To learn magazine conventions my teacher provided a powerpoint presentation with notes. A diagram with different magazine conventions was also given to be filled out along with the notes. The diagram helped me connect the concepts like masthead, cover image, and feauture article. The powerpoint included: vocabulary, definitions, and an example. Many magazine images were provided, which helped me connect the figure with the word.
Here is the diagram provided to fill out along with the notes.
The genre I picked was a lifestyle magazine talking about food, dates, and best diners. I conveyed this theme with the use of my coverlines. I used popular foods like "dubai choclate" and the holiday season to appeal to my audience's emotional values. The holiday season can make one feel warmth, or the infamous "Dubai Chocolate" is internationally recognized. The cover image is a photo I took myself of a diner, visually presenting an ideal date setting.
Here is a screenshot of the process.
The three main covelines that I used to contribute to the cover were coverlines, masthead, and the cover image. The cover image shows a photo of an older styled diner, with the checkered patterned floors and 2000s furniture. The coverlines blend in by stating "blast from the past" and "feel like your eating in the past" reflect based on the diner's old-school stylistic decorations. The masthead also contributes to the cover because it indicates an ideal place to be for any occasions.
I experienced a few challenges: importing my cover image, exporting my files, and coloring the text. I think the main problem is that I wasn't on my personal laptop for this project. However, when I went to export my file it kept downloading as the InDesign app and not a regular PDF. I downloaded the project multiple times until I finally read where it said "PDF". Although I finally got it downloaded I had already exported my files many times where I kept replacing and renaming. Another major conflict was coloring the texts. I did not understand where to got to color my texts until I asked for help. Once I read the different areas of "appearance" and "character" I catagorized a little more. Little by little, text sizes and character types became easier to adjust. My last challenge was from the very beginning, importing my image. With my laptop I am used to fraagging and dropping however, when I tried it on the computer I was on the image would not show up at all. Once I got help my teacher had to import the file using a different method. Although it didn't work at first I got taught another way to import the image onto InDesign.
Here is a screenshot of the many times I had to redownload the project.
Here is a screenshot of the text alterations.
Although I may not be choosing the magazine for my portfolio project. I do think it will help me understand the Creative Cloud software more. Overall, this will benefit me because I noticed similarities in text settings. For example, the use of lower thirds will be needed a lot for the film opening, when making my 45 second clip I had to apply texts and struggled a bit because I was not used to the settings presented. However, seeing the set up in InDesign made me feel more comfortable with Premiere Pro's settings.
My final product:
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