Critical Analysis
P.S. Sorry for making you sit through the video
Final Magazine
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Week 6 Posting 2
*Disclaimer- this is not my final reflection, this is brainstorming!!*
Last two questions here we come!
-How did your production skills develop throughout this project?
I really had to challenge myself and encourage myself to continue with the production process.
I like to spend an outrageous amount of time on one aspect of a process and then neglect the others, and even when everything is said and done editing and revising is always my enemy. During the process I found peer input very helpful. There is a certain point where your view can become clouded and biased because you have sat there editing for so long and mulling over all these ideas in your head, and I can become quite self-critical. Not to mention that this project has pushed me to new limits of motivation and pulling long nights out of nowhere. There was always something for me to think about and always something to work on, which caused me to suffer from mild anxiety for six weeks. Building something from the ground up isn't easy, creating original ideas and original images was something new for me, the text I could handle, the images proved to be challenging, but do-able. My main problem was layout and graphic design, I am a very visual learner and enjoy the aesthetics of magazine design, but there is a thick line between reading and executing. The thing that I really am taking away from this project is to enjoy the process, if you embrace and love what you do then your product will show it. Sometimes things aren't just for a grade and by embracing this newfangled idea called "interest" one can truly flourish.
-How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?
Yay! Technology! And by yay I mean no thanks. I am very technology oriented person, I charge my phone in three different fifty minute class periods a day and come home to charge it more while watching YouTube on my Chromecast and doing homework on my laptop and texting on my cellphone. Yes, technology makes up every facet of my life besides sleeping, but using technology to create something meaningful for others is a different story. Some programs I really went in-depth with include Photoshop, JooMag, and Windows 8. Why Windows 8 you ask? well it makes everything harder, sifting through pictures is near impossible to do as well as sharing pictures through my phone and computer. I had had a little experience with photoshop, so I knew some of it capabilities and found that they would be helpful. I spent hours just working with a blur tool and lasso tool it has really offset any desire for me to delve back into it. JooMag is might as well be the opposite, the tools are so rudimentary that it is a wonder how anyone manages to create some of the examples they provide. Without the use of photo shop on the side creating a cohesive piece would have been nearly impossible. Some of the smallest details of the magazine are so meticulously done that separate sentences have their own text box, On top of creating the magazine I got to experiment more with my blog and really just get out what I needed to say in a hopefully cohesive manner. As far as my creative critical reflection I get to use my blog, and a screen recording tool called BB Flashback Express as well As iMovie to edit my screencast for the final reflection. I really enjoyed getting to use these programs, while i may have had my battles some day I will really need to know how to do something for one thing or another and I will look back on the programs that caused me chronic back pain from hunching over my computer.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Week 6 Post 1
*Disclaimer- this is not my final reflection, this is brainstorming!!*
Alright lets get started on this... final reflection time!
First of all... there is no way this is already week six, it is impossible.
-How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?
I feel as if many magazines are not solely teacher based, so I think I really tried to tap into an audience that can be ignored in modern media. Also, so many teachers fall into this rut of traditional education and teaching can become boring and repetitive, as with any widespread tradition. Many teachers are not even aware of all of the opportunities for traditional education that are available in the world. I really had to seek out some advice as to how traditional teachers could incorporate some of these alternative teaching styles into their classroom. I remember pitching this idea and my teacher asking me if I wanted to be a teacher, in fact, I have always wanted to be a doctor. I was mostly interested in the topic as I come from a project based background. In the end, I am really passionate about teachers using alternative teaching styles in their classroom and I wanted to encourage teachers to challenge traditional conventions and delve into alternative learning.
-How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
I really enjoyed messing around with my magazine to try to make it as aesthetically pleasing as possible. I wanted to pull my audience in with a clean but thought provoking cover, because I really hated over crowded covers and such. I used a play on the cover colors and theme throughout my magazine and really tried to make the pink and blue carried throughout. I think my table of contents really acted as a way to pull readers in and get them interested in the articles with intriguing images and summaries of the articles. The only thing i really struggled with was the sheer amount of text on my page, which makes me want to used adobe indesign so I could edit the sizing. As far as distribution, JooMag is a good distribution resource where digital magazines can give previews and can earn profit, and JooMag can be distributed on mobile devices. JooMag also provides a publishing option and can be distributed as a physical magazine. As far as getting it to the audience, teachers could discover it through their school system or teaching forums, and eventually through news stands. The magazines would probably be available bi-monthly through subscription. Teachers are commonly busy and caught up in school and may not have time to ready a new issue every week.
Until next time!
Alright lets get started on this... final reflection time!
First of all... there is no way this is already week six, it is impossible.
-How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?
I feel as if many magazines are not solely teacher based, so I think I really tried to tap into an audience that can be ignored in modern media. Also, so many teachers fall into this rut of traditional education and teaching can become boring and repetitive, as with any widespread tradition. Many teachers are not even aware of all of the opportunities for traditional education that are available in the world. I really had to seek out some advice as to how traditional teachers could incorporate some of these alternative teaching styles into their classroom. I remember pitching this idea and my teacher asking me if I wanted to be a teacher, in fact, I have always wanted to be a doctor. I was mostly interested in the topic as I come from a project based background. In the end, I am really passionate about teachers using alternative teaching styles in their classroom and I wanted to encourage teachers to challenge traditional conventions and delve into alternative learning.
-How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
I really enjoyed messing around with my magazine to try to make it as aesthetically pleasing as possible. I wanted to pull my audience in with a clean but thought provoking cover, because I really hated over crowded covers and such. I used a play on the cover colors and theme throughout my magazine and really tried to make the pink and blue carried throughout. I think my table of contents really acted as a way to pull readers in and get them interested in the articles with intriguing images and summaries of the articles. The only thing i really struggled with was the sheer amount of text on my page, which makes me want to used adobe indesign so I could edit the sizing. As far as distribution, JooMag is a good distribution resource where digital magazines can give previews and can earn profit, and JooMag can be distributed on mobile devices. JooMag also provides a publishing option and can be distributed as a physical magazine. As far as getting it to the audience, teachers could discover it through their school system or teaching forums, and eventually through news stands. The magazines would probably be available bi-monthly through subscription. Teachers are commonly busy and caught up in school and may not have time to ready a new issue every week.
Until next time!
Friday, April 3, 2015
Week 5 Posting 2
Alright, so far I have added all of my text into the boxes I have laid out. I am probably going to take my table of contents pictures today as well. I hope to have a vlog up relatively soon to show my progress. I am getting super nervous. My magazine should be done by now and I should be working on my analysis but I just have so much going on in my personal life. I am ready to get edits on my magazine and write my critique, but I just can't. This is going to be a long weekend.
Here is my two page spread as of yesterday:
Here is my two page spread as of yesterday:
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