Disha Galwankar - AICE Media Studies

Introduction  In my previous post, I went over the information I am going to include in my table of contents. In this post, I will be creating two mock ups and deciding which one I will use as a part of my final product. Please note that these designs will change as I continue to go through this process. In my mock-ups, I am much more conventional in my designs in comparison to my table of contents because I have learned that to be the most effective, my design must be only a bit not unconventional, not completely as it can take the audience aback. Mock-up One  For this mock up, I took my first sketch from my second to last post and inserted the information and images I had dealt with in my last post. I did end up changing a few things from the sketch in order to increase the effectiveness of my design. The first thing I did was increase the space between each article when I inserted the information, the page looked a bit overcrowded. The next thing I did was change my feature...

 Introduction Throughout this blog, I will be exploring some important aspects of my table of contents including images and article titles. I would like to go towards a more sleek design, one that it is not as jarring and bold as my cover but still impactful. As always, keep in mind that none of the information explained below is set in stone and will change as I continue to learn more about magazines. In my choices, I was inspired by Time magazine the most, which can be seen in my decisions. I thought that it would be interesting to take inspiration from Time for my table of contents as I took inspiration from Bloomberg Businessweek and Newsweek for my cover. Table of Contents Images  Image One For my first image, I decided to take a picture that coincided with my main cover line. This is because in my genre, if an image is included in a table of contents, then it is usually related to one of the featured stories, which is coincidentally my main cover line. I wanted to create...

Introduction After finishing my cover in the last blog, it is time to turn my attention to one of the most important aspects of a magazine: the table of contents. Throughout this post, I will not only be exploring the conventions of my genre in relation to this crucial part of a magazine but I will also be going through some possible sketches. For my sketches, I am choosing to continue using Canva, the design platform that I have been using throughout this project. To create my designs, I used a poster template on Canva and started emulating designs from magazines that inspired me. Below is an image depicting the place I started from in my process of designing a table of contents. Note that this was a Canva template that I had edited a bit before documenting it. Before I begin, it is important to note that this blog is not set in stone and the designs presented will be edited and I will add information to my blogs as I learn more throughout this process.   Conventions  ...

 Introduction  After multiple blogs of drafting and editing my cover, I have been able to come up with the final product. To do so, I used a combination of two editing platforms. I ended up using Canva not only to design my cover but to also edit my cover images. As a secondary aid, I used the image editing software on my smartphone to help make editing in Canva a bit easier. For this cover, I am aiming to impact the reader, make them feel strong emotions. I aiming to have a cover that is bold and sends a clear message to the reader in a creative way.  I am also aiming for a cover that is clean yet sophisticated. My design is one that is not conventional. Though I do adhere to some of the conventions of my genre, I found that breaking them in certain ways can make designs more impactful. I pulled inspiration from one of these unconventional magazine covers in order to create my own. Though my final cover is not the design I started out with, it is one that I have found t...