3rd Quarter submission

In my first draft, a thick white border was unintentionally added to all four paged of the magazine because put all my content within the dotted line on Publisher. To fix this I expanded everything to the edge of the canvas. The pictures in my table of contents are now slightly spread apart and the quote in my article is now bigger and easier to see. Lastly, I also added page numbers to all of the pages.

Creative Critical Reflection Draft #4

What I used to create my magazine was a Cannon camera, a computer with Microsoft Publisher, and an iPhone 8. In scheduling photo shoots many of the people that I chose to take pictures with had tight schedules and the only one that matched my schedule was able to take part in my shoot during the later parts of the day when it gets dark. In order to take pictures that are visible to see, flash had to be used on the camera I used. When it came time to actually create my magazine I chose Microsoft Publisher. During the makings of the magazine, I cropped, resized and dragged to position pictures. I also had a variety of fonts to choose from and used text boxes to enter my text to move them around. In making my logo for the magazine I was able to adjust the transparency of the colors of the letters on Publisher. The iPhone 8 was used to take smaller pictures for the table of contents. When taking photos I set the camera on portrait mode to blur out the background of the main subject I was capturing. The iphone was also set on HDR.

Creative Critical Reflection Draft #3

Going into this project I had the choice of creating a film or a magazine. My immediate decision was the magazine because I had more experience creating print media since I was recently taking a tech class where I was taught how to fully use Microsoft programs such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Choosing to do a magazine I was given the option to use either Adobe InDesign or Microsoft Publisher. I chose Publisher because I was more familiar with Microsoft programs. Since I was good with Microsoft Word, Publisher was very familiar because a lot of Microsoft programs work the same. Creating my magazine was not really difficult, but coming with ideas of where to position pictures and text was difficult. However, when getting into how magazines are produced, it was very new to me. I now know the steps to how a magazine traditionally and digitally gets to the consumers. I also learned the conventions of magazines throughout the project by researching different magazines. I was able to gain knowledge of where to place pictures, what type of colors to put on pages and where to position text. Knowing what I do now, I now know what it takes to produce a magazine when I see one.

Creative Critical Reflection Draft #2

My product engages with audiences by using social media and a website.

Social Media

Many companies such as GQ, Vanity Fair, and Vogue have many social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat. Social media is able to interact with their audience by posting pictures, reading the comments getting feedback, and replying back. Social media such as Twitter, can also update their audience by posting what new things are happening to them, keeping their audience informed. The way I will use social media is basically the same way by posting pictures and Tweets to the people who visit my social media platforms. Engaging my audiences by using social media will make them stay interested in magazines I create. Getting a better following on social media will also attract more people to buy my magazine.

Website
Like social media, many magazine companies have websites as well. Using a website will allow people to read my magazine articles on their electronic devices, which is in most peoples pocket. Creating a website will also allow me to sell products such as clothing and produce videos like how GQ and many other magazine companies do too.

Distribution
My magazine will be distributed both traditionally and digitally. Traditionally, a publisher is the first thing that is needed to create my magazine. Since my magazine is based off of Sarasota, Florida, I will be using the Serbin Print Market and Publishing Company. This is where the magazine will be edited by editors and printed out. Deciding which publisher to work with depends on what type of magazine it is: fashion, sports, technology, etc. In my case it is fashion. All magazine also have a producer where they create all major aspects of the magazine. My producer will then send my finished product to retail stores. The retail stores will market the magazine to consumers to purchase.
Digitally, a digital publisher will be needed. I can also create an app for my magazine so people can have my magazine digitally on their phones or tablets. My magazine can also be distributed by getting an online subscription to get my magazine sent to them on their computers or phones and tablets as well.

Creative Critical reflection Draft #1

During the beginning of this project I first began by researching magazines in my genre in which I chose Fashion. My research was composed of popular magazine companies such as GQ, V magazine, Porter, and Essence. What I did with these magazines was compare and contrast their covers, advertisements and table of contents to find conventions of fashion magazines. I found out that most of the magazines I researched had their title at the top of their cover either centered or to the left or right. Most magazines had their title at the top left corner of their cover. All the table of contents listed articles and feature articles with page numbers. Most articles had a dominate photo that cover most of the page as well as block quotes.

I both challenged and stuck with conventions in creating my magazine. In my magazine I challenged the way how most table of contents are made. Most magazines list all their articles with page numbers and a couple of images. I thought that this convention was too simple so I made my page numbers huge and offer a picture for each article shown on the table of contents.

My cover and my two page article however, stuck with conventions. My cover was inspired a lot by GQ magazine where they listed their article blips on the sides of the magazine and positioned there title in the top left corner like a lot of other magazines do as well.

Social groups that maybe attracted to my magazine are people who like keeping up with new trends of clothing. The target audience of my magazine are people of the age of about 20 to 50 years old.

Digital Distribution #3

GQ Magazine 

Like Vanity Fair, GQ also uses Conde Nast publisher to distribute their magazines - has do most high fashion magazines such as Vogue and Allure. Again, Conde Nast is a premier media company renowned for producing the highest quality content which attracts more than 120 million across leading print, digital, and video companies. GQ also has online editions for consumers that rather read their content on a computer, phone, or tablet. To access their online edition the GQ app must be installed on the users device. GQ also recently launched an online shop where consumers are able to buy clothes, goods, and gear which were all chosen by their editors. Like many magazines GQ offers a website. On their website users can read many articles, learn about grooming, health and traveling.

Digital Distribution #2

Vanity Fair

The Vanity Fair magazine distributes their magazines both on paper and digitally online. The digital editions are offered on the iPad, Nook, and Kindle Fire available on their Vanity Fair app. Vanity Fair works with the company called Conde Nast which is a premier media company renowned for producing the highest quality content for the worlds most influential audiences. Conde Nast publishes and maintains brands for Vanity Fair.

Vanity Fair's website also digitally distributes their content. In their website they offer many articles and featured articles as well. They also have video clips and advertisements, especially ones promoting the Oscars since Vanity Fair hosts Oscar parties.

Traditional Distribution #1

Traditional distribution is a chain of businesses where they will pass goods and services to consumers. There are usually three levels in a traditional distribution model: the producer, the wholesaler, and the retailer. A publisher is the first thing that is needed to create the magazine. This is where the magazine will be edited by editors. Deciding which publisher to work with depends on what type of magazine it is: fashion, sports, technology, etc. All magazine also have a producer where they create all major aspects of the magazine. The producer will then send the finished product to retail stores. The retail stores will market the magazine to target the audience they want.