Thursday, April 28, 2016
Monday, April 18, 2016
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
4/13/16: Revised Table of Contents in Accordance to Flatplan
In addition to revising the table of contents to match our flatplan, when it came to my table of contents, I moved the pictures further down and enlarged them as well to make them more visually pleasing.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
4/12/16: Magazine Flatplan
Using a popular online software known as Blinkplan, I was able to easily draft my very first flatplan. Because a magazine is typically 30-40 pages in length, I am now forced to manipulate my table of contents so that it will be compatible with my flatplan.
I also had to change my feature article to 'One-of-a-kind Culture' as oppose to the Q&A featured in the magazine project because after conducting additional research, I realized that the featured articles are typically in the middle of the magazine and not the beginning as I had set the Q&A article to be.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
3/09/16: Question 4 (Creative Critical Reflection)
We integrated technologies---software, hardware, and online for this magazine project.
Software included the newest version of 'Publisher' from Mircosoft Office. We utilized this program in order to construct our individual magazine issues. In it, we added and edited photos, inserted text to our pages, etc.
Hardware includes our computer and our cameras. The computers, I used either at school or at home to do work. The camera I used, happened to be from my own cell phone. My partner might have used a professional camera, but I cannot be sure at this time.
Online technologies includes 'Blogger' by Google and any search engine on the web. The 'Blogger' allowed us to create our blog for this project and exam. It surely took some getting used to, but overall, it has been quite user friendly and my partner and I both feel it is a great way by which we could broadcast our progress to Cambridge exam graders. Best of all, there is also an app for it on my phone. Finally, Google searches online, allowed me and my partner to conduct independent research. Our research covered anything from how a magazine ought to look, to tailoring our marketing/distribution strategies to meet both the needs of a target audience and profit, while staying true to our mission of authenticity for our readers.
Software included the newest version of 'Publisher' from Mircosoft Office. We utilized this program in order to construct our individual magazine issues. In it, we added and edited photos, inserted text to our pages, etc.
Hardware includes our computer and our cameras. The computers, I used either at school or at home to do work. The camera I used, happened to be from my own cell phone. My partner might have used a professional camera, but I cannot be sure at this time.
Online technologies includes 'Blogger' by Google and any search engine on the web. The 'Blogger' allowed us to create our blog for this project and exam. It surely took some getting used to, but overall, it has been quite user friendly and my partner and I both feel it is a great way by which we could broadcast our progress to Cambridge exam graders. Best of all, there is also an app for it on my phone. Finally, Google searches online, allowed me and my partner to conduct independent research. Our research covered anything from how a magazine ought to look, to tailoring our marketing/distribution strategies to meet both the needs of a target audience and profit, while staying true to our mission of authenticity for our readers.
3/09/16: Question 3 (Creative Critical Reflection)
My production skills have definitely improved as this project wore on. For instance, by choosing to make a magazine, I was forced to acclimate to the newest software version of 'Publisher' from Mircosoft Office. This is because I volunteered to set up the house style of our magazine due to the fact that my partner is not tech savvy.
I also had to undertake independent and class research into various marketing/distribution tactics concerning magazines and print media along with looking at other conventional magazines to determine how my partner and I would want to produce our product. Many stylistic magazine conventions I was well aware of, being a consumer. Looking at that, I was able to produce something conventional and realize what I was doing that may be unconventional. Realizing what is unconventional and how to use it to our advantage was yet another magazine production strategy my partner and I had to grasp.
Finally, presenting our project to the class allowed us to better present our magazine to the public due to the constructive criticism we had received from our classmates and our professor, thereby enhancing our production skills. (Such constructive criticism has been mentioned in prior blog posts and attended to the best we could.)
I also had to undertake independent and class research into various marketing/distribution tactics concerning magazines and print media along with looking at other conventional magazines to determine how my partner and I would want to produce our product. Many stylistic magazine conventions I was well aware of, being a consumer. Looking at that, I was able to produce something conventional and realize what I was doing that may be unconventional. Realizing what is unconventional and how to use it to our advantage was yet another magazine production strategy my partner and I had to grasp.
Finally, presenting our project to the class allowed us to better present our magazine to the public due to the constructive criticism we had received from our classmates and our professor, thereby enhancing our production skills. (Such constructive criticism has been mentioned in prior blog posts and attended to the best we could.)
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
3/8/16: Product After All Revisions Thus Far (For 3rd Quarter Grade)
**Please be aware that clicking on these magazine page photos will make the text smaller and harder to read! If the magazine happens to be life-size or presented in this x-large format, there should be little issue with deciphering the font that is meant to resemble that of an average person for the sake of authenticity.
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