I thought that I would do a personal reflection on my magazine. I really like how my magazine came out. I love the theme that I came up with and I love how it matches. I didn't like my project in the beginning because it seemed boring and not like me at all. As I revised things, I started making it more like me and made it more creative. It's still a little bland but it's still really good. My favorite part is the double page spread and that was also the part that I had the most fun making. I was also really nervous that I wasn't going to have fun making this magazine. I had once did a graphic design class and I did not like it because it was too technological for me. However, this was not what I thought it was. This was a really fun project and I had a lot of fun making it. Note: The photos used for my Final Project are photos that I took myself.
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My favorite photo of my entire magazine is the photo that I used for my double page spread. I did not change my photo from the first to the final because I really liked it. I took the photo myself, and I edited them with the filters that my article is about. I put all of the photos together because I did not have enough room to put 7 photos on the pages to show the different filters. I just think that it would be important for the reader to see the different filters because that it what the article is about. There are 8 variations of the photo total, which are the original, the combined version, and the 6 filters.
Note: The photos used for the First Double Page Spread and the Final Double Page Spread are photos that I took myself. I finished my magazine and thought that I would explain the pictures that I used for my table of contents. I used a lot of stock photos because I didn't have the right photos, but the photos that I used in my final table of contents were taken by me First Table of Contents Photos: These three photos are stock photos that I found on Canva. I did not have photos to put on the page. The photos I chose were photos that matched the articles that I put down on the paper. I didn't really like this version of the Table of Contents and it's partially because the photos don't seem to go together in my opinion Revised Table of Content Photos: These three photos that I used are also stock photos that I found on Canva. The photos that I had did not seem to match the theme, so I used stock photos until I got photos that matched. Final Table of Content Photos: These three photos I took myself. The one on the left is from when me and my family went outside to draw. It was after school and it helped with staring at a screen all day. The middle one is the same one that I used as my first magazine cover. I decided to still use it because it I liked it and it matched my theme but I didn't want it as my cover so I put it here. The last one is a picture of a sticker on the wall of my room. I used it because it matched the theme of my magazine and it matched the topic of my magazine. To make the picture match even more I used a filter from my filters article.
Note: The Photos That I Used for The First Table of Content and the Revised Table of Contents are stock photos that I found through Canva. The photos used for the Final Table of Contents are photos that I took myself. Now that my magazine project is completed, I thought that I would talk about the photos that used to make my project. This blog post is specifically about the photos that I used on my cover. I will be making more blog posts for the pictures used in my table of contents and the photos that I used for my double page spread. First Cover Photo: This photo I took at my old house in 2019. I used it as a filler picture because I didn't have any pictures for my magazine yet. The squirrel was in my backyard and I really wanted to take pictures because I was bored. Revised Cover Photo: This photo is a stock photo that I found on Canva. I still didn't have a cover photo, but I wanted to make changes so I picked a photo that matched with my pink, orange, and yellow nature theme. It really helped me change a lot like the masthead, and the article titles and quotes. Final Cover Photo: The final photo I took myself. I took it a few days before the project was due. I just thought that a cute terrarium would match the theme that I was going with. I was also something that I could easily find at home and it was DIY project so it's kind of a example of what I'm trying to convey with my magazine.
