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CCR Question #4 4. How did you incorporate technology in the process? I started working on my magazine by making layouts for my pages and cover and when I did this I used a lot of different software. I started by using Adobe Publisher and writing my drafts on Microsoft word, I later shifted entirely over to Adobe InDesign. The reason for this switch was that Publisher didn't have all the settings I wanted and InDesign ended up being easier to navigate and produce a better outcome. I took my photos using my iPhone camera at its highest settings and it worked well for what I needed. And when I finally got them online to edit I used mainly Photoshop. I used Photoshop to reshape photos, add borders, fix colors, add text, and put together my whole cover. I was able to easily navigate Photoshop due to my past experience with it, I took a whole class on how to work and edit on Photoshop. I used my past knowledge and gathered new knowledge to edit my photos the way I wanted. I was a

CCR Question #3 3.  How did your production skills develop throughout the process? At first it was sort of difficult and overwhelming. But as I started to plan things out the project seemed more organized and I was able to develop things the way I wanted. When starting the production of this project I had to figure out exactly what I was trying to produce. I settled on a topic which I was knowledgeable in, which was outdoor hobbies/activities. I knew that going outdoors and trying something knew was fun and beneficial, and I wanted to demonstrate that in my project. So knowing what my goal was I went to a location that revolved around outdoors. Benderson Park was the location I really wanted to get some shots at for the magazine. But there were some complications with the model being able to meet up at the desired location. For a few of my photos I had the model use some of the outdoor equipment down the street near my house. It had good scenery, but it didn't have the sam

CCR Question #2 2. How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text? My magazine audience is similar to many of the other magazines I've examined. My magazines audience would be a range of ages with it mainly being from 10-50+ as the magazine has a focus on health and has to be of basic knowledge to understand. With this, the gender could be either depending on what they have an interest in. In my magazine some of the outdoors activities covered are longboarding, rollerskating, and rollerblading so mainly inclusive activities. The target audience would be those interested in the topic, which is outdoors and outdoors activities/hobbies. Some of the magazines I drew inspiration from with similar audience would be Racquet, Outdoors, and Huck. Racquet was one of the main ones I leaned toward. Their magazine is new and polished and as an updated magazine it brings in a new audience. It offers creativity and clever ideas to show it

CCR Question #1 Draft 1. How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues? In my project I used a few conventions to help convey my topic and message. My genre was outdoors activities/hobbies so I wanted to give clearly show that with my camera shots, fonts, and colors. My cover was a wide-shot of a figure in black standing in the foreground with a bridge and blue sky in the background. I used this shot for the cover because the figure pops with black on the soft background making it stand out and your eye goes to the figure right away. Also, the model is wearing skates representing my outdoors activities. But most importantly, the model is looking forward to somewhere far away, and the bridge projecting forward represents the journey and the longing to go out there and move forward into the unknown. I wanted this to show that the possibilities are endless with the outdoors, there are adventures waiting and a whole world worth

COVER I revised many things to make the cover more cohesive and like a real magazine cover. Before it felt like there was no text and it was too bare compared to many other magazines similar to it. I took ideas from other magazines and added more articles to fill the front page, they all follow around the silhouette of the figure in the middle bringing attention to that spot as the text flows around it. The different colors added to text stay in the aesthetic of the page, they are mainly blue, black and white so that they match the background. The text and fonts are easy to read and add to the looks of the cover. Some bold words are eye catching and I specially picked words I thought would be the main topics and that would be interesting. The appearance of  the cover is much better than my original because I gathered more information from that point to make it more realistically like a magazine. TABLE OF CONTENTS The table of contents was a struggle, revising took a long ti