Grade A example

This is an excellent example of construction.  Why is it so good?

• Excellent house style communicated with consistent use of colour, fonts and design layout
• Fonts are used with striking emphasis through difference in size, colour, selection and use of case
• Photography is well planned and well executed with clear consideration of page composition
• All products are highly pleasing in terms of their aesthetic appeal, they are interesting to look at

Editing photos

Photos can be cropped, masked and edited using tools and menus in fireworks. You can also edit them using online tools.

If you want to edit your photos to apply filters, alter colour values, add lighting effects and experiment with other techniques then try one of these five online editing tools.  Remember to grab screen shots to track the development of your work and to help you to build evidence of how you have manipulated and edited your photos for your evaluations.

http://pixlr.com

http://fotoflexer.com

http://ipiccy.com

http://www.picmonkey.com

http://www.befunky.com

Homework Contents layout sketches

Now we are moving into design and construction of your music magazine contents pages you now need to produce 6 layout sketches for initial ideas of their layout.  Consider the key conventions of contents pages that you have previously researched.  Ensure you are using a grid layout and including lots of informative elements for your readers.

Look at the examples below.  Ensure you present your own ideas clearly on your blog. 

These must be posted on your blog by the lesson on Thursday 9th February

Could you copy the style of layout of one of these products?

Treatment Homework

You need to complete a planning document known as a Treatment.

A Treatment is used in the media industry by media producers to outline all of the key elements of a media product.

It should be clear and provide detailed information about your intentions for your product.

Look at the example provided below to help you.



Produce a template with the headings used above and identify the key informartion for planning your final product.

This should be uploaded to your blog before the lesson on Monday 30th January.

Priorities

Welcome back!

Now that the exams are over you really need to be prepared to work hard ot complete the coursework.

In lessons we will be concentrating upon completing the construction work using sketch.
This will include:
1. Completion of your final front cover
2. Mock-ups for contents pages and double page spreads
3. Completion of final contents pages and double page spreads.  Ensuring you have a common house style to your products

You also need to ensure that the tracking sheet is also turned green for all outstanding work.
This will begin today.

You should have uploaded your photos from your photo shoots into flickr and then embed a slideshow into your blog.  If your photos are not good enough then you may have to take more.

Homework:
Complete a questionnaire for your target audience to help you construct your products.
There should be 10 questions and it should be completed in Survey Monkey.  Embed it into your blog and send the link out to at least 20 people from your target audience.
Collect responses and present the results with some analysis on your blog.
You can get ideas for the questionnaire by looking at previous students' blogs below.

http://clairehlewis.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/questionnaire-results.html
http://edenparke.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/questionnaire-analysis.html
http://saraasmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/questionnaire-responses.html

This is due for Monday 23rd January.

End of term progress check

Check the progress tracker to see what you need to complete to avoid catchup next Thursday.

Remember everything from the challenge target column to the coursework autumn grade column needs to be green.  Some of this is because you have started and not finished the post or just not uploaded it to the blog.

Time to get organised and get things sorted please....

Remember to see me when you have completed something so I can turn it green and update the tracker. 

Target audience homework

You now need to identify who the intended target audience is for your music magazine.

You need to identify what age range they fit into.  15-24, 25-35, 36+  or does your magazine appeal to more than one group?

Explain what gender breakdown they are in terms of the percentage ratio and why.

Explain what they are interested in doing in their spare time, where they shop, how they dress, what products they own or aspire to own.  How do they listen to music, do they buy music?  What format?  Do they stream music, what service do they use?  What social media platforms do they use?  Do they attend music events such as gigs or festivals? Which festivals? Who are their favourite artists/ bands/ genres of music?

You should also identify which socio-economic group or groups they might belong to using the JICNAR scale below
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Do elements of your target audience belong to particular social groups, what ethnic groups might they belong to?

Create a detailed profile of who your intended target audience is and post on your blog for our next lesson on Thursday.