The Big Issue - my own copy

 

this is my design of The Big Issue. I have chosen to do a Christmas theme due to this piece being produced during the Christmas month. in order to present this theme I used colours, such as red, and I also added an element of coloured lights which is what is pictured when it comes to Christmas. I decided that the main story would be on strictly come dancing. this is because I have never actually watched this show and thought it would be interesting to explore on what it actually is about, and when I researching on what would be the main story I noticed they were doing a Christmas special which fit right into the theme. strictly come dancing is a popular British reality tv show about a dance competition where celebrities are paired with professional dancers to perform dances, specifically ballroom, in order to win the glitter ball trophy. they do these Christmas specials for the seasonal and festive entertainment. furthermore, The Big Issue regularly includes a political story on there front cover and when I was researching I came across the news from the Guardian on Nigel Farage. it states ' Nigel Farage has been told to apologise for his alleged teenage racism by 26 school contemporaries who have written an open letter telling of their "dismay and anger" at his response in recent weeks. ' this story fascinated me as it involved students sharing their thoughts on what their experience with Nigel Farage and since The Big Issue is left leaning I thought that it would be a perfect example on showing what views they don't support, and from my chosen story that is showing racism to anyone. when creating this issue the most important part that needed to be added was their slogan " a hand up not a handout " and this is because it is on every one of their issues and further promotes their goal in helping those in homelessness. 

school advert

 

to create this advert, we had to use a DLSR camera. in using this camera, I learned about all the different mode dials that could be used when taking a photo. for example, the flower dial is used to produce a portrait, and I used this dial when taking a photo of two students so that there is full focus on the pupils. when editing, I used adobe photoshop, where I learned a lot about layering images, as well as how to create shadows around the border all In order to create a successful advert.

beauty product advert

 

to create an advert of a beauty product I began by taking images of this specific product from my phone. I used different angles and backgrounds until I was content and was able to choose one main image. my idea for the background was to make it look like the packaging in order to capture the audiences attention. I used adobe photoshop to edit. to create the stripes I used the box tool and painted it the exact colour of the product. then using the layering tool, I added the slogan, main image, and logo. however, for the logo I had to remove the background and use the eraser tool to make it look blended with the background. the most successful part of this advert is the background and the biggest improvement to do is the logo.