Runner Analyst: By Carolina

This is the link to my Creative Critical Reflection Prezi: CCR Prezi

I integrated technologies into this project in a variety of ways. When creating my magazine, I used software, hardware, and online information to help research and format my magazine. I used the program In Design to create my magazine, which includes my title page, table of contents, and my two page article. This program helped me to create my magazine with advanced software that helped it look professional. I was able to insert photos that I had taken at scheduled photo shoots to put into my magazine as background pictures, or pictures featured in my article. In Design also helps me to format my article, including a title and featured pictures within it.  I also used a program called Microsoft Publisher. I used this program to make up the flat plan for my magazine, which plans out what each page in my article will contain.  My camera, and Nikon D 3200, was used to take pictures that I used throughout my magazine. Aside from these programs and equipment,  I also used an abundance of on

My production skills developed majorly throughout this project. One of the things that I developed throughout the course of creating this magazine was my skills using editing programs. In Design is a program I used regularly to create my title page, table of contents, and my two page article. In Design was useful because it allowed me to insert pictures that I could use in the background of articles or feature in  articles. I used In Design on my title page and table of contents to create professional looking magazine titles and labels, such as headings, sub headings, side notes, and page articles in numbers. My production skills developed in writing as well. Writing and revising my article multiple times helped to create a professional sounding interview that also developed my writing skills. Finally, my production skills developed majorly in online research. A large part of my project was looking up magazines similar to mine and seeing how they format their magazines, the distributio

How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text? In order to engage audiences, my magazine would use social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, which have had increasing popularity among teenagers and millennials. A large majority or my target audience would be engaged with social media sites that could use advertising to promote my product. The social media platform Twitter is used by teenagers across the world, and is used by many companies and producers to advertise and promote products. The trending page feature of Twitter is used to show what is raging among social networking, and could promote my product. Hashtags, favorites, and re-tweets are used to spread trends. Creating a Twitter account to promote my product is an ideal way to engage audiences.

How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues? My magazine challenges conventions in a variety of ways. To begin with, my magazine represents high school level track and cross-country, different from most sports magazines. Many sports magazines that I studied, such as Sports lllustrated, cover a large range of professional sports. My magazine focuses strictly on running, and is based on a high school level to attract readers of that social group. Not only does my magazine challenge conventions in the idea of its content, but also in design. My cover page image features the subject of my main article, but shows a picture of him from the back. Most magazine covers, as observed in magazines such as Sports Illustrated or ESPN Magazine feature modeled pictures of an athlete or team from the front. The cover picture of my magazine's title page demonstrates the emphasis on the runner winning the race and shows the challenge of conve

After making multiple edits to my title page, table of contents, and written article, I finished my magazine for 3rd quarter submission. A lot of the editing I was doing to my magazine made it easier to read and more eye catching. This is the result: