CCR Video

CCR question 4

All photos taken during this project were taken with the 29mm, 12MP camera found in my Iphone SE. The most important graphic design program i used for this project was the 2020 version of Adobe Indesign.Indesign's text features and photo editing functions were used significantly to redesign my magazine articles. While not a main factor, i did also use Gmail services to send images across devices. 

CCR Question 3

In this project i had the opportunity to practice and develop many production skills related to magazine planning, design and production.
In my planning phase i spent most of my time with two skills. These were camera work skills in the case of photography of food and interviewed people. I also spent some time working in microsoft word to plane the placing of my cover, table of contents, magazine articles and my story board.
In my design phase i was able to hone my skills in two online programs. These being Canva to make my cover and table of contents and FlipSnack to make both magazine articles.
In my final production phase i was able to use for the first time Adobe Indesign which i used to remake everything in my magazine.
With the exception of Microsoft word, this was the first time for being using all of these technology programs. In the time spent, i have been able to vastly improve my skills in digital creation and design.

CCR Question #2

One engagement feature that is part of each individual issue is a response to questions sent in. This engagement part incentives greater time spent with the magazine's producer's. I also have two other secondary audience engagement tactics. These include a social media account through Instagram that can increase viability and anticipation for upcoming issues and highlight articles that would be featured in them. A website is also included in this. It's main feature is how it makes subscribing to the magazine much easier and includes a small online store of related products. With online use, we can keep the magazine online. 

Many of these ideas came from my research. In all of the magazines i researched, all of them utilized a website for the reasons that i am using. The main purpose of websites was to allow for subscriptions, the selling of products, new articles and in the case of cooking light, meal plans. 

From my distribution research, i found a few ways that magazines are able to further distribute their magazine. Wired magazine offers newsletters of cut-down articles with a variety of different amounts people may subscribe to. National geographic magazine offers an entire online library for both adults and children featuring previous issues. LIkewise, The New Yorker also offers an online library to compliment their physical issues. My distribution plan draws from all of these sources. The printing of a magazine is an effective way of still reaching people. The having of online versions though is still a very beneficial choice to make along with it though, and one that allows for a far greater number of people to access each issue. A choice that was made by wired is also one that i believe would be effective. The use of newsletters to reach members further is also one that i hope to incorporate further.  Because my target audience is younger, the distribution focus of online use is one that should be more effective at reaching my audience better than other variants would be.

CCR Question #1

One of the main conventions i followed was the cover photo. Like many other magazines, the cover is used to present the main subject dish of the issue. Following this, my cover is taken up by the bowl of pho. The cover also follows the convention of various sub-headers being scattered around the edges of the cover. Font color does follow some current conventions, magazines such as Eating Well also have the same colors across the cover. Likewise here, the green backdrop is complimented by the darker green text used. The way the interview's text is also formatted follows common conventions. The differentiated text between the interview questions and the responses is a common format that my magazine utilized. 

 Because of the specific style of this issue, the main social groups involved are Asian. These include Chinese, Myanmar, Malaysian and Burmese, but also Italian and Jewish. With the exception of two interviews, the main representation is through culinary dishes.