Aice Media Studies

For my magazine I enhanced the lighting of my featured photo so that the bark and canopy of the tree is more detailed and visible. I also added a red tint on photo shop in order to enhance the color of the red woods' bark. The location of this photo was in Sequoia National park. I choose this location because it is one of California's national parks, I deemed this appropriate because my target audience is adventurous travelers and nature goers. When I took the photo of the towering trees, I decided on a high angle shot in order to grasp the height them. The viewer then feels how nature prevails the power of humans as it towers above and continues to do so for more hundreds of years. The high angle creates a sense of superiority, which I felt and wanted to replicate in the shot. Furthermore, I decided on a close up shot of the canopies to rely how close humans actually are to nature. We tend to view nature as something strange and unknown, fearing how vulnerable we are to it b...

There are several spreads I have come across in my brainstorming for my travel magazine. Below I have included two-page sheet spreads from travel magazines that I will use as a means of guidance. In general, I want my magazine's to focus to be on the beauty of the photos. Therefore,  intend on having a layout where the images are the majority of content. The layout of the spreads above,  feature photos on the upper half and text on the bottom half. The use of this layout allows for the inclusion of multiple photos. I want to present the beauty of nature and create a sense of appreciation among readers as they survey my magazine. Therefore, by the ability to have multiple photos on the spread, it allows for readers to see a sense of the atmosphere of the nature spots I include. What I also find appealing about this layout is that it is simple. For my front cover I also want this look, so this format is perfect to continue the house style of simplicity. I intend o...

This magazine will be a travel magazine, for the purpose of showcasing natures beauty. For my magazine I decided that a simple front cover is most appropriate for the image I want to portray in my magazine: the beauty of travel, specifically the scenery displayed. I drew inspiration from several magazine covers:

The photos I will include in my magazine are from a trip I endeavored during my winter holidays. My family and I traveled to California and Colorado, where I was granted the opportunity to photograph the beauty of both of these states. In class, we already had selected our genre of magazine. I choose travel because of my experiences and because I knew that I was going to travel during the winter break. I photographed in Yosemite National park (California) , Sequoia National park(Colorado), and the Rocky Mountain National park. This took place over the course of a week. Below I included photos I took in these national parks. Colorado:       California:    

I plan on photographing on my winter trip to Colorado and California. I intend on photographing in the national park I will be visiting. These parks include: Estes park, Rocky mountain national park, and Yosemite National park. I love natures creations and landscapes especially mountainous ones, and these park will be perfect for what I have in mind. I especially love trees, and sequoias (redwoods) are one of the tallest trees in the world. I hope to capture the perfect shot of these beauties to make one of the photos my front cover. I will also visit Long's peak which has high elevation where I will be able to take a panorama of the Rocky Mountains if weather permits. In Yosemite national park there is a large granite rock "el capitan" which I would like to include as one of my spread features. I hope to capture a shot of this work of art. With the photos I take I intend on capturing the beauty and antiquity of the landscapes. I want to be able to portray the beaut...

The magazine 5280 is a Denver,  colorado  based magazine. The title’s originated from the “city’s mile-high elevation.” The magazine was created in 1993 to serve as the city’s magazine. They determined their content from surveying residents of Denver about what they would like to see in a magazine based on their city. This was the stem of what the magazine was all about. The surveys showed residents were interested in content from: “the arts to the environment, and from fitness to historical articles on Denver and the West.” From then to now, they expanded their magazine further and created a website for it. Now, the magazine target is worldwide, the website shows views from the united states to Columbia to Germany to Canada to the UK. The magazine still provides content that was once featured decades ago. Dining  experiences , outdoor activities,  special  events, etc. are some of the things still seen in every  edition  published from the magazine. M...

The identity of the magazine is a travel magazine featuring the beauty of  colorado’s  outdoors and the environment in  colorado . T his is seen by the photos featured on the front of the  magazine. T he  magazine also includes significant events  upcoming in  colorado  or that have already occurred.  Content found in the magazine includes: ways to minimize carbon footprints, a newly opened building that serves as a meeting for non-profit organizations, and a trail that has finally been reopened after years of being off limits. The table of contents includes information on events hosted in  colorado  and good restaurants in the state. Basically, the magazine is all based on  Colordo ’s  environment and  what it has to offer to its people or people interested in traveling to an outdoorsy  destination . Given the content, I would say the audience includes adventurous travelers ,  residents  of the state o...