Creative Digital Media @ stj
Component 2
Component 2 is all about developing your skills. We will develop our designing and editing skills using Photoshop and experiment with different outcomes. We will also use cameras to take photographs for editing and add to your designs. The final work for assessment will be produced in a 10 hour window, this will happen in normal lessons.
Learning Aim A - Develop media production skills and techniques.
Learning Aim B - Apply media production skills and techniques.
Learning Aim C - Review own progress and development of skills and practices.
Magazine Front Cover analysis
Comparing Two Music Magazines (Pop vs Classical)
This task can be completed on the PPT you started last lesson OR on a new Word document. Make sure you save your file at the end of the lesson.
You will compare two different music magazines. One is aimed at a pop music audience and one is aimed at a classical music audience.
Answer the questions below to explain how they are different and how they target different audiences.
Section 1: First Impressions
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What is the name of each magazine?
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What type of music does each magazine focus on?
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What is the first thing you notice about each cover?
Section 2: Target Audience
4. Who do you think each magazine is aimed at (age, interests, lifestyle)?
5. How can you tell who the target audience is?
6. Which magazine feels more modern? Explain your answer.
Section 3: Visual Style (Images and Colours)
7. Describe the main image on each cover (who or what is shown).
8. What colours are used in each magazine?
9. How do the colours link to the type of music?
10. Which magazine looks more formal or informal? Explain why.
Section 4: Text and Language
11. What types of words are used on each cover (for example: bold, formal, exciting)?
12. Are the fonts (writing styles) similar or different? Explain how.
13. Which magazine uses more exciting or dramatic language?
14. Which magazine uses more formal or serious language?
Section 5: Content and Representation
15. What kind of articles or stories might be inside each magazine?
16. How are the artists represented (for example: glamorous, serious, professional)?
17. What lifestyle or values does each magazine suggest?
Section 6: Direct Comparison
18. List three key differences between the two magazines.
19. Which magazine would appeal more to teenagers? Explain why.
20. Which magazine would appeal more to an older audience? Explain why.
Pop Magazine
Classica Magazine
Magazine Layout (LA B - Apply Skills)
How to create a new file, adding the rulers and creating a custom shape.
How to add titles and a body of text.
How to save your PSD file in your L2 Media folder.
How to add and edit found or "Secondary" images from the internet.
Setting up your files
We need to set up our front cover and double-page spread. This will be your final piece for this component.
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Download the files
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Save them in your Component 2 folder
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Open the front page
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Add your Masthead and your coverlines. (Use the videos below to help you)
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Choose an image based on your theme
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Choose the fonts you will use
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Experiment with the layout
TASK - The Basics of Photoshop (LA A - Developing Skills)
Your task is to understand the basics of photoshop.
Open a new explorer window and find your documents.
Create a new folder called "Media C2" This is where you will save all of your work, especially PDS - Photoshop files.
CLICK HERE to take you to a shared folder. Download the two files and save them in your new Media C2 folder.
Go to the windows icon bottom left and look for Adobe Photoshop, click on the 64GB one and the application will open.
Click on the link below to view the Demo on how to complete the "Man in top hat" task.
Photoshop Workshop - Editing Photographs (LA A - Developing Skills)
This task is all about how to use photoshop to edit existing photographs.
You will use the following tools and skills:
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Importing other images.
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Changing the nature of individual layers (multiply and overlay)
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Adjusting the Hue and Saturation (Image/adjustments/Hue and Saturation)
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Adding Layer Masks (using the brush tool with black or white to remove or add)
Click on the button below to view and download the files view the two demo videos.
Once you have completed your edited image you need to produce a step-by-step guide to show how you have Make sure you write about the skills you have learnt whilst editing the image. Include screen shots of the image as it progresses, including screen shots of your layers box.
Photoshop Template - Harry Potter (LA A - Developing Skills)
CLICK HERE to download a template that you can experiment with. I would like you to add your own Harry Potter images and textures to make it your own image.
The aim of this task is to further develop your skills from the previous task.
Use the link above to help you understand what you need to add to your image to develop it into a magazine front cover.
The layout and elements of a magazine front cover are called "Conventions"
You will create a magazine front cover based on Harry Potter
Magazine Layout (LA A - Developing Skills)
This task is about developing your page layout skills.
Your task is to create your own double page layout based on a fruit of your choice.
You will experiment with:
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Fonts
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Blocks of text (Laurem Ipsum)
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Colour
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Page Layout (composition - the video will help you)
CLICK HERE to download the files you will need. There is a demo video you can watch too.