Thursday, January 23, 2014

Magazine Cover Preview

Selling Line
Cover Lines
Bar Code 
Main Cover line 
Cover Line 
Model Credit
Main Image 
Date line 
Masthead


Masthead The name of the magazine displayed in a specific typeface. This is the visual branding of the title and is often done in a specially designed typeface to be very recognisable and unique. The masthead is usually used on the contents page inside as well as the front cover, and as a logo for advertising and branding purposes
DatelineMonth and year of publication, often with the price. Note that a monthly magazine usually hits the news-stands the month before the cover date
Main imageIn the case of this front cover there is a single image of the model Shania. The image is used in a classic way, the face is big enough to stand out on the news-stand, with the model making full eye-contact
Model creditThis says: 'Shania: So hot.' It is unusual for such a credit to appear on a magazine front cover, but is done on fashion magazines. The photographer and model credit is usually on the contents page
CoverlinesCosmopolitan magazine uses a lot of cover lines, which are distributed around the main image without detracting from it too much. A mistake often made with cover lines is that they run over an image that has a lot of colour changes, rendering the words invisible. This is a problem here with the red text on the hair on the left and the smaller yellow text against Shania's skin
Main cover lineThis is very large - taking up almost a quarter of the magazine cover - and comes in three layers, each with a different colour. It promotes the use of naked male centrefolds, a feature of Cosmopolitan in the UK since its first issue. Note the main cover line is positioned against the model's shoulder so it shows up clearly
Left thirdThe left third of the magazine cover is vital for sales in shops where the magazine is not shown full-frontage. The title must be easily recognisable in a display of dozens of competitors. The start of the masthead is important here, as are short cover lines that are easy to read
Bar codeStandard bar code used by retailers
Selling lineShort, sharp description of the title's main marketing point (for Cosmopolitan: 'The world's No 1 magazine for young women') or perhaps setting out its editorial philosophy


Thursday, January 16, 2014

Fixed Portrait Shoot Submission

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What was the best ISO setting to use for your portraits?
The best setting was 3200 iso
What was your next best photo?
I think the second best iso was the 1600 one, i think bright pictures look cool.
Were you able to create equivalent exposures to your best photo by changing the aperture and shutter speed?
we didn't really mess with either of those.
What did you learn from this activity that you will apply to your real portrait shoot?
I learned what ISO does and how it has a big effect on things

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Extra credit


1.The man that got killed was shoved onto the tracks of and underground subway. The photographer was able to take the photo by pulling his camera with a flash to alert to the subway driver something was wrong.

2.The man took the phototo catch the drivers attention. To show something was wrong.


3.I think he should've used the time for him to take that picture to actually help the guy.


4. I personally don't think so because if you think about it, it takes a while to stop that huge train therefore even if the driver suspected or knew something was wrong he probably couldn't stop it on time to not run over the man.

5.I agree because i would think that whoever did the sick joke or crime to shove a man to nearly get run over and lose his life should be notified what he did took someones life.
6. It's more important to save a life because you wil likely become a second victim that needs to be recsued or worse.

7. I personally feel they should stay out of it because it could possibly endanger their life. 

8. Yes, they should because what if that little even becomes a huge crime and you become partially convicted of that crime? 
It's best to keep to yourself unless they're putting and innocent life at risk.


9. The photographer couldn't have helped that much even though i stated earlier that instead of taking the picture he could've helped but in reality the photographer may have risked his life helping the guy that was shoved. So i feel that its sort of a lose for everyone becausethe guy pushed lost his life and the photographer probably lives with a guilty conscience thinking what else could i have to to help that poor man? 

Part Three final exam

This image represents use of Rule of Thirds. Whoever took this photo used rule of thirds by placing the main focus not in the middle but on one of the sides. They also isolated the background as well.

Composition rule used here is Leading Lines.
The Photographer captured a woman walking alone through an area that resembles a pathway that is long and actually going somewhere.

The rule used for this photograph is leading lines. There is a pathway for the dog to run and the pathway it fully extended therefore i believe this is leading lines.
Representing rule of thirds this picture has not much of a background and the main focus is shifted to one of the sides rather than the middle.