Media Evaluation

Media Evaluation

Skills I have developed:

Kanye West:

·         Masking: To cover the image of Kanye West.

·         Rulers: To align the coverlines and make the work look professional.

·         Coverlines: To grab the reader’s attention by giving them some insight about what is going to be included inside the magazine.

·         Masthead: Headline used to draw the reader into the magazine.

·         Magic Wand: To make the image neater by getting rid of anything in the background.

·         Brush Tool: To make hair look neater and get rid of any remainders of white background.

Nicki Minaj:

·         Coloured boxes: To show specific parts included in the magazine in order to draw reader in.

·         All the skills used in Kanye West.

Rihanna:

·         Refine Edge: To make edges around her look neater (mostly her hair).

·         Flip Horizontal: To flip the image of Rihanna to the right (she originally faced the left).

·         Masking and Magic Wand for the same reasons used in Kanye West and Nicki Minaj.

Get the Look:

·         Fill Layer: This was when I had to mask the image then make a new layer. I then had to fill the new masked layer of the image (dress) with any colour I wanted (blue). I also did this for other images.

·         Masking and Magic Wand for the same reasons used in Rihanna, Kanye West and Nicki Minaj.

Fashion Montage:

·         Opacity: To make the design slightly transparent.

·         Masking, Magic wand and Refine edges for the same reasons used in the whole Photoshop module.

3 Column Layout:

·         Rulers to align text.

·         Pull Quote to draw reader in.

·         Rectangle Frame Tool to create 3 columns.

·         Drop Caps to show creativity.

·         Placeholder Text to show the Copy Writer where real text is going to be placed.

Double Page Spread:

·         Same skills used in 3 column layout for same reason.

Lady Gaga:

·         Text Wrap to make the place holder text flow through one column into another.

·         Pen tool to create path points.

·         Path Points: Points which go around an image in order to make the text wrap around the image.

·         Ruler to place heading and subheading above article.

·         Rectangle Frame tool and Placeholder text used for the same reasons as in the whole of the InDesign module.

Writing Copies:

·         Word restrictions to allow myself to write a restricted amount of words in a document.

Script Writing:

·         Business: Actions which are happening in the present tense.

·         Tabs for correct alignment of different parts of the text: character, business and slugline.

·         Character's name has to be in capital letters.

·         Slugline (where and when)

·         Font has to be in Courier New

·         Size of the font has to be 12

·         You have to say what you see (you don't say in the action Maria is angry; you have to show how she is angry. For example, Maria clenches her fists.)

The tasks which I enjoyed the most:

One of the tasks I enjoyed the most was the script writing task because I found it the easiest task to do as I was in my comfort zone; Creative writing. I also enjoyed making the fashion montage because it is the best piece of work I’ve done in Photoshop as I managed to complete it and make it look really creative.

The skills I am best at:

I believe I am best at writing scripts because creative writing is one of my strengths.  I am also best at the fashion montage because I liked using the frames and the opacity tool for my design as it was creative.

How these skills would help me further down the course:

These skills would help me because media is mostly about being creative and as being creative is one of my strengths, I should be able to cope with the more creative topics the further I get down the course.

The skills I need to get better at:

I need to get better at working at a time limit because I have the ability but incorporating this ability with working in a specific time limit is one of my weaknesses.

How I could get better:

I could get better by timing myself at home and completing work which I don’t finish in class (if possible) and uploading it onto my blog. By timing myself this way I will get better at working in tests, thus making this weakness my strength!