Evaluation

What have you learnt from completing this task?
I have learnt many things such as, how to analyse media text and pull it apart by using LIAR to understand why it was created and the effect on the audience. I have learnt how to use Photoshop to manipulate an image by scaling, changing the colour/contrast and adding shapes or test to it. I have learnt what semiotics are and how signifiers are used to create indirect effects.
I have learnt the names for different shots and experimented by taking shots with different angles. I have learnt what Mise-en-scene is and learnt about all the different parts and names of a magazine front cover such as the masthead, footer and plug.
I have even learnt how to create a blog.

How have you used technology?
I have used Photoshop to create my magazine front cover. I firstly scaled my image so it was the appropriate size and to ensure the image was of a good quality. I added and adapted my mast head so it was a strong colour and large visible font. I used the shape tool to add a oval box as the background for my plug, this ensured it was separate from my main image and stood out. When adding my articles I had an issue as they couldn't be seen over the back ground, however I used the polygon lasso tool and filled in the box to apply a background to the text to allow it to be clearly seen.

What conventions have you used and why?
I have used a mast head as my magazines title, this allows the audience to get a view of what the magazine is and the theme it represents, as mine is 'The Wyke Way' to reflect the idea that the magazine is how Wyke students live.
I have used a plug, my plug is a competition to win the new iPhone 6. I used this to attract my customers and to provide a added bonus to my magazine.
I have used cover lines to give an insight of what articles are featured in the magazine and I also added a barcode to the bottom of the front cover to try and make my magazine more authentic to a real magazine front cover.

What would you change if you were to do this task again?
If I did this task again, I would use more pictures on my front cover as well as the main image. I would use images to illustrate my articles inside the magazine as I think that would be more attractive to customers.
I would also change the colour scheme maybe use brighter colours and organise my main image to be the same colours to compliment the text.
I would also maybe add the Wyke logo and use the same font as the wWke website just so it matched the Wyke image.