CCR

I finished my CCR! I'm all done and ready to go! I really enjoyed recording my CCR because I was able to explain many of my decisions in my magazine. This video took me half a day because my computer stopped working and I had to download other programs but then those didn't work so I had to get this program. It's finally done though, so here it is, my blood, sweat, and tears. I hope You like it.

Magazine

I'm finally done! Here is my finished magazine. I really enjoyed the process, even through the ups and downs of creating a magazine. I was able to use my old skills combined with new technologies to create a new product for this project. I used JPG to PDF to create my PDF and Joomag to turn that PDF into a digital magazine. It was very stressful, but I'm happy with the result.

Artography

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Finished Content Page

I finished my content page!! The only thing I might change now is the name of my article. Tomorrow in class I'm going to finish up my cover page and write my script for my creative critical reflection. I've already downloaded the program to record the screen for my reflection so I'll film that as soon as I'm done. Tomorrow I'm also going to find out what program I can use to make my magazine appear in actual magazine format online.

Fonts and Too Many Layers

I've been working on both my cover and content pages this past week and all I need to add to my cover page are the cover lines that I will use. I had a font for the mast head that I really liked but it was only free for personal use so I found this other font in photoshop that I'm happy with. It wasn't my first pick, but I think that it ties in with my overall idea well. My content page is a mess at the moment because I'm moving the article names around everywhere. The photoshop file has so many layers that I'm completely lost so I think I just have to erase the layers I have and redo it with organization in mind. I already have all the article names and pages so it's just rearranging everything that I have to worry about.

Shooting Day 2

Today I shot some of my pictures for my new idea. I got one of my ideas shot today when I went to a museum with my friend Nadia. I think that it could be used as the cover image but I'm not sure I really like it all that much. I got other pictures of her today so I have to see what I have and what I can do with the images I have. I wanted to go with an artistic representation of social media with a girl being confined to a box and beginning to break free from the bonds of society. I really wanted to use a square to represent her social media so I didn't make this piece look like a cheesy social commentary that is never taken seriously. Tomorrow I'm going to shoot my other pictures that I can use for my article and look at some of my old pictures to see if I can find anything that shows the message of my article.

Photo Design Ideas

I've started writing the opinion piece I decided to include in my magazine. Since I go to a Florida public school, all of my English classes have only taught me how to write essays for standardized tests so I researched how to write an opinion piece. I found a small document and an article outlining the steps to writing an opinion piece. I also got really good information regarding photography in an article that talked about how to use photography for social commentaries.

For my images, I've planned out and sketched some of my ideas for when I shoot this weekend. I really like the simplistic design that is seen in the Justified magazine and I would like to incorporate it in my images. I feel that using clean lines will help tie the story and images into the overall theme of my magazine. In addition to the images I'm planning on shooting, I am going to look for old images I have that represent the idea of showing real emotion and showing the true story through photography.

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Schedule

I did some research on social commentaries and while there are many things I am passionate about, I have to keep in mind that this is a Photography magazine so I need an art/photography themed subject. I'm planning on taking the pictures soon once I get a clearer picture of what I want. I had a schedule that I made a while ago, but I've done a lot of the things ahead of time and since I'm making changes to my idea the old schedule is void now.

While I'd like to finish everything before the end of this week, I'm going to give myself some time to do some final touches the last week before I record my Creative Critical Reflection.