Media Studies 3 & 21

Create production materials (U3: P4, M3) Learning Outcome 3 (U3): Be able to create production materials for an original media product to a client brief   Photo Thumbnails Taking Photographs  I won’t use this photo in my magazine as I don’t really like the dull lighting as it dims the photo and makes it look less exiting, and the bricks are slanted in the background which makes the picture look wonky. I will not be using this photo in my magazine as I don’t like the lighting as it dims the photo, and I also don't like how the bricks are slanted in the background. I will be using this photo for my magazine front cover as I feel the natural sun light gives the photo the look and aesthetic that matches that of my magazine. I also like the pose and candid look of the model.  I will not be using this photo as i don’t really like the pose that the model is doing in this photo, its quite straight forward and stiff. I won’t be using this photo for my magazi...

Plan and develop pre-production materials (U3: P3, M2) Learning outcome 2 (U3): Be able to plan and develop pre production materials for an original media product to a client brief  Mood-boards  This is the mood-board I put together to help inspire the production of my magazine. This mood-board displays existing Indie magazine covers, Indie album covers, Indie artists and also inspiring colour palettes that fit in the with theme I’m going for. As you can see the colour palettes are quite dusty/retro tones. These colours match the Indie theme as a lot of the album covers and magazine feature these kinds of colours. This mood-board also gives me inspiration for what fonts and model poses to use for the front cover and double page spread. Layouts   These digital mock ups show my magazine layout idea quite clearly. On the front cover you can see each element such as the puff, masthead, barcode, price, cover-lines and slogan on the very top. And on the double page spread I hav...