Note: The Photo that I used for the Revised Magazine Cover is a stock photo that I found through Canva. The photos used for the First Magazine Cover and the Final Magazine Covers are photos that I took myself. Question:
Discuss the issues raised in the targeting of national and local audience by international or global institutions Answer: One big conglomerate today is Disney. There many advantages that they have over independent media, like Amazon Studios. One of those advantages is that they have a lot more money than independent media. They are a huge company with a bunch of subcategories, which means that they have a big income. Disney’s large amount of money allows them to make higher quality films and products than independent films. Another advantage that Disney has over Amazon Studios is that they are more known, so they can reach a bigger audience faster. Disney is able to market a new film and it would spread like a wildfire throughout social media. There are also some disadvantages to Conglomerates like Disney. One is that the behavior of their sub-companies can reflect badly on the conglomerate. For example, if Marvel did something bad, that would negatively affect Disney’s image as well as Marvel’s One independent media outlet is Amazon Studios. One of the biggest advantages that independent media has is that they have more free-range in what they produce. They don’t have to make things specifically for what the audience likes, but also for themselves. One disadvantage and advantage is that Amazon Studios determines its own image. Independent media outlets don’t have sub-companies that can affect their reputation, so the way that their audience perceives them as a company all comes from how they act. If Amazon Studios were to produce something that was disrespectful to another person or culture, they would get negative feedback and would have no one to blame but themselves. If Amazon Studios were to produce something that brought awareness to an important issue, that would get them positive feedback. I love my double page spread. It inspired the entire theme for my magazine and helped me see how I wanted to organize everything. There aren't much changes from the first spread to the final spread. Most of the changes made were additions to fill in blank space. I added some quotes on the photo to fill the blank space on that side. One the other side, I just added more to the strip design to fill in the blank space of that page. The photo is a photo that I took at home. Like every other photo, I wanted to show what my magazine was about and give the readers examples of what they could do while stuck at home. The double page spread was the easiest part for me. I already knew what I wanted to do and making the layout was a really fun process. I didn't really need to do much for this part. First Double Page Spread: Final Double Page Spread: Note: Photos in these double page spreads are photos that I took myself. I finally finished my table of contents and it looks amazing. There is a lot of change from the first and final contents, but unlike my magazine cover, there are also a lot of changes from my second table of contents and my final table of contents. For my cover I used Photopea on the first cover, but I used Canva on my first table of contents instead. The theme of my table of contents is the same theme that I have throughout my magazine. It is nature and has the colors yellow, orange, and pink. I found my theme when doing my double page spread. My first cover and first table of contents did not match at all. The pictures that I used in my first and revised table of contents are stock images that I found on Canva. My final table of content pictures are all pictures that I took at home. I thought that it would be best to use at home pictures since that is what my magazine is about. I tried to have the pictures match my theme. I changed a lot of the placement from the first to the revised table of contents. I changes the colors and the fonts. I also changes the title "How to Get Little Kids to Take the Perfect Photo" to "6 Aesthetic Photo Filters". From the revised to the final table of contents, i changes the photo placement, added graphics at the top, changed the title font, and made the article title fonts smaller to fit the pictures on the page. I had a really difficult time trying to place the photos around the page. I keep feeling like it didn't match or it felt too crowded. Luckily found a placement that I like. Overall, I really like how my table of contents turned out. It was a fun process to go through. Note: The Photos That I Used for The First Table of Content and the Revised Table of Contents are stock photos that I found through Canva. The photos used for the Final Table of Contents are photos that I took myself. We finally finished out magazine covers and in class and I could not be more happier with how mine came out. There are a lot of changes for my first cover to my final cover. My first cover didn't really have a theme. I was able to find a theme for my entire magazine when creating the double page spread. After finding that theme I applied it to my cover and table of contents. The color theme is orange, yellow, and pink. I wanted to use my own pictures for my magazine. The first and final covers are pictures that I took myself, and the middle is a stock photo that I found on Canva. Both of my personal photos i took while at home. It really helps show what my magazine is about and give great example for readers. The revision and final covers are completely different from the first and I think that is because I used a different program. For the first cover I used Photopea and for the other two I used Canva. Canva just really helped me be more creative with how I wanted my magazine to come out. My first cover just seems really basic and I wanted to make it more creative than it was and I think that I did that with my final cover. I didn't really change much from my second cover and my final cover, The fonts and word placement are almost the same. I did change the color of the bold words to a lighter orange to differentiate them from the magazine title.
Note: The Photo that I used for the Revised Magazine Cover is a stock photo that I found through Canva. The photos used for the First Magazine Cover and the Final Magazine Covers are photos that I took myself. |
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