AICE media studies

  Prezi Presentation

Technology was incorporated in my project in many ways. The entire project was created on a computer using the soft wares Publisher, In-design, and Photoshop. When I used Publisher it was to set a rough draft of what the layout of the magazine would look like. I would set pictures in place using the ruler across the top to make sure that everything was aligned correctly. When I switched to using In-design it was to finalize the text and overall look. I used In-design to make the columns for my article. Another form of technology that was used in the process of this project was my phone. I used the camera on my phone to take the pictures used in the magazine.

Throughout the process of creating my magazine my production skills have evolved. Prior to starting this project I had never worked with Publisher or In-design before. I did have experience with Photoshop, however only briefly. Now that I have completed the magazine I have gained much more knowledge in all three of these soft wares. Publisher and In-deign both taught me how to actually compose the magazine and make sure text and photos were in correct places in order for the final product to look presentable. Photoshop is where I would take the photos before Publisher or In-design so that they could be edited in preparation for the final magazine.

From my audience engagement research I learned that you want to market and sell your product wherever your audience would typically be. For example, because my target audience is adults and families, it would be best to market at grocery stores or online. Based on that research, my marketing plan was to produce both print media and online media. The print media would be found in local grocery stores as well as news stands. My partner and I also created an Instagram account for our magazine. This was effective because the majority of our age range would typically have social media and could find us there. While doing research on magazine distribution I learned about the producer, the wholesaler, and the retailer. This is when there are many factors involved in the magazines distribution. There is an alternative to that called direct distribution. This is when the company makes, sells, and delivers their product on their own. My distribution plan was to do that. I would make the content...

One way in which I reflected the conventions of a travel magazine in my own project is with the simplistic cover. Travel magazines tend to list a few places on the cover as an attention grabber that they will go into detail on in the magazine contents. Another conventional thing I incorporated on my magazine cover is the season and year of the magazine issue. On my magazine this is found in the top right corner. In addition to the conventional cover, my article pages have conventional aspects as well. At the bottom of the pages the articles are on I included the username of the Instagram of the magazine. This is a subtle way to advertise the social media and typically found in magazines. There are definitely social groups being represented in the magazine. Typically, you can recognize what social group a magazine is aiming towards by the photos or topics of the articles. The cover photo on my magazine is of the downtown Sarasota area. This indicates the magazine is aimed towards a weal...

  Since my midterm submission I have made some revisions to my magazine. The front cover has an updated picture and I changed the placement of some of the content on the cover to follow the conventions of some other magazines. On the table of contents I added descriptions below each of the article titles. This way it is easier for readers to know what they are about to read and can choose what they want to read. When I did this I had to change around the format a bit. I kept one picture and shifted around the headings. The articles I also improved since the midterm submission. After learning how to work in Indesign, I used that to complete the rest of the article. I imported a few new pictures and I fixed the columns of content. The finishing touches to the article was adding the page numbers at the bottom as well as listing our Instagram.