AICE Media Studies Blog

6149 Creative critical

For my magazine i mainly used the program Microsoft Publisher. I used this software to layout my magazine pages and the pictures that i planned to use. I used the internet to research different types of magazines. That helped me learn about different magazines and even what they do to distribute and advertise their magazine. Also I used a cannon camera to take all my photos that i put in my magazine.

During this project i learned how to manage my time to get the expected amount of work done by its specific due date. Also I learned more about photography, for the photos Matthew set up  studio lighting and when i took the pictures i also had to press another button at the same time so that the studio lighting would work. I learned how to make a flat plan, i have never done that before and that helped me plan out what was going to be on the different pages and how i would lay out my whole magazine.

My magazine engages with audiences by different social media accounts. I chose to have an Instagram account because Instagram is really popular among most people especially teens. I also have a Twitter page so that i reach older people. On my social media sites i will give sneak peeks to the future issue and include some behind the scenes of making the magazine. So i can lure people in and get them excited for the new issues that will be coming out. On my social media accounts in the description i will include a link to my website. When a new issue of my magazine comes out i will announce it on my accounts and if people want to get the new issue they will have to subscribe then the magazine will be sent to their address. Also subscribers will be able to access the magazine on my app and website. That's how i will engage with audiences and how my magazine will be distributed.

On my cover i used bold capital words because that's what i noticed in the different magazines i researched. I decided to not have words on my cover just so i could focus my readers focus on the photo since this is a photography magazine. I had a darker picture so that my title would pop more and it would draw in readers. In the picture i had the person pose around studio lighting since he had the main article and in the main article he talked about studio lighting. I chose a wide shot so that i could show as much as i could because it's important to not only show the person but also the equipment.Then in the table of contents i used different pictures so it would have variety. For the font i used a different font as i did on the cover page. My layout for my table of contents is conventional for the magazines i researched they all had similar layouts. Then for the first page of my article i used a big photo at the bottom, i took the photo with just regular lighting. For my arti...

With my new magazine i decided to not keep the extra wording on the cover page, also i changed the name of my magazine. I made the font for my new title bolder so it's more eye catching. For the table of contents i took new pictures downtown and replaced the other pictures. In my two page article i changed the font and changed the format of my second page. Also on the second page i added a social media tag so that people know that they can follow us on our social media accounts. Those are the major changes i did for my third quarter submission.