This is my final DPS and front cover for my product. My front cover was made in Photoshop and the DPS was made in Indesign. My magazine was based on 'Heat' magazine which I got some of the ideas from. I stuck to 3 main colours on the front page and 3 on the DPS so it didn't look too crowded and as the magazine was targetted towards females I used pink to brighten it up and make it relate to the Spring colours.

This is my DPS so far and i have added an image in and the text which I also inserted into columns. I used two shapes to create the yellow and red box. I got this idea from a page in the magazine which I based my idea on which was the favourite magaizne by the target audience.

So far using photoshop i have made the background colour blacker and used the burn tool to make it darker around the image. I have also added the title of the magazine using a font from the internet and saving it to my computer. I also editted the contrast so it would make the image brighter.

Writing practice

I think identity theft is shit. The amount of lasses that are victims of identity theft is ridiculous, in the last five years 27 million people have been a victim of identity theft and it will just get worse. If I was a victim of identity theft I wouldn’t know what to do and would feel crap. I would never want this to happen to me so I am careful when I go on the internet as there are some dicks that think it is alright.

In this paragraph I have used first person narrative with mild taboo, which gives the reader a personal and more emotional feeling when they are reading through as they know that it has happened to someone else.

Identity theft can affect people in many different ways. People believe that identity theft won’t happen to them, but it can. The amount of people that use the internet daily, it only takes one website for it all to go wrong.

In the paragraph above I have used the third person which makes it more formal and reliable. It is also very descriptive.

You fucking bastard. Who do you think you are stealing my daughter’s identity? I can’t believe someone would actually do this. This could happen to your cunt of a daughter if you don’t keep her ‘safe’.

I have used strong taboo in this paragraph as well as the second person which involves the reader. It would be inappropriate to show this to any audience because of this taboo and it also comes across very aggressive.

Magazine articles introduction styles

The introduction style is important in magazine articles as they capture the reader’s attention and makes them decide whether they want to carry on reading or not.

Shock horror introduction

Did you know that thousands of people are affected by identity theft each year, and each year they get worse and worse? Imagine waking up on a normal day, going to a restaurant, paying for your meal and getting told that you don’t have any money in your account. How would you and your children feel? This happens to many people every day, leaving them homeless with no shelter and no money to buy food.

Shock horror is a good introduction and it gets people aware of the article and will want to read more. This introduction is effective as it tells you something that has actually happened so they will want to know how they can prevent it by reading on.

Question Introduction

Have you ever been a victim of identity theft? Have you ever thought that one of them people who are affected by it could be you? People can be left homeless or will no money or food every year, would you want this to be you?

Question introductions are effective as they make the audience think about what you are asking them and they will pay attention to the rest of the article.  It also talks to specifically you which will make them want to read on to how they can prevent it.

Quote Introduction

“That day was the worst day of my life. I lost everything that was important to me.”

Quote introductions tell the reader that it is real and could actually happen to them if they don’t do something about it. It makes them want to read on and find out what happens and makes it more personal.

 

 

Shutter speed is used to allow moving images look still and is the effective length of time a camera's shutter is open. Slow shutter speed is used so part of the photography is blurry, adding the effect that it is moving. Fast shutter speed does the opposite of this and freezes the movement so it shows in the photograph. The top two photos show fast shutter speed where the shutter is open for 1/800th of a second and the bottom two photographs show slow shutter speed where the shutter is open for 1/500th of a second. The only possible problems with the top two photographs is the poor framing, as half of the bodies and hands are cut out. A solution to solve this is to take my time when taking the photograph and to review them as soon as you have taken them. The problems with the bottom two is that they are slightly out of focus and a way to solve this is to put your camera into automatic focus mode. My targets for the next time I take photographs would be to review my images as soon as I have taken them experiment with shutter speed more and get them more accurate.



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 For this product I used photoshop to try and make an image look scary. I did this by uploading a photo and then using the 'magnetic laso tool' I dragged her teeth to make them look like vampire teeth. After doing this I then made her face colour look cold and death like, I did this by using the 'sponge tool'. I then used the 'burn tool' and made her mouth red and eyes stand out more, making her look more scary.