Progress shots: 20.12.17

Today I downloaded a trial of the 2018 version of Photoshop as I am following a tutorial for my advert and the version I was working with did not allow me to use the same functions. I followed the instructions on the tutorial to try and create a pixelated effect. This is the tutorial I used:



I uploaded my image to Photoshop and started editing the image following the video. I had a few issues with isolating the image, but I tried to get round this problem.

I then discovered that I had no square preset brushes in this trial, so I followed a link to download brushes of the Adobe website.

This was the end result, but due to the placing I am not very happy with it. I am going to start again, to try and get the pixels a little further out.

Progress shots 18.12.17

Due to further comments from audience feedback, I decided to change the layout and overall look of my double page spread. So far, I have changed the heading to fit more to the topic. I downloaded a font and then changed each letter of the words to a different colour based on a picture of the newest iPhone to anchor the meaning of brand new digital technology. I did not change the colour of the word over as it makes the main part of the title stand out.

I used the dropper tool to select the colours from the phone background alternatively and applied them to each letter of the title.
I also changed the masthead from the name of the documentary to 'Technology takes over' to make it more catchy and aesthetically pleasing.

This is what I have completed so far on my double page spread:
I am following inspiration from this magazine article:

I realised that I needed to create a logo for my TV magazine to put at the top or bottom of the page, so I downloaded a font to suit a TV magazine and in photoshop changed the colours of the fun and made the letters have a drop shadow. I then put 'selection' over 'TV' so that the words were grouped together, and so that readers could recognise the iconic TV magazine logo. Most TV magazines have similar logos. I researched to find similarities and differences in the logos.
 They are all red with ether white or black among the red colour, and quite simple bold fonts. I made sure that I followed the conventions of these logos, and created mine with them in mind.

Audience research: feedback on my TV listings double page spread.

I got my double page spread printed off so that I could see if the article and the images around it were in proportion to each other, as well as to the page size. I got some feedback to see what I could improve on.

I asked a few people what I could do to improve my double page spread, and these were the comments. I am going to implement these changes on it.

Progress shots 14.12.17

Documentary 14.12.17 from Penny Brown on Vimeo.
Today I finished re-editing my footage into my documentary. I still need to add in a link between the last interview and the presenter shot, plus another interview on a platform the school uses to communicate with students on.

Progress shots 13.12.17

Today my iMovie lost the files again, so I need to reimport and re-edit the footage.

Progress shots 12.12.17

Today I re-edited my footage. I am going to add in a link to an interview.

Progress shots: 8.12.17

Today I continued working on my evaluation questions. I also emailed the creator of the background music I want to use in my documentary to ask for permission to use their music.

Progress shots: 7.12.17

TV listings name evidence

TV listings name evidence

Today I am finishing up my double page spread, so I changed all the text on it to my new house style font to create a sense of branding. I also realised that most other TV listings magazines have the name  of the magazine next to the page numbers, so I am creating a name to put next to the page numbers.

Here is a rush of my documentary so far:

Documentary 1 from Penny Brown on Vimeo.





































I also took another image for my newspaper advert, as I was not happy with the previous one. I also took advice from my audience feedback, in which a few people suggested changing the main image to a picture where the audience can see the phone, and where the person is using a direct mode of address. I also edited the photo in Photoshop with a brush of varying sizes in a white colour to make the background all the same colour. I did this to make the text messages and the date and time of the documentary easier to see and more prevalent. I will finish editing the background colour and then edit on the rest of the advert onto it.

Progress shots: 6.12.17

Today I re-edited the beginning in again but I have realised that I need to record the narration again. I added in an interview with an ICT specialist to talk about an app that the school have started to use to communicate with students and parents on. I also changed all the text in my documentary to the font I am now using across my three products.

Progress shots 5.12.17

Today I had to reimport my footage and re-edit it into my documentary, due to iMovie not working last time I was editing and my footage was lost. I have re-edited almost half of it. I am going to conduct my last few interviews in the next few days and edit them in after.

Progress shots 4.12.17

Today I received more feedback on my documentary. From this, I decided to change my font across my three products, to a font that is famously the font used on twitter, which will help anchor my topic of technology and be easily recognisable by twitter users. I added in shots of my apple watch, as getting texts on it help show distractions in school. I will be using this as a cutaway in another interview with a student. I am going to get a couple more interviews with teachers.

Progress shots 1.12.17

Today I added in the beginning presenter shot and a couple of establishing shots, and I found some different music to add in.

Production: Ancillary TV listings magazine double page spread

Audience research: feedback for my documentary and my ancillary products

I wanted to make sure my colour palette is obvious to give a sense of branding and a housestyle across my products. Everyone that received this form replied that my colour palette is obvious, which enforces my branding of my products.

I asked my audience feedback group about my sound and picture quality, and almost all of the answers were that my quality was fine. Some answered that it was uneven so I am editing the volume on my documentary to make it more even.

In my audience feedback, I received comments noting that it would be worth not repeating interviewees' names as they have already appeared on the screen. I then deleted any repeated names as this made sense. I also had a comment that said I should shorten the statistics so only the important information comes up on the screen, so I did it.

Progress shots 30.11.17

Today I added a tagline underneath the title as this is a convention of TV listings magazine articles. I made this slightly larger in size than the copy to make it stand out more. This copy is in a small font size as if this was at normal print size, it would be readable, but because the two pages are downsized to fit on the page the size needs to be smaller to be in proportion.
On my documentary, I added in some footage from a local technology store as this as a comment left on my audience feedback, suggesting that I open up the documentary onto a global debate. I have scripted another piece with my presenter and I have put in the footage of technology at the end of the documentary.

Progress shots 24.11.17

Today I started my double page spread. I added in the main image, and put in the title of the documentary and website and social media links. I tried to put a barrier around the image, and
I didn't put the barrier all the way down because the content would not fit proportionately if I had, plus it makes all of it quite dark and not aesthetically pleasing. I decided to take the barrier off, and move the main image to the left and the name to the right. I then put the barrier along the top and side again, and make it black with the date white. I then edited I the copy, making a drop cap on the first letter to conform to conventions of magazines, which I learnt how to do from a tutorial online, http://www.indesignskills.com/tutorials/drop-cap-indesign/#  . I selected a quote out of the copy and edited it between the other paragraphs with a larger font size. This looks aesthetically pleasing while drawing reader's attention to the article and making them curious about the rest of the text.
I also changed the outline of the masthead and the quote to green to adhere to my colour palette of black, white and green, which is modern and stylish, just like modern day technology. I then took inspiration from https://www.vodafone.com/content/dam/vodafone/parents/assets_2013/pdf/vodafone_digital_parenting_issue3_lo_res.pdf
Which inspired me to add a 'Popular apps' section, in which I added logos from popular apps into my double page spread and the name of the app. This would help readers recognise the topic of the documentary but also make the double page spread more aesthetically pleasing. I also added 'tips for controlling settings' for both parent and students to read to help prevent distractions and make the phone safer to use. I edited in pictures of recent iPhones to anchor the meaning of the documentary, and to make the pages more aesthetically pleasing.