Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Music exhibition trip

1. The exhibition in the guildhall was displaying bands and artists that have performed in Portsmouth through the 1950s to the 2000s. This includes the guildhall itself.

2. Music lovers and people that are interested in Portsmouth history should visit the museum as they will find the past of music fascinating.

3. My personal highlights was the posters and memorabillia of the old artists from the past decades. Also photos of the acts performing in the guildhall added to the history and prestige of the venue.

4. The main thing i learnt was that so many different acts from the indies to the most famous no matter what genre have all come to Portsmouth and performed here.

5. This tour will be a inspiration for my design mainly the colours and layout.

6. To begin this review i want to point out that i thoroughly enjoyed this exhibition of music in Portsmouth. This museum ticked a box straight in terms of being a good museum in that they straight away made us feel at home making us realise we can relax and take our time when looking around at all the memorabilia. One of the tour guides gave us a very interesting tour of the recording studios showing the group how they record and play there music. There was also a brief history lesson about the man who set up the museum it turns out he was once a unofficial performer for Queen while the tour guides was once roadies. The amount of pictures and items on show was overwhelming to say the least with so much on display that i dont think even after touring the museum 3 times i saw everything. We even got to see a video showing the performance of one of the tour guides with famous acts that performed in the Guildhall. My favourite part of this exhibition was finding out that some of my favourite acts had actually performed here at one point and definitely has attracted my attention in terms of watching a show at the Guildhall in the future. I also loved the detailed information on the different decades of music from the 1950s onwards. I felt that the layout of the museum was absolutely fantastic as it was easy to follow and you didn't get lost when looking for a specific thing. Overall the experience was really good and i 100% recommend that everyone who is a fan of music and lives in Portsmouth come and visit this museum i know that ill definitely be pestering my friends and family to visit.

7. My tweet is:Amazing experience at Portsmouth Music museum definitely a must visit!anyone that is a fan of music please come visit its a must for all music fans!.

Production report about graphics

1. 210x297mm is the equivalent of a A4 peice of paper this is traditionally used to create articles and smaller designs. A4 is the traditional size for work documents.



2. 29.7x42.0cm is the equivalent of A3 which is used for posters and various other large designs. It is the size that is normally associated with art and design.

3. The term bleed is where a print goes beyond the edges of the paper that the design or print is being printed.

4. The reason you should outline fonts when sending a document to printer is so that the font can be printed out in a resolution that the printer is able to handle best.

5. When sending a file to the printer the colour setting should be set to cmyk ( cyan,magenta, yellow and key )

6. A serif and a sans serif are both typefaces that also act as a decorative line a serif is a normal small decorative line while a sans serif is a category of lines that do not use serifs.

7. Max Miedlinger created the helvetica type face font.

8. RGB stands for RED, GREEN, BLUE.

9. A jpeg is a format that is used to compress a file in order to be able to send through email.

10. PDF stands for Portable Document Format

11. A gif is a small file that is used for websites and animation

12. We use EPS is a standard graphics file that is used to exchange images and drawings it is a high resolution file with loads of data.

13. DPI ( dots per inch) it is something that is commonly mixed up with ppi in photography.

14. the minimum resolution for art work is 300 ppi.

15. Illustrator is a vector based program.

16. Photoshop increases the quality of older photos while also potentially adding aspects to photos that previously wasn't there like colour.

17. Indesign is a file that is used to create magazine documents and other forms of documents and even leaflets.

18. A juniour graphic designer is typically on 19k a year.

19. A starting salary for a senior graphic designer is on a minimum of 30-35k a year.

20. a creative director is on 93-130k a year.



















Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Magazine Questionnaire

The chosen genre of my magazine is gaming.

1. What kind of gamer would you consider yourself? a) Hardcore gamer b) Casual Gamer c) Neutral

2. What genre of game is your favourite? a) Action b) Horror c) Simulation d) RPG e) Sports
 f) Puzzle

3. What type of game style do you like best? a) First Person b) Third Person c) Real Time Strategy
d) Point And Click

4. Do you read gaming magazines?  a) yes b) no c) sometimes

5. If yes what is your favourite? a) CVG b) Playstation Official Magazine c) XBOX Official d) Other

6. Do you read articles on gaming websites? a) yes b) no c) sometimes

7. if yes what website do you view? a) What Culture b) CVG c) IGN d) Game-spot e) Other

8. What is your favourite game to play?

9. Why is it your favourite?

10. what is your favourite console or system to play on? a) PC b) Playstation systems c) xbox systems d) nintendo systems

11. What is your preferred way to read gaming related content? a) magazine b) online

12. Please explain why?

13. Finally what do you prefer? a) retro games b) modern games c) both

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/D7TC6X3 link to online survey Create your own user feedback survey

Thursday, 4 February 2016

Gaming Journalism logo/business card Samuel West

The area i want to work in is gaming journalism. Gaming journalism is typically a mix between both formal and informal as it is typically a relaxed environment and has a cool image but the content created is written in a formal way. Also gaming journalism can be very creative if you've seen a article it is filled with colour and images. Gaming journalism is its own big area in journalism and attracts a large group of people wanting to get into it.


  As you can see above is my gaming journalism logo expressing the career i want to get into. As well as my logo this also acts as my business card.