Friday, 30 September 2016
Beginning of my design
I have chosen my first skeleton design as I feel I will have more room to change and expand on it and it will be easily adaptable because of the amount of blank space surrounding some of the sections; I can experiment with size and effects this way.
Thursday, 29 September 2016
Skeleton designs
I have begun my skeleton designs, this allows me to experiment with different designs, what will be most aesthetically pleasing. it also shows me what is more formal and whats informal, this in turn will help me with the design towards my target audience.
I played around with different structures in order to achieve different effects, by doing this I discovered that the larger variety of shapes that are included; the more interesting it seems. As it has a very informal sense about it, it is perfect for my target audience, as i am aiming at school students a younger design will interest them a lot more, hopefully making it more successful.
This design I did differently as to make sure I can try out a more of a formal atmosphere, this shows that my skills expand further than one design type. By having it this structured it implies it is a lot more organised; which some people may prefer as the information doesn't seem scattered. By experimenting with different formalities will give me a better basic understanding for this task; as well as helping me with preparing my main task or creating a magazine of music genre.
I have not only varied the shapes but also the positioning, by doing this it changes the atmosphere of the magazine. I also included a lot of blank space which can give a more cartoon feel which may interest certain people more than other but I also feel like I can rearrange it easily making it more malleable.
I played around with different structures in order to achieve different effects, by doing this I discovered that the larger variety of shapes that are included; the more interesting it seems. As it has a very informal sense about it, it is perfect for my target audience, as i am aiming at school students a younger design will interest them a lot more, hopefully making it more successful.
This design I did differently as to make sure I can try out a more of a formal atmosphere, this shows that my skills expand further than one design type. By having it this structured it implies it is a lot more organised; which some people may prefer as the information doesn't seem scattered. By experimenting with different formalities will give me a better basic understanding for this task; as well as helping me with preparing my main task or creating a magazine of music genre.
I have not only varied the shapes but also the positioning, by doing this it changes the atmosphere of the magazine. I also included a lot of blank space which can give a more cartoon feel which may interest certain people more than other but I also feel like I can rearrange it easily making it more malleable.
Thursday, 22 September 2016
School magazine format research - preparation for task 1
As I know the first task that we have is to create the front cover for as school magazine I have done a detailed analysis of 3, this way I will have a better understanding myself of what works and what doesn't by going into depth. This will help me to design my own; which in turn will help with the main task of creating a music based magazine (a front cover, contents page and double page spread). I can use this to my advantage and improve my designs.
I decided to choose 3 school magazines in which I thought one was good, one was bad and one which was neither here nor there. This way i had a good scope of how it can be a positive effect and how the same feature can have a negative effect in another.
By choosing magazines with different audiences it allows me to see clearly how different ages will view certain things, where one feature may seem immature and irrelevant to a sixth former, it may be what makes a younger student buy the magazine.
These 3 magazines also all show what colours work and what don't for different audiences, this will help me with what colours, fonts and styles capture different ages and genders. By using this information I can use these themes to make my magazine attract a more specific audience.
I decided to choose 3 school magazines in which I thought one was good, one was bad and one which was neither here nor there. This way i had a good scope of how it can be a positive effect and how the same feature can have a negative effect in another.
By choosing magazines with different audiences it allows me to see clearly how different ages will view certain things, where one feature may seem immature and irrelevant to a sixth former, it may be what makes a younger student buy the magazine.
These 3 magazines also all show what colours work and what don't for different audiences, this will help me with what colours, fonts and styles capture different ages and genders. By using this information I can use these themes to make my magazine attract a more specific audience.
Summer format research project
Some independent research I conducted over summer in order to prepare myself for the main task in this subject. This will help me with my tasks throughout as I can build on my basic knowledge, furthering my understanding.
I chose a music themed magazine for two of them as I knew I would have to design one of my own as a main task. This helps me with my understanding of popular magazines and what makes them successful; by analyzing them in such detail I can use some of their techniques in order to achieve the highest grade possible.
As I did two magazines with the music genre I thought I could compare a one with a male image, one with a female. That way I can use this to help with how to arrange my own design in comparison to my audience.
As well as the music magazines I also used a popular magazine that is well known and is doing very well, this will give me a more general idea of how my magazine can be successful when not being so specific to music. As a smaller beginners task we are designing a school magazine cover, I can use this magazine to help with that.
I chose a music themed magazine for two of them as I knew I would have to design one of my own as a main task. This helps me with my understanding of popular magazines and what makes them successful; by analyzing them in such detail I can use some of their techniques in order to achieve the highest grade possible.
As I did two magazines with the music genre I thought I could compare a one with a male image, one with a female. That way I can use this to help with how to arrange my own design in comparison to my audience.
As well as the music magazines I also used a popular magazine that is well known and is doing very well, this will give me a more general idea of how my magazine can be successful when not being so specific to music. As a smaller beginners task we are designing a school magazine cover, I can use this magazine to help with that.
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