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Prelim Task: Statement of Intent

On the cover of my fashion magazine, I will be attempting to create it based on the conventions of Teen Vogue. I will test many different camera angles and shots such as close up, low angle shots, a full body shot and other various ones. I have decided to do a full body shot because I believe that the model as well as the clothes that they are wearing are the most important thing to see due to it being a fashion magazine. This would allow the reader to see what kind of fashion magazine this would be. I have also taken into consideration the target audience of 14-18 year old, because of that I will be using a model that fits the age range. My model will be wearing casual clothes to represent that the magazine is casual summer wear. I have also decided to take my main image in the recording studio because I feel like it has a casual element to it as well as good lighting for my cover to be shot in. Overall, I would like for my magazine to represent that style and beauty is something to b...

Prelim Task: Evaluation

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? In this project, I have had to look at different fashion magazine like Teen Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle and many other magazines. My magazine definitely challenges the conventions of a fashion magazine due to the model I have decided to use. The model I have used is wearing a hijab which automatically subverts the conventions of the magazine because it is not common for a magazine to use women wearing a religious or traditional piece of clothing such as a hijab. How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluating stages? In this project, I have used a wide range of old and new media technologies to produce the final product. I used a Nikon camera to take a picture of my shot list, flat plan as well as taking a practice and final shot of my final model. I also used Adobe Photoshop to play with the different tools such as...

Final magazine product

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