Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Monday, 4 March 2013
Photo Shoot for Prelim' Task: UNFINISHED
The first 3 shots (left->right) are of the 6th Form Commonroom, I chose to take this photo at a slightly higher angle, to make the room seem large and impressesive, the high angle creates the illusion that the room is much longer than it actually is. I altered the angle and position I was standing in every time I took a shot, this is so that i have a variety of shots i can use. The first of these imagers is not usable in its current state, the image is far to bright and the glare makes the photo seem unprofessional, this brightness issue can easily be overcomne with some basic photoshop adjustments though. I feel that the second of the common room images appears more usable, there is less glare meaning the photo is clearer and easier to. However, the way this shot was framed makes the room look less impressive. The bin, the side of the vending machine and the clutered chairs next to it, make the room look less impressive . The third, images
Photo Shoot Images UNFINISHED!!!!!
On February 28th 2013, I began my photo shoot for the Prelim' Task, These are the images I took. In this post i will be explainning what angles i used, why i used them and the various experiments i did during the photo shoot.
The first images i tookwhere of the new technology building in the school:
The first images i tookwhere of the new technology building in the school:
Monday, 4 February 2013
Newsletter Analysis
This is my analysis of the deyes high school newsletter from Jan 13th 2013. I will list the issues i found with this newslettert and mention some ways I fewel i could improve them.
To improve the Deyes High School Newsletter I will have to target a specific demographic. The newsletter is not clear about who it is targetting:
There are parts that appear to be aimed at governners.
There are Areas supposedly aimed at students, but these are only aimed at students who chose particular subjects.
There is a section aimed at young children, the numeracy tips this section offers are not dissimilar to those taught in a year 4 maths lesson. Also the addition of a popular childrens character, Mickey Mouse. The changing, bright colour sceme is also something you would associate with younger children.
One section is a puzzle section, this is stereo-typically a section aimed at students and pentioners.
I will also need to think about the type of imagry to use. The imagry i choose to use will determine the type of school readers are invisionning, an image of an older building will present the idea that the school is: old, traditional, ect.
An image of a newer building will give an impression of a: new, modern, up-to-date. school.
I will most likely change the font being used aswell. Comic Sants, seems to frar to informal to be used in an official school's newsletter. A font like Times New Roman, would be more apropriate. To the find the most suitable font, i will search websites like dafont.com, so that i have a broarder range of fonts to choose from.
From the fonts i have found so far, these are the opnes I think would be most suitable:
Font Name Website
Tomsk DaFont.com
Pinophyta DaFont.com
KB Just My Type DaFont.com
TwentyTwelve Slab DaFont.com
Truebo Serif DaFont.com
Circlesd and Sticks DaFont.com
Argocksaz DaFont.com
I will also consider changing the colour sceme, the current one is bright and uses a variety of vibrant colours. This sceme seems too childish for a high school newsletter, in my opinion, For this reason i will choose darker colours, to show a more serious school, when producing my own version of the newsletter. The front page of the current newsletter has 6 different colours, this makes it look overloaded, messy and thrown together.To prevent this occuring in my version, I will try and minimize the number of colours used on each page.
To improve the Deyes High School Newsletter I will have to target a specific demographic. The newsletter is not clear about who it is targetting:
There are parts that appear to be aimed at governners.
There are Areas supposedly aimed at students, but these are only aimed at students who chose particular subjects.
There is a section aimed at young children, the numeracy tips this section offers are not dissimilar to those taught in a year 4 maths lesson. Also the addition of a popular childrens character, Mickey Mouse. The changing, bright colour sceme is also something you would associate with younger children.
One section is a puzzle section, this is stereo-typically a section aimed at students and pentioners.
I will also need to think about the type of imagry to use. The imagry i choose to use will determine the type of school readers are invisionning, an image of an older building will present the idea that the school is: old, traditional, ect.
An image of a newer building will give an impression of a: new, modern, up-to-date. school.
I will most likely change the font being used aswell. Comic Sants, seems to frar to informal to be used in an official school's newsletter. A font like Times New Roman, would be more apropriate. To the find the most suitable font, i will search websites like dafont.com, so that i have a broarder range of fonts to choose from.
From the fonts i have found so far, these are the opnes I think would be most suitable:
Font Name Website
Tomsk DaFont.com
Pinophyta DaFont.com
KB Just My Type DaFont.com
TwentyTwelve Slab DaFont.com
Truebo Serif DaFont.com
Circlesd and Sticks DaFont.com
Argocksaz DaFont.com
I will also consider changing the colour sceme, the current one is bright and uses a variety of vibrant colours. This sceme seems too childish for a high school newsletter, in my opinion, For this reason i will choose darker colours, to show a more serious school, when producing my own version of the newsletter. The front page of the current newsletter has 6 different colours, this makes it look overloaded, messy and thrown together.To prevent this occuring in my version, I will try and minimize the number of colours used on each page.
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Contents Page #1 GameMasters:
This my template for a magazine contents page. It is the contents page for GameMasters for Dec 2012.
THE IMAGE WILL BE UPLOADED ASAP, THE BLOGGER APP ON THIS PHONE IS GARBAGE AND DOESN'T ADD PHOTOS =/
THE IMAGE WILL BE UPLOADED ASAP, THE BLOGGER APP ON THIS PHONE IS GARBAGE AND DOESN'T ADD PHOTOS =/
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Magazine Layout #1: Empire Magazine - DEC 2012
This is my Sketch\Layout for the front cover of a copy of Empire Magazine, The Copy was first released in December 2012. The sketch includes measurements of all segments of the actual magazine cover [scale 1:1]. This is so I can compare the sizes of various front cover elements in to make my front cover seem more legitimate.
Monday, 14 January 2013
Coursework Brief: Music Magazine
My name is James Foulkes. From now on, this blog will be were I post my progress as I proceed through this coursework.
The task is to produce:
-A front cover
-A contents page
& a double page spread, for a music magazine.
The task is to produce:
-A front cover
-A contents page
& a double page spread, for a music magazine.
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