What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product

From this project I have learnt more about using Photoshop and the effects that it has. From the screenshot below you can see how my magazines differ. My college magazine on the left doesn't have a main headline and therefore looks more of a book than it does a magazine. I have used the high contrast on both magazines because I think that it has a good effect and it suits my audience for both magazines. The font I have used for my music magazine suits the type of magazine that it is whereas for my college magazine it doesn't as much but on the other hand it has a formal look and when exams are taken then it is very formal. You can see from the image below that both magazines have a colour scheme, for my college magazine it is; blue, orange and yellow and for my music magazine it is; red, black and yellow. These are suited very well because the college colours are blue and orange and I have maintained the colour scheme throughout my music magazine. Both my magazines are suited for my audience because if my college magazine was selling studded belts and my music magazine was selling college folders then they would not be. My music magazine is more suited to my audience because the expressions on the faces and the direct eye contact adds to the aggressiveness that my target audience are stereotypically associated with. Whereas my college magazine is just shots around college, no focus hasd been put into the images. However, For my main projects I thought about what, where and how I wanted my photos and what I wanted them to look like, how I wanted them to represent something, so I thought deeply about my photos and tried to get the right images.

One image on my front cover is of my friend Ashley who is looking down on the camera. Here I found a picture of James Bond in the same style of pose looking down at the camera and having no expression on his face. The camera angle on both of the images is low and they are both medium close ups with Bond having a little bit more showing so possibly being a medium long shot.

Ashley's posture is upright and hands behind his back looking directly into the camera. Bond's posture is also upright and looking directly into the camera. The only difference with this shot is that Bond's hands are in his pockets giving a more sleek and causal look which is the sort of character he is.

The clothes they are both wearing are not 100% different but they are not the same. I think that the way they both have their jackets open at the neck revealing the top of the t-shirt/shirt makes them both look casual and gives them a sense of purpose.

Both Ashley and Bond have a plain white background which suggests that they could have been Photoshopped or taken in a studio. Either way, the lighting for both of the photos is high profile and shows that they are both important. The lighting emphasises the face and the blackness of the clothes that they are both wearing. It also makes them stand out more and makes them more visable to the audience eventhough there is only one person in each shot.