Monday, 3 February 2014

Evaluation: Question 7

Evaluation: Question 6


As well as the technologies mentioned in the video above, I also learnt about my camera within the process of constructing my product. I chose to use my Nikon D3100 with 35mm Nikor f/1.8 lens, as I thought that this would work best for the portraits I intended to capture. I did, however, have issues here, as, due to the dark sunset setting of my cover shoot, it was difficult to find a slow enough shutter speed without reducing the quality of the photograph.

Evaluation: Question 5

Sunday, 2 February 2014

Evaluation: Question 4

Evaluation: Question 2

Representation is very important in my chosen sub-genre, as I believe my target audience would not like to be presented as stereotypical for their age group. This is most likely due to how negatively teenagers are sometimes portrayed by the media.

Although I think the photography contributed the most to the representation within my magazine, the mode of address was also important. I chose to use quite informal language - which would appeal to a teen audience - but also use some more advanced phrasing choices, showing my audience to be more mature.

Photography representation:

Evaluation: Question 1