Contents Page

Contents page finished

Front Cover

This is my final front cover piece finished

I used the cropping tool on my image to get rid of space that wasn't being used and went against the rule of thirds

I used a Gaussian Blur to blur out the brick wall on a image on my contents page to allow the audience to focus on the model

I used guidelines on my contents page to line up the text as I used two separate layers for text, i also used it to line up the images so they're in line with each other and not untidy

I used the Polygonal Lasso Tool to straighten up the edges of the image of my model as some parts of my image had rough edges

I used the sharpen tool to sharpen the eye as that's the audience's main focus point when looking at a model so sharpening the image sharpens the colours making  it looked more focused.

I used the spot healing tool to remove part of the models ear as it was a distraction to the audience.

The before and after of the ear removal

I used the effects tool to give the text a white outer glow so it would stand out from the background

I used the shape tool to create a rectangle so I could make the background of the masthead different to the main background

I used the text tool so I could create the mast head and other text needed on the front cover and contents page

I used the paint bucket tool to but a background on my image so it wasn't transparent.

I used the quick selection tool to remove the background from my image, I found this useful as it allows you to select more than one colour unlike the magic wand tool and get straighter edges unlike the eraser. 

Below is the process from the original to the end

This is the image I'm going to be using for the front cover image as it is a medium close up and promotes sports within the school

To add my image onto my canvas I used the 'place' button so it adjusts it size to fit the canvas allowing me to editing it.

To get my magazine the correct size and to start work on my magazine I clicked new and adjusted the size and name to adjust it to a suitable format for my magazine

Train Spotting

 

The first thing we hear in the opening scene of Train Spotting is a non-diegetic style of sound which is a voice over from main character, and the voice over portrays his thoughts as the voice inside his head. They use the non-diegetic style to allow the audience to see into the character and recognise his thoughts and know more about what is happening in the scene than we would know if it was just him speaking as you can understand his thoughts and feelings.

When the title scene comes up a loud horn from a train is played to alert and make the audience jump so they pay attention to the title, and the title scene shows so they can read the title and think about the name and how it links in. The title scene doesn’t show a train but it uses black and white lines to create the illusion of a train travelling fast past the screen while the horns blares.

In the title scene towards the end after the title is shown classical music is then played while in the title scene is still showing, it then uses a sound bridge to naturally flow from one scene to another, the music used is non-diegetic as there isn’t actually a physical train shown so it isn’t a sound coming from within the scene. The classical music is also non-parallel to the title scene as it doesn’t have any connection to the title scene or the first scene introduced by the sound bridge, it offers quite an uncomfortable feeling for the viewers as it doesn’t suit the scene’s shown and is suppose to make the audience feel like the character is psychopathic or to empathises an emotion, e.g. if someone had died at Christmas and their family were crying, it would emphasis the sadness of the situation as Christmas is suppose to be a happy time where people are surrounded by family.

When the classical music uses a sound bridge to move from the title scene to the next scene where Renton is trying to go without heroin they use a non-diegetic voice over which makes the audience think he has some sort of mental health issue as it seems very formal and ordered. It is also non-parallel to the non-diegetic background music which also makes the audience consider if Renton may have any mental health issues or another problem.

Cinematography Quiz

• 1- two shot, natural lighting
• 2- key light, medium close up, low key lighting
• 3- low angle, natural lighting
• 4- high angle, high key lighting
• 5- medium long shot, high key lighting
• 7-medium long shot, high key lighting
• 8- medium close up, low key lighting
• 9- selective focus, high key lighting, medium long shot
• 10- over the shoulder shot