Final products

Question seven

Question Six

Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app

Question five

Planning for question six and seven

Q6 AND Q7

Q6. What have I learnt about technologies in process of constructing in the products?

What did you know before?

Before starting A-Level Media Studies, I knew little about the programs I use now and think this is evident through the quality of my products during the preliminary activity. Through constant attempts and help from my teacher I have been able to build each week on what I know about programs such as 'Fireworks'. I have able to use the features on fireworks to create a front cover, contents page and double page spread which I am pleased with. I learnt how to turn a simple blank page into a magazine that was well presented and positioned, through the use of fireworks .I was able to create margins which meant my magazine was perfectly laid out and positioned and create a base to work with. My camera techniques and skills have dramatically improved, with the help of research into 'Rule of thirds' and existing media products I took photographs that I am pleased with. Without the use of technology such as high quality camera's and tripods, my photographs wouldn't be as good as they turned out to be.  

Whilst making my masthead, I downloaded fonts from 1001 fonts to widen the choice and try out various styles
 Embedding thing in blog? Downloaded fonts, use of photography how to set up shoots and lighting how to set up lighting that is appropriate materials. The tools in fireworks and

·         How to create text in fireworks

·         How to change colours and select particular parts and remove elements.

·         Online editing tools and working on photos and airbrushing and retouching photos.

·         Media composition and layout, maybe the use of excel and survey monkey to distribute your surveys? The evolution and the prezis, padlet and thinglink

·         Have you learnt how to use technology – sound cloud? Did you used to listen? Now you’ve uploaded.

Make your thing visual – have evidence. Have screenshots of how you edited it. Flickr is how you chose to show your pictures in every element you have linked it back to some sort of technology and it will help to showcase this and why it helped you

Q7. What you have learnt from a media perspective?

How to deisgn and compose layout with text and images – follow conventions within a recognised form and genre? How to select photo’s to appropriate for audience and material you are producing, text and colour too. Give clear messages about representations. Compare these products. Relate to the conventions. 

Question four

Interview with my ideal reader: https://soundcloud.com/eve-foran/chelsea-kinsella-interview

My ideal reader will have a low-paid job which funds their hobbies and pays for events such as festivals, clothes, gig tickets and going out with friends. As my typical reader will fit into the age group of 16-21, I very much doubt that they’ll earn an income to spend on bills etc and most of it will be disposable but they won’t be earning high amounts of money. Their regular income will be typical of a C2, D or E worker, however the way they dress and style themselves will not represent this, they’ll be very conscious of the way they’re perceived by friends and spend money on having a good time and treating themselves quite regularly. They may spend the rest of their time studying and also have other interest’s behinds going out and partying; they are by no means stupid and create the right balance between work and play. Their lifestyle choices and social values will be typical of a Innovators whom is self-confident, not afraid to take risk and always seeking new and different things according to the InSight value group and their classifications. My ideal reader will be unmarried with no children and will be working towards a-levels or a degree along with a part time job, taking part in an apprenticeship which gives them a regular source of income or a full time job which still gives them the time to take part in things they choose to do.

As my ideal reader will be quite young, it means that they’ll live at home or renting due to university, I doubt that they’ll have enough money to support themselves in a home. They may own a small car such as a fiat 500 but won’t be heavily focused on things like this; they won’t mind catching public transport such as trains or buses and might even ride a bike. Travelling is something that they will have a keen interest in and they may use some of their income to fund their travels and ventures to places such as Croatia, where festivals such as ‘Outlook’ and ‘Hideout’ are located and is the ultimate hotspot for music loving teens. Even though my ideal reader will be living here and now for the moment, they will have future plans such as finishing their education, looking for a job in something they find of interest, eventually moving out and finding a partner in the long term. Short term, they may continue to save for new clothes, festivals, electronics, fast food and funding nights out with their friends.  These are the type of things I needed to keep in mind when choosing the price and how often it is released and distributed. Socializing will play a key role in their life and my target audience will be very people-driven, whilst they enjoy going out and partying they will also value family time and just relaxing with a pizza and their new favourite album on repeat mid-week with a couple of their friends. They’ll value the time of others, online shopping and networking on websites such as ‘Tumblr’ and ‘Twitter’. They’;; always have an insight into what’s going on in the world due to the easiness of the web through the use of phones such as HTC’s, iPhones and iPads, which they will own. Their iPhone will enable them to listen to music whilst on commute through the use of YouTube and my ideal reader may even be subscribed to mobile Spotify, as they run regular offers for students which will appeal to my audience. It’s unlikely that they’ll play CD’s and are much more likely to use websites such as Soundcloud as it’s free and offers a wide selection of remixes and new artists. 

Question Three

WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION MIGHT PRODUCE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT AND WHY?