Evaluation: editing

I edited my evaluation video on Premiere Pro doing basic things like adding titles and splitting clips to bring my footage together.

I started by inserting all my clips and any pictures or screenshots I had as well as images of my final magazine. I also added titles for the questions I was going to answer.

I then added all my clips, screenshots, images and titles in the timeline in the order of the questions. I inserted some of the images into the footage so it wasn't just me talking the whole time and to provide some visual aid.

When I was happy with my video I exported it.

Evaluation: filming

I filmed my evaluation on the same Nikon camera I took my magazine photos with.

I also took a lot of screenshots from programs like Photoshop and InDesign to help describe what I'm talking about and to make this video more visual rather than it just be a video of me talking. I also interviewed my friends Derry and Megan for question 5 to get some feedback on my magazine from some people in my target audience.

Evaluation: planning

I decided to do a video for my evaluation. I started the process by planning out my answers to the 6 questions:

• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
  
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
  
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
  
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
  
• How did you attract/address your audience?
  
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
  
• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? 
  

I began by comparing my magazine to my style model, then thinking about who it represents and who its aimed at. I researched distribution companies gathering information on them to help me decide which would be best to distribute my magazine. I then went over everything I have learnt over the past few months doing this coursework and compared my final product to my preliminary task to see how much I have developed.

Double Page Spread FINAL

This is the final cut for my double page spread.

Double Page Spread Progress: step 6

When I got feedback from my rough cut I was advised to retake my photos so I did that in the studio and after they were edited I placed them in my magazine. I also centred the text of my quote in the article and had to change the colour of any white text on the main picture to black so it could be seen over the background. I've kept the layout simple like in my rough cut but have filled the space more so it looks full but it doesn't look like there is too much on the page.

Double Page Spread Progress: step 5

After getting feedback on my rough cuts and redesigning my front cover I needed to add another photo onto my double page spread to meet the requirement of having a total of four images across my 3 pages. I put the image in the space where the introduction to the article was and moved that over onto the picture making the left hand page less plain. I also experimented with fonts for 'Alice' until I found one I liked that fitted well. I also added a quote into the article as that was suggested in my feedback and it was a convention I thought I should follow. I made it so that the text in the article reaches to the sides of the columns to make it look more neat and organised and I redrew the lines to separate the columns as they weren't completely straight before.

Double Page Spread Progress: step 4- ROUGH CUT

This is my rough cut for my magazine double page spread.