What I have learnt

Key Media Terms

Media text media text is a specific media product produced by an organisation to a certain audience.
Media form: Type of media a text is using to communicate. 
Media Institution: established organisation that produce media products for an audience in advertising, entertainment. Eg. Magazines.
Media Audiences: group of people who receive a certain type of media text 
Media representation: how the media portrays messages and meanings bout the world to individual groups. 
Media language: how the meaning of text is conveyed to the audience. 
Denotation: detailed description of what you see in a picture. 
Connotation: what you associate with the picture. 

Throughout this process I have learnt various new skills and techniques using fireworks. For example holding shift when re-sizing an image to stop it from looking too fat or squished and unrealistic. I have also learned about photography about what background suits best, the layout of the photo and the lighting.

Planned photo shoot

For my magazine and contents page, I needed appropriate photos. The photos i wanted are Plantsbrook students as it is for the Plantsbrook students and their carers. As I could not take Plantsbrook students out of lessons, I took photo's in my own time with my sister and her friend who attend Plantsbrook school therefore are wearing the uniform. this was done in my back garden, with either a plain brick wall or a fence with a bench as the background so it was not much different to the school surroundings. I also took photos of my fellow media students as we had a lesson to take photos inside the building, I did not feel this looked as effective as we were not in uniform. 

Photos I am going to use in my magazine

Contents Page

Final Front Cover

I chose this as my final front cover because the people on the front are well dressed in uniform showing that it is Plantsbrook. I have chosen this image because they are both looking at the camera smiling therefore they engage the audience and catch their eye. I have used the housestyle red, white and black throughout as that is the Plantsbrook colors and i feel they stand out. I feel that the red borders emphasis the main text aswell as complimenting the other headlines.

Contents Layout

Contents Page Layout