The purpose of this assignment was to replicate a two-page magazine using inDesign. Since this was my first time using this program, I wasn't sure what to expect. I looked for magazine pages that were colorful, had many different elements, and looked good. I decided on these pages from Cosmopolitan. I took care to replicate the fonts and images as closely as possible, even finding the same photo as the original for some of them. If I could not find the same photo, I made sure to pick one that matched the colors as closely as possible so the color of the text I overlaid were still easily visible. This project gave me more appreciation for magazine designers because it is definitely very difficult to make a visually pleasing spread.
View here: https://youtu.be/EHUY03vcvs4 Artist Statement: When trying to decide how to approach this project, I began by thinking of how I could incorporate technology both into the theme and the production of the video. I ended up using the Photo Booth application on my Mac to record a video using the heat map effect. I experimented with how the effect worked by moving different distances from the camera and moving my hand over the camera, causing a flickering effect where the heatmap colors changed temporarily. I utilized technology by recording myself using various devices- my phone, laptop, and game console. The way that the heatmap responded to the screens of the devices was interesting. To edit the video, I used Final Cut Pro to import each clip, trim them, and use various effects. I used different opacities to overlay clips onto each other, in order to achieve a more complex image. I also added overlay trails, kaleidoscopes, mirror images, and duplication. These eff...
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