contents page.
how did you plan your magazine? what inspired you?
i planned my magazine on a piece 0f a4 paper with basic colours and titles. i then planned a picture on the magazine and other various things that will be happening on the cover of the magazine.
what technology did you use for the magazine? how did it help?
i used photoshop to edit the photos onto the page and to insert titles in etc. it was useful because it was easy to use with colours and fonts. it was also useful for cutting out the pictures i used with the magnetic lasso tool.
what factors did you have to take into account when planning?
I had to bear in mind my pathetic amount of skill using photoshop, and how that would effect the general efficiency and professional touch to my magazine cover.
how successful was your magazine? with hindsight, what would you change?
i think my magazine was fairly successful with an appropriate look to it. i would like to change the accuracy on the pictures cut out .
what have you learnt from completing this task? how will it be useful for your foundation coursework?
by completing this project i have gained a better understanding of photoshops abilities and how to use it.
i worked on my own for the magazine cover and contents. i started out planning a colour scheme and fonts for the front cover page and its basic layout. after this i started actual work on the magazine cover before moving onto the contents page.
how did you plan your magazine? what inspired you?
i planned my magazine on a piece 0f a4 paper with basic colours and titles. i then planned a picture on the magazine and other various things that will be happening on the cover of the magazine.
what technology did you use for the magazine? how did it help?
i used photoshop to edit the photos onto the page and to insert titles in etc. it was useful because it was easy to use with colours and fonts. it was also useful for cutting out the pictures i used with the magnetic lasso tool.
what factors did you have to take into account when planning?
I had to bear in mind my pathetic amount of skill using photoshop, and how that would effect the general efficiency and professional touch to my magazine cover.
how successful was your magazine? with hindsight, what would you change?
i think my magazine was fairly successful with an appropriate look to it. i would like to change the accuracy on the pictures cut out .
what have you learnt from completing this task? how will it be useful for your foundation coursework?
by completing this project i have gained a better understanding of photoshops abilities and how to use it.
evaluation :D
who did you work with and how did you manage the task between yourselves?
i worked with Alex, Liv and Laura. Alex filmed the acting of Laura and Liv and then uploaded the footage onto the computer at which point we began editing it. we noticed that one of the shots was not correct so we used a jacket i had with me on the day to make it look like it was Laura's hand.
how did you plan your sequence? what element inspired you?
we planned our sequence with a storyboard we had drawn. I was inspired by Mr fords incredible leadership.
what technology did you use to complete the task? how did it help you?
we used a common hand held camera to record the acting and mac's with imovie to help us edit the footage and make it fluent. Imovie also allowed us to remove all the shots of Liv laughing.
what factors did you have to take into account when planning, shooting and editing?
when planning we had to remember that we were only supposed to be using 12 shots in the task. we also had to remember how many people we had working on the project.
how successful was your sequence? with hindsight, what would you change?
i think our sequence was highly successful as it flowed well and was well edited. it had accurate shots with very little shaking of the camera. i would like to have helped out more with the sequence shooting however i was away at the time it was done.
what have you learnt from completing this project? how will it be useful in future for foundation coursework?
i have learnt several skills to be used on imovie for editing etc. i have also learnt how to draw out a storyboard correctly. these skills will be useful for my actual movie opening when i come to do it because it will help me to edit the footage and plan it better.
i worked with Alex, Liv and Laura. Alex filmed the acting of Laura and Liv and then uploaded the footage onto the computer at which point we began editing it. we noticed that one of the shots was not correct so we used a jacket i had with me on the day to make it look like it was Laura's hand.
how did you plan your sequence? what element inspired you?
we planned our sequence with a storyboard we had drawn. I was inspired by Mr fords incredible leadership.
what technology did you use to complete the task? how did it help you?
we used a common hand held camera to record the acting and mac's with imovie to help us edit the footage and make it fluent. Imovie also allowed us to remove all the shots of Liv laughing.
what factors did you have to take into account when planning, shooting and editing?
when planning we had to remember that we were only supposed to be using 12 shots in the task. we also had to remember how many people we had working on the project.
how successful was your sequence? with hindsight, what would you change?
i think our sequence was highly successful as it flowed well and was well edited. it had accurate shots with very little shaking of the camera. i would like to have helped out more with the sequence shooting however i was away at the time it was done.
what have you learnt from completing this project? how will it be useful in future for foundation coursework?
i have learnt several skills to be used on imovie for editing etc. i have also learnt how to draw out a storyboard correctly. these skills will be useful for my actual movie opening when i come to do it because it will help me to edit the footage and plan it better.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
the male gaze continued
today with mr smith we continued our work on the male gaze by analyzing a provocative underwear picture featuring a model posing in underwear. one of the main things picked up today was how the camera takes the view of a man and how women are reduced to almost inanimate objects and all personality and human features tend to be removed.
however, today the idea that some women may like to be looked at as an attractive object of desire or lust was also displayed. several other theories were also displayed, as we also noticed that the posture of the women suggested power or stauts in wearing the underwear and as the advert was advertising to women this could have been the intention. the clever advertising method had allow them to appeal to women in this way as well as men as it would make men think that buying this for their partners would make them look like the model. these connotations are all cultural and semantic codes, e.g. if we take the fact that she was wearing high heels in the advert which makes her appear taller, this connotates power in a taller person, in our society.
however, today the idea that some women may like to be looked at as an attractive object of desire or lust was also displayed. several other theories were also displayed, as we also noticed that the posture of the women suggested power or stauts in wearing the underwear and as the advert was advertising to women this could have been the intention. the clever advertising method had allow them to appeal to women in this way as well as men as it would make men think that buying this for their partners would make them look like the model. these connotations are all cultural and semantic codes, e.g. if we take the fact that she was wearing high heels in the advert which makes her appear taller, this connotates power in a taller person, in our society.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
the male gaze
the male gaze theory was created by Marjorie Ferguson in the 1980's and was a study of how the male audience perceives female image and interaction in media. The theory on pictures was based mainly around 4 sections, chocolate box, invitational, super-smiler and romantic/sexual. these categories are about what kind of image the photos of the women in British women magazines were suggesting, for example, what clothes they were wearing, their facial expression, the type of camera shot etc. IN the 1990's Trevor Millum contributed to the theory with his 5 own categories of photo which applied to men and women these were . I am going to apply the theory to my photo on my preliminary task, the magazine.
my photo of shanghai when applied to the male gaze theory matches the category of comical by Trevor Millum. she is holding a scarf to her face, looking scared of jumpy in a silly way.the photo would be called silly and ridiculous and she is "acting the fool". this photo is useful because it stands out, is different and may intrigue people who see it and make them want to read it. The other photo i used of shanghai falls mostly into the chocolate box catagory, utilizing the following attributes; half/full smile, lips together/ slightly parted, teeth barley visible and full/ three quaters of the face to the camera. shanghai has most of her face facing the camera, she has a half smile, concealing her teeth.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
preliminary exercise
im currently working on my preliminary excercise creating a magazine cover and contents page. i have used 2 photos of a friend for the magazine which were both medium shots of her. this excersise is proving very useful for extending my using of photoshop for future reference. today i also performed a presentation with two other people on a director called Michael Gondry notourious for his work in music video's. i was at first slightly nervous about talking infront of people and a camera, but afterwards became okay with it. i think it was useful to make me prepared for future
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