Final Magazine!

I proudly present BITEZ magazines July issue. Hope you enjoy!!!!

xoxo, Paige 

CCR😝

Here is my CCR, I hope you enjoy!!

xoxo, Paige 

The Final Hurrah!!

     Let me start off by saying, wow. No part of me ever though creating a magazine would be so difficult and have so many bits and pieces that can make or break your design. At first, blogging was my main issue. I didn't really know what I should talk about, but as time went on, that issue fixed itself. For me, pictures was the hardest concept to complete. I don't have an expensive camera that would take amazing pictures, I had a simple phone. I learned how to edit and lighten images in order to get the best at my limits. I couldn't be more proud of the work i've accomplished over the last couple of weeks, it really paid off at the end. Not procrastinating was the best idea a girl could ever have. I feel like I split up my time perfectly and I was able to complete my project with enough time (four days) left over, so that I could have my friends and family look over the final product. At first, my partner viewed it. After I had my parents and siblings check for spelling errors, because I tend to make a ton of those. Later on, I had printed it out and showed it to my neighbor and friends, to ask if they would buy this magazine. Their reaction were amazing, and left me more confident than ever, to submit a project. I just wanted to thank you guys, one last time, for following me along my journey throughout the entirely of this project. BIG THINGS COMING SOON!!!! July issue of "BITEZ" magazine, will be released within the next three days and you won't want to miss it. 

xoxo, Paige 

Closer and Closer 

     Today, I am sitting around waiting for my popsicles to freeze, so that I can capture it's imagine and continue on putting together my two page spread. As I was making my popsicles and looking at the other elements of not only my magazine, but my partners as well, I noticed the target audience is younger adults (female of the middle or upper class). This is because my other pages and storylines have to do with ideas for children or women's families. Because of this, I decided to not use vodka as my twist in my popsicles. The extreme airheads will be a twist, and I will also offer the side note directions, if someone is of age. This provides me with a wider range for my target audience and a more persistent target audience throughout the entire magazine. Below I posted a screenshot of how my partner and I plan to create the title section for our two page spread. The information written on it has to do with her idea not mine, this is simply just the layout, which we have to correlate because it's an always induced section. Also, my partner and I decided that we are creating a baking magazine rather than a food magazine. At first we didn't know the difference but now we can clearly state that ours is baking.

     We will have a different color text and a different color box on the title, relating to the theme of whatever D.I.Y you have for that months issue. For example, Alysha has spring colors and i'll use summer, upbeat colors. At first I was hesitant to use the layout which we decided on. It will have the instructions, step by step, on one page and a full imagine of the outcome on the second. I didn't know if this would break up the flow of my two page spread, but after researching different designs, I noticed that it will help to make the pages seem more appealing. Because, there will be a small imagine attached to each step, if my second page was a continued version of the steps, it would become to overwhelming. Here is an example of a magazine that has a two page spread, where the story is on one page, and a full imagine relating to the story is on another. 

Lighting and more

     Hi guys! As I told you in my previous blog, I took pictures for my table of contents and cover page. I was excitedly over joyed with the outcome; although it didn't come so easily. I had to take more pictures than I could count and my phone blew up. Not literally! Here are two examples the can show you the difference between the lighting inside vs the lightning outside. 

Outside (natural lightning)

Inside lightning (dull)

     Now that my cover page and table of contents are very close to being completely done, I need to turn my focus towards my two page spread. My partner and I designed a layout, where we will have a boxy top, at the corner stating that it's the "always included" section and a colorful color to write the text of what we will be providing the readers with in that specific issue. We grabbed attention towards the two page spreads, that offer a story on one side and a full image on the other. This will really aid in the description of creating a food magazine, because seeing a full image of the final product, provides the readers with a better understanding of what it should look like. Also, in this case I get to go back to my original plan of capturing a popsicle over a pool, to present summer once again. Even though it won't be on my cover, I get to incorporate all my ideas throughout the entire magazine. I have decided that I will be making popsicles out of sprite, extreme airheads, jolly rancher, and the twist (vodka). This is creating a target audience of 21- 45, because of the twist. Today I'm going to go buy all my supplies needed, including the popsicle creators; but, my parent will be buying the alcohol because I understand my restrictions. After I start this process, I'll update you guys with my latest info.

