D1- Analyse how post-production techniques and processes create meaning in the media product to meet the client brief.

M4- How does the exported media meet the client brief.

M4- How does the exported product meet the client brief.

My magazine meets the client brief because it is a North London music magazine for people living in North London. I have included different conventions in my front cover and double page spread to prove this. The anchorage on the front cover clearly says that the magazine is “the best north London grime magazine” which shows that the magazine is based in North London. Also the some of cover lines on the front cover have relation to north london and music, one cover line is “all upcoming gigs in North London” which again shows that the magazine is North London based. Another cover line is “Find out our top songs of the week” which shows the music theme included in the magazine as well as North London. Also the background of the front cover is a brick wall, North London has lots of high streets and you see brick walls nearly everywhere you go around North London, which is why including a brick wall in the background makes the audience know and realise that the magazine even more relatable to North London.

On the double page spread, the conventions included that link to the client brief is that in the description of the artist, it states that he is “one of the most popular rising grime artists in north london”, which shows that the artist the magazine is featuring is very popular in North London, also a question featured in the article was about the artist growing up in North London. This can relate to the main target audience of the magazine which is people or mainly teenagers who live and grew up in North London so they can possibly feel how he felt when growing up if they had similar family problems or  lived in poor conditions so they can relate to that and find out how he overcame the bad times which can help the audience do that as well.

M4 - Front Cover and Double Page Spread

Exported at JPEG

Exported as JPEG

Review of the suitability of Front cover and Double page spread.P5

Suitability of front cover and double page spread

Front Cover: I believe that the front cover is suitable for the target audience, this is because it looks modern and its something that the target audience would look at and be attracted by it and would want to purchase it.  The strengths of the front cover is that the colour scheme is very relatable towards the target audience as the colours are what both boys and girls would like. I also believe that the fonts for the front cover and double page spread are suitable for the genre of the magazine (grime) and it also looks attractive and eye catching. Also the main image for the front cover is suitable to the target audience as the person on the front cover  is the same age as the target audience so the audience would feel that this is the right magazine for them.  The improvements that I would make are that there is quite a bit of blank space around the front cover, so I would’ve liked to fill the blank spaces to make the magazine look more professional.
An advantage of the front cover is that it is eye catching and would attract the eye if it was to be sold on shelves in the shops, this gives us an advantage over the competitors as it will make the reader want to purchase the magazine over other competitors which increases the chance of the magazine succeeding and selling.
However a disadvantage of the front cover is that it still needs some editing to make it look more professional to be sold in shops, this is because at the moment the front cover doesn't look as professional as other magazines as there are still some blank spaces and the social media logos aren't the same size, so by editing this and making it look more professional, this helps the magazine look more attractive to the audience.

Double Page Spread: I believe that the double page spread is also suitable for the target audience, this is because the fonts are suited to the genre well and the article is what the target audience would be interested in reading. I also think that the whole design of the double page spread looks attractive and modern which helps make the audience want to look at the whole page and enjoy reading it. The improvements that I would make to the double page spread is the colour scheme, I would’ve preferred a darker blue to a lighter blue on the background of the first page and also for the questions in the article, and also I would’ve made the colour on the description on the top right corner a bit lighter so it is easier to read. The last improvement that I would make is I could’ve fit more text in the article because there is a bit of blank space at the bottom of the article so I could’ve filled that to make it look more attractive and neat. 

An advantage of the double page spread is that the colours are bright which makes the double page spread stand out from the rest of the pages this also makes the double page spread seem more important than the rest of the pages. Another advantage of the double pages spread is that every paragraph of text is structured well and looks professional and neat, this helps the reader to read the text and understand it clearer.

A disadvantage of the double page spread is that the fonts are quite hard to read, this is a disadvantage because the reader may not be able to read the text, this would put a bad reputation on the magazine as the audience will think it is not worth purchasing if they can't read the text and this would  also restrict the reader from purchasing a future copy of the magazine.

Equipment Preparation and Photoshoot - P4

  Im adjusting the height of the tripod and the camera angle.

Ive adjusted the camera angle slightly but left the tripod height the same.

Ive moved the tripod higher and adjusted the camera angle slightly.













Here are some of the photos I took during my photoshoot. I decided to use some different shot types and focused on the mise-en-scene.

My initial idea changed following the further feedback i received that the photos didn't match the genre.

These are original photos from the shoot:

  

P5 - evidence of post production techniques

P5- evidence of post production techniques

For my Double Page spread main image i used the crop tool to copy and paste the image into a background. I did this because the picture looks more attractive and interesting with a light blue background rather than a plain white background as it also relates better to the genre.

Front Cover puff: 

For the puff on the front cover i used the shape tool on photoshop to create a circle. I also used a stroke on the circle to give it an inner glow by using black and i also used an outer glow by using red. I used these colours so it links with the colours of the masthead and i believe that it also links well with the genre.

Font tools for quote on double page spread:

For the main quote on the double page spread i used the stroke tool to give the text a black outline, i did this because it makes the writing look more bold and interesting as well as it makes the text stand out so the reader will acknowledge it first when they turn the page, this affect has also been used on the text to show that it is an important text within the double page spread.

Anchorage on Front cover: 

For the anchorage on the front cover i used the stroke tool to give the anchorage an inner and outer glow, i used the colours black for the inner glow and red for the outer glow. I used the stroke tool so it makes the anchorage stand out more by being more bold and colourful. I used the colours black and red as these are the main colours within the magazine, also the masthead in the magazine is also red and black and the anchorage is placed directly below it so it would look better and neater if both the masthead and anchorage shared the same colours.

Double page spread gradient tool:

On my double page spread i used the gradient tool to create a gradient effect so the colours go from darker to lighter from one page to another. I used this so it makes the double page spread look more attractive to the audience rather than using a plain white background.