final contents page

This is my final contents page. I believe the background is a bit busy, I believe there is too much going on and it can distract the reader from the page, so I believe in my next design I will use a solid colour  colours for this page and this will make the page easier to read and much more structured. I believe I need more pictures on the contents page and I have too much wasted space. In my next task I will add more pictures and this will make the contents page more eye catching. I believe that this page is an okay attempt as it is my first time using adobe photoshop.

Final front cover

This is my final cover design, I have decided to add a bar code and issue information in the footer and this is to use more of the wasted space, sticking to the rule of thirds technique we learnt in class.
I believe my editing skills need to improve a bit as i have not edited the picture of jack very well, around the edges you can see clearly where i have cropped the photo and erased parts, this will improve via me editing other pictures in my own time and this will help me improve my editing skills. also I believe i need to add more pictures into the next design as int his one it looks a little bit bland, plain and basic. I can do this by experimenting with different colours and styles of picture shots such as low angle, wide shots, extreme closeups, etc, in different lighting, to see what colours compliment certain types of shots. All in all though in believe it is a good first attempt of using photoshop.

adding the page number

I have added a page number  the and also changed to the page numbers so I could use more wasted space and thus have used more of the rule of thirds in my work, I used the Tarjar Pro font for the page number and put it in red and thus kept with house style I have used.

Contents new header and text designs using the effects available

I have added the effects that are on the cover sticking to the house style I chose, I added effects to the layer that the text for the writing was on and I created the effects seen on the title header and thus made it easy to read.

 Also I have added text using the text tool and have added an effect to it called a shadow effect to help it stand out and also make it easier to read and understand 

Contents page hedder

I have added a title that is in the same font and style as the front cover, this is sticking to the house style of the text being in black and red, also i will be i will be editing it to be in exactly the same style as the front cover, this will add to the house style feeling. I used the text tool to produce the text and it was also in Tarjar Pro.

contents page blur with cloning material

This is the new contents page, I used the blur tool to blur the image and then used the clone stamp to fill in the gaps of the wall behind the picture and i believe that this is brilliant as it still shows the amazing artistic talents of the school and is also has a slight blur to be able to hold text.

 

Trainspotting

Trainspotting analysis.
The scene starts with a slight quiet soundbridge from the family sitting round the table and Renton lying on the floor, at the moment of the scene transition there is also a voice over of Renton, this continues till Renton begins to sit up, and the soundbridge continues till he begins to speak digetically, then slowly fades out, these two nondigetic sounds add nothing to the scene, but adds to a better transition from scene to scene. Through out the conversation with "Mother Superiour" there is no digetic or nondigetic sound, up till the line, "theres a long night that lies ahead" straight after the line had been said we hear a baby using typical baby noises for trying to speak, again I don't believe that this specifically adds to the scene, but it dose make the scene more of a stereotypical drug addicts den, as in every other film, nine times out of ten when the characters go into an addicts den, there is a baby crying or speaking. Back to the scene, after around three seconds of baby noises, a voice over comes on of Renton speaking his mind, in which he explains that they call a man there Mother Superiour on account of his lengthy habit, and admits he will have another shot of the drugs he is on. This add to the comedic of the scene as it contrasts two things, one that they call a man, Mother Superiour. And two, Renton tells Mother Superiour that he won't have another shot or hit, but he admits in the voice over that he will. This shows a comedic effect via contrediction.

There is no soundbridge into the next section. The opening titles. This only had one piece of main sound and that is a speeding train, this ties in with the title of the film which is trainspotting, and really that is the only thing the sound ties in with. Moving into the last few seconds of the title part we hear classical music, and this begins yet another soundbridge into the next scene, the best part about the classical music is that it is nondigetic contrapuntal sound, this means that the sound does not match the scene, his music continues through out the next scene and goes till the end of the scene with a voice over of Renton that sounds like a shopping list, this add to the comedic effect ofbthe scene.
Also some diegetic sounds are in the scene, such as hammering, putting things down and doors slamming. 

front cover Text and house style

The text I have added is short and eye catching and coloured using the house colours of red and black, and are clear and easy to read. I used the text tool again and the Tarjar Pro font again, this shows I am keeping to the house style that I have chosen.

Adding an eye catching title

I have decided to make the title eye catching.

For this, I used the text tool with a size of 36 pt and the font Trajan Pro as it was perfect for this cover as it was large, bold, easy to read and showed structure. This is what I want for my magazine, structure, so teachers will approve. Also I wanted it to be fun and exciting, so I decided to make the title with a crack patten and dark shadows, this makes it cool and smart at the same time. 

edited background and cropping

I have edited the picture I had chosen for the front cover and I think it still looks a little off the mark.
I think it looks good but it does look like it needs more editing:

This is the original 

This is the new edited one, using the crop tool, I edited the size of the picture to make it a medium close up shot. also I used the rule of thirds, a skill we learnt in class to take a better photo, to make the cover the best as it can be in regard to the image.

Also I used the eraser tool with the paint bucket tool to edit the covers background out so there will be a larger amount of space for text which I will put in.

Mr Natton hmwk 1

1.
Two shot
Natural lighting
Steady cam

2.
Close up
Low key from left
Eye level shot

3.
Low angle shot
Close up
Natural light

4.
High angle shot
Two shot
Low key natural lighting

5.
Medium wide shot
Two shot
Low key

6.
Back light high angle
Wide shot
Adds tension to the scene

7.
Close up
Low key
Adds a lot of tension as it shows from the picture he probably does not want to be seen

8.
Selective focus
The director wants your attention on that specific thing

9.
Selective focus 
The director wants your attention on that specific thing 

cover and contents pictures and why I chose them

This picture would be good as a contents page as it shows the schools artistic talent whilst also giving a plain enough background to hold writing that can be seen easily by anyone and this is why I chose this picture as it is coloufull enough to be eye catching but not enough to be too overwhelming.

This picture would be good enough for a front page as, with a bit of cropping, for example cropping the picture to be a medium close up, taking out the background and adding writing, it shows that our school is smart and structured at the same time