xoxo, Paige 

Half way there!😜
  
     This past week has been very successful; although I still have so much left to do. My partner and I finally decided that we will be using "BITEZ" as our title, placed in the font called "impact." Having this bold font will help grab viewers/ readers attention, increasing sales. Changing just the color of the "Z", allows readers to pronounce "BITE" before they see the "Z" trademark. Also, on my cover, I reshot my photo. I realized that, although my other picture represented summer, I could do better. I thought about how I could represent the month of July, and of course, 4th of July came to me. It apples to all religions and offers a larger range of readers. Being able to incorporate the summer ~vibe~ with the July issue, I  made it a red ice cream, having an American flag coming out the top. I'd love to share the picture, but I want to surprise all of you when you see the final product. In addition, we added a cover line saying "Take a bite into the world of epic food." This will help us create an even larger trade make and explain the titles name, in case the pronunciation is off. 
     
     TABLE OF CONTENTS, check! Finally, I took pictures for my table of contents, and I love the way it turned out. For BITEZ magazine, the theme of our table of contents is clean and orderly. Each issue will have "table of contents" written on a kitchen utensil. In my issue I used a knife. Lemons are lined up along the side, to help further represent the summer theme. I added a background color to title each section of my table of contents, so that it pops out in comparison to the page numbers and articles title. I picked yellow as this color, to communicate the feeling of sun. Also it matched evenly with the color presented in my lemons. Using natural lighting helped to emphasize the fact that it is outside and active, rather then a duller atmosphere. Placing the title in a cursive font, gives off the clean cut idea that BITEZ has rot offer. It helps represent that cooking and baking stories within my magazine aren't insanely messy or hard to follow. Below is some moments captured during the long past week that my partner and I worked. We have taken over 1,000 photos and I was capable of using ALL my storage. 

This is my partner attempting to create her table of contents 

picture. This was't the final product, we re did it because they always 

say " practice makes perfect."

This is me taking my picture for my cover.
We used a white sheet to have a plain background
and added a direct light to emphasize the focus.

                                                             XOXO, Paige💘

Planning for the future 

     Not only does my magazine need to be complete within the next two weeks, but I also have to produce a Creative Critical Reflection (CCR). It seems like just yesterday I was beginning this journey and starting to create my magazine. Fast forward a couple weeks, and the deadline is almost here. I feel confident that my final project will be presented with nothing but perfection. I won't accept anything else from myself. In order to remain ideal, I need to focus on the whole picture. It's not only a cover and two page spread I have to worry about. There is also a table of contents and CCR that needs to be presented just as fairly. Because I began to realize that I could start to fall behind, I caught myself and started the process of researching different methods to design my CCR. Below I have embedded a video on how to upload to youtube. 

     

     I tend to not be the best with technology; but hey, what am saying, everyone in my generation is involved in technology. I guess I can do the basics: I can tweet, I can Instagram, I can snapchat, I can set up an iPhone; although, I have no idea how to make a voice over slideshow or create a screencast. Because of my limits with what I know, I watched many examples of previous aice exam CCR's, so that I got an idea of where most students tend to create their reflection. Out of all my option, I am almost 100% positively sure, that I will create a podcast. A podcast is defined as, "a digital audio file made available on the internet for downloading to a computer or portable media player, typically available as a series, new installments of which can be received by subscribers automatically." I plan to record myself strictly on the voice memo application that is on iPhones, then i'll transfer it over to youtube so that I can share a link on my blog in the future. Using voice memo, is most likely my smartest bet, because I have used it for aice media projects in the past. Also, I think it will be cool to answer questions about my magazine through voice, rather than you guys just reading about it. It's time to put a voice to the story. 

Here is a very helpful youtube video, that showed me, and taught me how to upload a video for future references within this project. After viewing this video, it guided me  in the decision choice, that I would be using youtube as my internet software application to present my Creative Critical Reflection. 

xoxo, Paige