180 degree rule and match on action

180 Degree rule
The 180 degree rule is astablished by a Master shot. From this shot you must astablish who is on which side of the shot.The line of interaction is simply the line in which they are making conversation. The camera must stay on the same side of the line of interaction as the master shot was taken, the camera can only cross the line of interaction if the shot shows the movement across the line.

Match on action
Mach on action is fluent editing from one angle/distance to another and possiably back.

Evaluation

Working with existing forms and conventions...(reworking the familiar)
How is your text similar to other magazines? How have you attempted to be original? Was this successful?

I have complied with the conventional magazine layout although I have attempted to be original by looking at other magazines and use similar idea's but to improve on them, such as rather than placing the barcode landscape on the bottom of the page, I have placed it on its side but I have not move it as it is the best place for it, as I think it is least noticed in this place. Without downloading different fonts, font types are limited because there are only so many font types preset onto the software, as I couldn't download any fonts I had to make to with the fonts already on the software. I though I successfully made my magazine cover look original.


Using technology...(creative tools)
How did the technology constrain/liberate you?
What difficulties did you face with the technology and how did you solve them?

Using a new piece of software was daunting, I found the software easy to use and I got a jist of how professionals edit pictures and magazines. I soon found that there were so many different things that I could do using the software but my skills were limited, where as the software was advanced on every level. As I did not know the In's and outs of the software I was constricted by my own abilities and knowledge of the software.

There were various difficulties we faced during our project. Our first draw back was encountered during the use of photoshop. We were attempting to use the stamp tool to remover the trees from behind the model, we had accidentally gone over the bottom of the cloud and it had made the cloud look a bit square and rough. We had to find away to make the cloud look more natural again, so we use the brush tool to make it look more fluffier, we had to lower the opacity as we dabbed the brush away from the middle of the cloud. We also encountered other difficulties such as when we were using quark EXpress we decided to place a circle in the top left hand corner but we wanted to keep a white boarder all the way round the magazine cover, to get rid of the unwanted half of the circle we used 2 text box's to layer over the top of the coloured circle.

Thinking about audience...(making meaning)Were you able to communicate to your audience effectively?

I though that I communicated to my audience effectively by connoting youth and freedom to the reader. I also used student preferences and general interests to incorporate it into my magazine cover, this is to try and communicate to the potential buyer of the magazine. The low price is to attract customers that are on a budget, as rival magazines such as music magazines are a slightly higher price. I think I have communicated to my audience effectively.

production schedule

2nd October - Take photo's of the model and start to use photoshop to edit our chosen picture.
3rd October - Finish any editing we started.
9th October - Start to input our picture and text into Quark EXpress, and finish.
10th October - Make our contents page.

We think we may find it difficult to think of some coverline that will grab the students attention, so we are going to observe other student magazines.