As you can see Ihave re-created my initial magazine cover in indesign, I have done this by adding a similar image as well as re-creating all of the individual text on the side of the page. I believe I have used the tutorials well to recreate a decent first attempt of making a magazine cover this would be my first time making a magazine cover and I could improve it by spending more time on this particular project.

I first traced out the magazine front cover to gain accurate measurements. These measurements combined with the guidelines has helped me construct a magazine that is near identical to the actual copy. My tracing of the magazine was quite accurate, I drew all that I could see on the page, I found it easy to trace the magazine however I found I quite difficult to apply what I have drawn into adobe indesign which is a new software that I was unfamiliar with. however I used youtube videos which would help me allot to learn some tricks that I could use to make my magazine look professional in the future.

During this task I have learnt various techniques whilst watching the YouTube videos. I have learnt how to add images into InDesign, this would be an establishing feature that would allow me to create the first layer which would consist of the image that I have chosen of my Celebrity couple. I have chosen a image and have been able to learn from the video how to place the image on the left hand side of the file. I found this very easy as having used photoshop which is a similar software to InDesign. I was then able to learn from the video how to add text as well as change the colour of the text which you can see I have done in the image. 

I found to add effects to the text was quite difficult. This would be due to the fact I was learning a new software and was unfamiliar as to where to choose these options

Recreating the Chosen article

In the lesson I have just been in, I have seen many magazine examples and have chosen a specific article that I will be recreating next lesson on a program called indesign. This will be the first time I have used this new piece of software and will be a learning experience as it unlike other programs I have used in the past when dealing with creating pieces on a piece of technology. I hope to gain experience in this application in order to add skills that I did not have before hand when I started the course. In order to prepare for the next lesson I have watched several YouTube videos to gain a better understanding of the program. The video I watched that offered the most for me as a beginner is the one linked below.

The video showed me how to set up a new document and also to prepare myself when making a new piece of work that includes the preparation of images and documents and also items such as guidelines.

The magazine cover I will attempt to recreate in the new piece of software; InDesign is the following image of celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie for OK magazine. I decided to attempt the recreation of this magazine cover due to the features it puts forward using the regular codes and conventions of existing magazine covers that successfully reach their target audience. By doing this I hope to both gain understanding of reaching my target audience using conventions, and to also gain experience in the new piece of software.

Introduction

In this Blog I will be showing my progression through my AS Media studies, I will be using programs such as, PowerPoint, Photoshop, In Design Using these program's will allow me too create a magazine that is based upon school life, During this year I will be also using photography to create a magazine that could be shown to represent school and sixth form in general.

My preliminary task would consist of me creating a magazine upon school life and more specifically sixth form life in general, this task would involve me making a front cover and also a contents page for this magazine, I will be using school resources such as In Design and school equipment such as the camera.

My main task will involve me creating a Music themed magazines, I will research in many different ways to create a replica of a magazine that can look professional, I have been asked to make a front cover a double page spread and also a contents page, this would be easily made by using in design and other photo manipulation software.

During this course I will be hoping to expand my knowledge upon using different softwares to create a very professional end product. I hope to learn various skills that would help me when making my final product, I will be learning this from the experience of my preliminary task which would prepare me well to later on create my music magazine. I hope to gain a level of understanding of the codes and conventions of a existing music magazine. In order to acheive this I must firstly be prepared in lesson and fully cooperating in class. Some barriers to this may be time management and getting all of my coursework complete in the time given to me by my teacher. This would be crucial however I believe that I am up for the challenge.