Hi Blogger! Now that I am done filming and before I start editing, I want to focus on the print component. My biggest issue within my AICE Media AS portfolio project was that I did not balance all of the aspects within the project in an organized manner. Therefore, I want to ensure that I am giving an equal amount of time to each element within this project. I headed straight to Canva to continue to look for a layout that I like just as a started last week. Although I did not find one that I liked last week, this time I searched, I wanted to ensure that I found a design that I love.
I wanted the style of the magazine to feel as an interview and that somebody was interested in getting to know more about my documentary and what it entails. Furthermore, I referred back to my past blog post where I researched about the print component and magazine conventions.
-Title
-Subtitles
-Bold images
-An overview of the director
-Questions prepared about the project itself
-Magazine brand
-Page numbers
-Bold graphics
-Engaging overall image
After searching through camera and letting my extreme perfectionism get to me, I had finally found a magazine layout that satisfied me. I begun by making creating name of the magazine brand and the title of the article.
After I came up with the overall idea of the magazine article, I begun to brainstorm an order for how I wanted to organize this aricle.
1. Brief introduction to intentions and what this magazine article will be about
2. Overview of the series itself
3. An intro to the director
4. Interviewer asking the question "What inspired you to want to implement this documentary?"
5. Interviewer asking the question "What makes this documentary different from others that you see within the media?"
6. Interviewer asking the question "Who is this series targeted towards
7. Interviewer asking the question "Why should viewers watch this show?"
8. Brief promotion of the show itself and where you can access it
After I came up with how I wanted to structure this article, I began to place subtitles within the Canva design.
In order to get the full idea, I began to search through my camera roll for pictures that I have taken throughout this process to include within the images in order to match the conventions that a magazine entails.
Poster of the documentary for marketing purposes
A shot of the documentary to give a Behind-The-Scenes look
After looking through my photos, those two were the only ones that resembled what I would be discussing. Therefore, once I have the footage from filming day, I believe I will have a lot more to include within my magazine article.
Now that I have the layout and the order of how I want to organize the article, I have a well-thought out idea of how I want my print component to look. Within this project, I have to say this component has definitely been my favorite so far since I have learned much more about how a magazine should look as well as getting to work with Canva which is something that I am extremely passionate about. Even though I cannot finish this component since my documentary is not fully developed yet, I am pleased with my progress so far. Until next time!