Unit 3 - Final Product

This is my final product front cover and double page spread for the magazine I have designed.

Apperture Photographs - 14 February 2011

For these photographs i was demonstrating that i could change the aperture settings on the camera's that we use to change the depth of field of my  photographs. The depth of field is how blurred or not blurred the back ground of the photographs are. If the aperture is set to be larger then the depth of field is more shallow creating a more blurred effect on the back ground, when the aperture is set to a smaller size the depth of field is larger, this means that the beckground is less blurred.

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Poses Pictures - November 11 2010

I have taken these pictures to demonstrate how basic my camera skills were at the start of the course and top show how my skills had developed accross the year. There are some "happy" poses and some poses with "no emotion".

Print Skills Evaluation Table

AS Media Production

Technical Skills Audit Print Production

Name: Adam Baxter           Tutor group: 2.28       Date:13 April 2011

Photographic Skills

Which of the following photographic features/equipment have you used on a camera before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Manual Focus features	X		I used this feature in most, if not all of the photo’s I took throughout the course once i had learnt how to use this feature.
Shutter Speed	X		I used this feature of the camera when i was taking photographs of moving objects and people, I used this technique or feature for the shutter speed photos i took on my blog.
Aperture control	X		I used this feature for the aperture photographs i have uploaded on my blog, to change the depth of field in my photographs.
ISO Control		X
A tripod	X		I used a tripod for my aperture and some of my shitter speed photographs in order to keep a steady camera without causing any blur from the camera movement, due to the longer exposure times of these features.
External flash	X		I used an external flash in my photo-shoot for my final product when taking the photographs for the front cover and inside double page spread.
Self timer facility		X
Light meter		X
Composition grids		X

Photoshop Skills

Which of the following features of Photoshop have you used before:

Feature	Yes	No	Comments if yes – where have you completed this skills and to what level
Have you aver used Photoshop ever before?	X		I have used Photoshop throughout my 2 years of college experience. I have used it through first and second year of my Graphics course, and have also used it throughout my AS media course.
Text control	X		Whenever I have been making a final product in either graphics or media I have always used text control to make the text stand out, and make it more eye-catching.
Filters	X		I used filters on some of my Products I was developing in media and also used a lot of filters in graphics.
Brushes	X		I have downloaded new brushes on Photoshop to add certain effects to my work in media.
Layers	X		I used this tool when I was creating my front cover in order to create separate layers for each extra part of the front cover that I put on.
Opacity control	X		I used this on some of the layers on my front cover in order to allow some of the image behind the top layer to show through.
Shape creation	X		I used this to create the blocks of colour on my front cover that go behind the main sell lines and headline.
Brightness and contrast control	X		I used this feature when I was editing the photographs that i took for my front cover and double page spread in my final product to make the photos look more professional and stand out better.
Gradients	X		I haven’t used any gradient features in my final product but I have used this before to edit the colours of my work in graphics before.
Load selection features		X
Feathering	X		I used this feature in order to give some of my photographs a softer edge to them so that they blended better against the back ground.
Colour curves adjustment		X
Resolution setting control	X		I used this when setting up the page for my front cover that I would be working on, I set the resolution to 300 dots per inch (DPI)
Magnetic lasso, polygon lasso tool	X		I used this tool on the smaller separate electrical devices so i could separate them and edit the colour, contrast and saturation separately on these separate objects.
Cropping tool	X		I used this to cut down some of the photographs where there was a white edge where i had been zoomed out too far with the camera.
Clone tool		X
Retouch tool		X

Daily Blog - 28 March

Last week I made a lot of progress on my front page and double page spread i have almost finished my front page their are just a couple of things left to finish. I have also done the layout of my double page spread, I now just need to finish my article and then add it to this. I didn't come accross any problems but I did know to back up everything to else where other than just to the computer incase there was a problem with the computer. For this week I must fully finish off my product and produce my final.

Weekly monotoring blog - 21st March

The week starting the 14th March I knew i had my photo shoot booked for the 17th March, i therefore collected all of the items i needed for the shoot and also briefed the model so they knew exactly what was expected of them.

For my photo shoot i took 33 photo's and have chosen the best 2 for that i wish to use for my front cover and the double page spread, and these are the phtographs that i have chesen to use.

Production monitoring blog

Last week I booked my photo shoot, and have come up with my final ideas for my product, i have drawn out the flat plan for my magazine front cover and my magazine double page spread. I have organised my model and organised most of the props that i need for my product. I so far only encountered one problem which was the issue of finding when my model was able to come and do the photo shoot, however I already knew that this would occur and I therefore got a copy of the models timetable so i could find an appropriate time to book the shoot. For this week, I must make it definate that I have all of the probs and equipment i need for my photoshoot and make sure that my model is going to be there for the photoshoot. I then need to go to my photoshoot and make sure that i get enough photographs taken and save them to a computer and memory stick.

Music magazine front cover

This link is for the tutorial i used to develop the heading on this magazine front cover. http://pshero.com/photoshop-tutorials/graphic-design/vanity-license-plate

 top 18mm, bottom 10mm, outside 12mm, gutter 6mm, 15mm inside.
I created a magazine front cover at the size of another, professional magazine it was just larger than A4 size. I used a photoshop tutorial that i found on the internet to desing the "sign" headline. I also used an outside wall as the back drop to make it look like more of a casual looking magazine, and as it is on a street it is not a usual backdrop and will stand out from the crowd causing it to be eye catching for the target audience. My model is the same age as the people from the target audience, this helps the target audience be able to relate to them as they are wearing similar clothing and buy clothes from similar shops.

I took the measurements from an FHM magazine for my double page spread. It is an A4 sheet however, the outside border is 12mm, the top border is 18mm, the bottom border is 10mm, the gutter is 6mm and the inside is 15mm. I have used a black text with a red stroke to help it stand out making it eye catching. i have also used some images to draw the attention to the audience.