2nd attempt on Sony Vegas February 2016: Evaluation of music magazine

Media evaluation screenshots

I produced my media evaluation video on Sony Vegas. Sony Vegas was very tough and hard to get my grasp on at first. However, when I began to learn it became quite simple and I enjoyed working on Sony Vegas.

In this screenshot I added clips of me doing my media evaluation presentation onto a timeline and put them in order.

The next thing I did was took a video of myself in front of a green screen with the help of a few friends. In these clips I introduced myself and also did a closing scene. I then uploaded these clips onto the timeline

I dragged all the clips together to make sure the video would run smoothly 

When the clips were put together and I made sure they were in the right order, I decided to add transistions to make my video more interactive and fun.

With the clips of me introducing myself and the closing scene, I decided that the green screen behind me should be changed to something more suited to the genre of psychedelic rock. Therfore I took a picture off the Internet and using the chroma keyer I put the picture in the background whilst I talked.

To make my video more fun I added music in the background whilst I spoke.

Finally I added final transitions and added text on every question asked in the evaluation. I also added an introduction to the Q and A with my teachers.

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Contact Sheet

This is a contact sheet which shows all the pictures I took in a photo shoot, to gather an image for my double page spread. I did my photo sheet in front of a green screen so it would be easy to edit my image. I varied in shots, poses and mis en scene for every image which can be seen on the contact sheet. Once I printed this contact sheet out I annotated it and picked my favourite image (this can be seen on my DPS). I picked this image as it shows, my friend Daniels, full boy and the low angle I took it at shows power and authority. Also it is an image my target audience would likely aspire to.

  

Creation of contact sheet

Creating my contact sheet was an easy process. I simply gathered all the images from my photo shoot and saved them onto my documents. Once I did this I simply highlighted all the images and selected contact sheet on the print options. I then printed off the contact sheet. Creating a contact sheet is a great way of being able to look at all my images and once and compare and contrast them. With the contact sheet I can now choose my favourite image and upload it to my DPS.

Photo shoot for my music magazine

These are pictures taken from the photo shoot I did for my music magazine. The shoot was meant to replicate of a young John Lennon as he is a perfect rock artist, that my target audience will aspire to be. I had help from my friend Daniel Arnold, who modeled for my pictures. I did this in front of a green screen as this really helps with editing the image and changing the background.

This was the first photo I took. This is a wide shot and is a very good first attempt. However, shadows are very visable on the green screen and this could effect my editing. This picture suggested I needed to improve my lighting

This is a mid shot and it is still obvious that lighting is a problem as there are shadows on the green screen.

This Picture was much better, but it is a little bit dark. It was evident to me here that I needed to change the lighting in some way to make the picture a lot brighter, as this would make Daniel stand out a lot more

These pictures were behind the scenes of the photo shoot. We had 5 people doing the photo shoot; a cameramen, two people who do the lighting, the model, and the director. This help was great for me and really helpful, as it was a quick process because if I would have had to do everything myself it would have been very time consuming.

This is one of my most successful shots. As you can see the lighting is much better. This shows much more expression from the model and it is defiantly a picture my target audience would aspire to. The lighting is improved a lot more on this picture as Daniels face is really lit up and this shows his facial expression and emotion. The use of the shot showing the whole body makes Daniel look tall and therefore he is being represented as authoritative and powerful. 

I like the photo due to the lighting and the lack of shadows. However i do not like mid shots as they are not best suited for my magazine front cover and double page spread.

I decided to do different shots to have different variation of the same photo and mode. in this photo i told Dan to face his back to the camera. This give an effect of him looking at where he is about to go.

I also told Dan to turn and look at his camera whilst he had his back  to it which gave it an air of authority.

Double page spread thumbnails

This post shows 6 thumbnails of real media double page spreads

This thumbnail is taken from Mojo magazine which was published in December 2003. The magazine is from the United Kingdom. I mostly like the central image of this double page spread as it is a picture of a young Bob Dylan playing the guitar, and the picture is very inspiring for the audience.

This thumbnail is taken from Q and was published in 2011 in The United Kingdom. The double page spread is much more lively than Mojo as is has a lot more text and it is much more colorful. Also the name Nicki Minaj id in large bold text and it  stands out  as a headline and is really eye catching for the audience. 

This was a thumbnail that I drew from the magazine vibe. It was published in June 2009 and is from The United States. This magazine is similar to Q as the headline reads the musicians name in large bold font. However it is less lively and doesnt have has much text.

This thumbnail is from NME and was published on 24th January 2004. This is the double page spread I took most inspiration from for my double page spread. This is because it was the magazine that best suited the genre of psychedelic rock as it has very vibrant colours and the font is very funky.

The final thumbnail was taken from an African magazine called arise. Most of the magazines I have drew a thumbnail from have been from either the UK or the US. This magazine is from a completely different place and culture. However even though it is from a different continent of the world it still has very similar codes and conventions to all the other real media magazines I have looked at. This suggests that magazines may be different in little ways, but overall most magazine have the same codes and conventions, even though they are from different country's or different years.