Question 7: Final comparison

Here i have answered question 7.

Question 6: Different technologies

Photoshop:

Contents image

I used photoshop to edit ,change brightness and contrast + saturation etc, on the original photography. i did this because the original photos werent as hard hitting as i wanted them to be.
one tool i used in particular was the burn tool (details of which can be found in a post made on the 24th of Jan 2011)
I also used a filter, called 'cutout' on the image featured on my contents page, after converting it into greyscale.

Illustrator:

Album cover

I used illustrator to create my masthead, as illustrator is specifically designed to create vector graphics which enables me to apply the masthead to any Photoshop/Indesign document and rescale it without the image becoming pixilated. (details of the creation are also posted on my blog on the 24th jan)
Another example of the vector graphics used within my magazine is the album cover used on the DPS. i traced over an existing image of a button and created a logo for the band upswitch.

InDesign: 

columns

Linking text

I used In Design to form my magazine. i dod this because within the magazine industry they use this program to create their magazines aswell. They for the template and place all the the information within that for each different issue. I also tried to replicate this within my magazine front cover, DPS and contents page.

Within the Indesign document you can create columns and also it will automatically put gutters in so the text doesnt over lap. you can also link text boxes so the text you have written flows freely through all of the spaces.

Prezi: 

I have used a prezi as part of the evaluation process to answer questions 2 and 4. i have done this so that my evaluation is interactive and uses new technologies within the media world.

Flikr: 

i have used Flikr to display all of my original photography as it is a fast and easy way of displaying al of my photos. i can also gain audience feedback as the veiwers can comment on them.

Question 1 : music mag comparison

for the first part of question one i have compare a kerrang cover to the cover of my magazine.

for the second part i have compared my DPS with a DPS from kerrang.

Diary Entry

Today i also answered question 3 of my evaluation.

Kerrang podcast

Evaluation: Question 3

There are two main publishing companies that produce Music magazines. These are Bauer Media (http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/) and IPC Media (http://www.ipcmedia.com/).
I have previously researched the company IPC and you can see the case study on my blog.
Bauer Media seems to be the most involved when it comes to music media as they publish Kerrang!, Q and Mojo. However they also produce various music tv stations including 4Music, Kerrang! and Q.
Therefore i feel that if my magazine were to be published by Bauer Media it would have more success than if it were published by IPC.
Above is an example of of a podcast produced for Kerrang magazine by Bauer media...

Bauer media also have a website which sells tickets (http://www.aloud.com/) therefore all of the media outlets are covered by this one company therefore my readers would be able to watch and read about their favourite bands and also buy tickets to go and see them.

Diary Entry

Today i have finished working on my prezi and have answered questions 2 and 4.
Here is a link to my prezi...

Media Studies Evaluation on Prezi