Progress shots: 31.1.18

Today I added in page numbers and the logo of the magazine at the bottom of the page to adhere to conventions of magazines, as most have page numbers. I also changed the font of the titles in my documentary to match the font in my double page spread, and to create a sense of brand identity. I also changed the font on my advert to continue this sense of brand identity.

I did not continue the font onto the second line as this is an advert for the documentary, so the name can be recognised in the same font and the date is noted underneath.

Progress shots 30.1.18

Today I received verbal feedback on my current documentary draft. I found that to have a consistent brand identity I should change the font of the text in my documentary, and also in the titles of the documentary. I have tried to make the titles easy to see but due to the pixelated font sometimes the font is hard to see. I took the font and colours I created for my TV listings article and recreated this effect on the rest of the title, 'in education', using a colour dropper to change the colour of the text.

Progress shots: 29.1.18

I changed the white text boxes to black and the text black to white. This is because I made a google form to ask whether the white text boxes or black text boxes, and the response was to make the boxes black.

Progress shots 25.1.18

Today I drew and filmed my titles. I have imported the files and I edited them together to create a title sequence. I started the documentary music earlier at the beginning of the titles so that the music was covering the sequence.

Final documentary draft from Penny Brown on Vimeo.

This is my documentary so far.

Progress shots 24.1.18

Today I added in a clip to introduce an interview to help the documentary flow better. I also put a clip in where the introduction needs to be, and I am going to film another clip for it as the background does not relate to the title of the documentary. I also extended the music so that it started when the introduction starts.

I decided that I am going to try and make a stop-motion style title sequence like the one above from '20 Kids and Counting'. I am going to draw a timeline of when popular pieces of technology was released.

Progress shots 22.1.18

Today I moved the social media logos and handles to the side of the page instead  of along the bottom. I will get some more feedback from my focus group to see if there are any changes I need to make.

I also received feedback to move the text inwards and change the text from white on black to black on white. However, due to my main image having the black boxes already edited on my free trial so I could not move the boxes or change the colours, so I edited a grey box over the edges to make the boxes appear closer in, put white boxes over the black ones and changed the colour of the text. I then found the original main image on my blog and cut out the bottom of the picture in Photoshop and placed it over the bottom of the black box in InDesign. This made it look as though the boxes had moved inwards.

Progress shots: 19.1.18

Today I added another pull quote and then moved the text around so that it fitted. I moved the phone, boxes and social media into the frame. I swapped the pictures around so they fitted better.

Progress shots: 18.1.18

Today I edited my double page spread. I tried editing on a box to introduce the date and time being broadcasted, like in a common TV magazine, but it did not fit well into the spread. I also tried to put another column on the side and was going to put text in it but it did not look right. I also then added a red box behind the tagline, and made it green which fits in with my colour palette. I also added a caption on the picture of the presenter. I then looked at other double page spreads and found that a box introducing the website url was a common feature, so I copied and pasted my logo then found a picture of a digital mouse and put them together. I then typed 'Find out MORE at..." then a fake url. 

 

 I also then added in a previous picture I had taken of the presenter and put a black box around it and then added a drop shadow, then another caption.

Progress shots 5.1.17

I realised there was a gap between the black boxes and the edge of the advert so I filled the gap. I also realised that my social media links were no tin my house style font so I changed them. I am not happy with the look of the black boxes, so I am going to try and do something with them to fit the rest of the advert.

I replaced the coloured boxes around the iPhone with brighter colours and then moved the text around these by creating new text boxes and separating the paragraphs. I am going to create another pull quote and keep improving it.

Progress shots: 4.1.17

This is my final draft for my ancillary product. I edited on my housestyle text font and the social media links.

Progress shots 28.12.17

Today I downloaded a 7 day trial of InDesign on my computer to finish my ancillary products. I uploaded the photoshopped image I completed onto a document and edited the advert with all the conventions of a usual Channel 4 advert.

I found that this version of InDesign does not have my housestyle font, so I left the areas blank where the typing needs to be and I will edit this in on the InDesign version I was using previously.

Progress shots 21.12.17

Today I found out how to adjust the pixels on my first draft of my edited advert. 

I decided that the pixels needed to be more separated, and that the presenters head was a little too stretched. I found that I could cut squares like pixels out of the original picture and add them in, so I did this.

This is my finished product. I am going to edit in the Channel 4 logo and documentary name in InDesign.

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.