Adobe Products: InDesign

Another piece of software that we have been taught how to use is Adobe InDesign. InDesign is another essential programme when it comes to magazine production as it allows us to correctly position, align and organise text and images. Upon opening InDesign we are given the option to have guidelines on the page, including: gutters, borders, leaning and kerning. This is very helpful when spacing out text to give our page a very professional organised look.

Adobe Products: Photoshop

For the past few weeks we have been learning how to use Adobe products to better our production skills which will help us by giving our magazine a top quality look and a professional finish. The first piece of editing software we were taught to use was Adobe Photoshop, which is a professional photo editing software crucial to the production of magazines in the industry. Photoshop is used to touch up photos to give them more of an appeal to the audience. We were first taught how to colour correct our photo, which means giving the photo a bit of a glow to make the cover model or artist look more attractive, as you can give them a hint of tan. We also learned how to use the 'Spot Healing' tool and the 'Clone Stamp' tool. the Spot healing tool allows the user to remove any small blemishes or spots on the skin to give it a nice clear look. By making a persons skin more clear the target audience are instantly drawn in because they do not see multiple spots on the face and find this repulsive. The spot healing tool gives the picture a nice clean 'airbrushed' look however the shot still looks fairly natural, it's just we know that skin cannot be perfectly clear no matter who you are.

As you can clearly see, the photo on the right has clearly been edited and you are instantly drawn to that picture. Why is this? It is because the use of Photoshop has given the editor the ability to make her skin very soft and glowing, and as part of the 'male gaze' theory we are drawn to this picture because the model appears to be more attractive after having touch ups done to the picture. Photos after editing attract a larger audience and also give the magazine a more professional look, therefore I will be using Adobe Photoshop in the production of my Music Magazine.

Link to a Website I Frequently Visit

Whenever I am on my computer I always have a tab open on YouTube because it is great for watching videos. It is always open so that if I want to listen to music I easily can or if I wish to watch funny videos or movie trailers etc. it is there for me to use.

Here is the link to YouTube:

 http://www.youtube.com/

A Video Game I Enjoy Playing

I enjoy playing Fifa because I am very much into football and play it as a hobby on the regular.

A Movie Trailer That I Enjoy Watching

I enjoy watching the movie trailer of 'The Conjuring' because it is filled with dark scenes which instantly set the mood and scene for the film. The trailer gives me an insight into what the full feature is going to be like and the lighting on the scenes signify horror and mystery which suits the genre of the film.

A Music Video That I Enjoyed Watching

 I enjoy this music video because if I'm honest the girls in the video are something else.

Introduction

Hi! I'm Rian and this is my blog. I love school. I am currently 16 years old and have chosen to study A Level Media in year 12. I am not sure how I would like to use the subject in the future, perhaps for a job in the media business somewhere, but I chose to study the subject at A Level because I took the subject as a GCSE option. I studied Media for two years at GCSE and thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of it which is why I have chosen to take the subject further and carry it on at A Level. For this piece of coursework we have been given the task of creating a Music Magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread. I have created this blog so that I can keep you up to date on how I am doing on each section of the task.