COM109 Magazine

M r. K F K 8 Jul ‘22

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CONTENTS MAY - JULY ‘22 EDITION

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EDITOR’S EDITOR’S BLURB BLURB

PROJECT PROJECT REEL REEL

INTRODUCTION

SOUND

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IN-CLASS ACTIVITY

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SPECIAL SPECIAL THANKS THANKS

VIDEO IN-CLASS ACTIVITY PIECES AT PLAY

RECOGNITION

PHOTOSHOP

ADVERTISEMENT

MASHUP MOSSY EGG

INDESIGN MAGAZINE COVER

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COM COM 109 109 AA CHUA CHUA KAI KAI EN EN CARIN CARIN 34446664 34446664 CT0295878 CT0295878

EDITOR’S BLURB INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION ABOUT CARIN Carin is a student at Murdoch University (Kaplan Singapore).

Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Marketing, she aspires to be a copywriter at an Advertising agency. In the future, she hopes to open her own advertising agency, bringing her personal touch to the creative industry.

Before enrolling at Murdoch University, Carin studied at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), earning herself a Degree in Advertising. Over the course of her study, she learned how to work with the Adobe softwares such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro and others. Coming up with ideas for creative advertising campaigns, writing scripts for radio advertisements and screenplays, she realised her love for copywriting and intends to pursue a career that would allow her to bring her own personal style to the creative scene by utilising her love for writing.

Carin has also picked up valuable skills outside of school. From the age of 15, she started her first part-time job at a café called Baker & Cook. Working as a cashier and barista, she gained important interpersonal skills that helped her connect with her customers. After 2 years working at Baker & Cook, she moved on to work at the nightscene for another 2 years. Stepping into the shoes of a promoter and partygirl, she proceeded to liase with potential customers, bringing them into the clubs and bars. Some notable bars and clubs she has worked at would be Attica, Cask & Bangers as well as Laughing Juice. From this experience, she learned how to talk to people of all walks of life and learn the right ways to provide them with a comfortable and enjoyable experience whenever they visited the bars and clubs.

Currently employed at Wunderfolks, a tart shop that provides customers with fresh handmade tarts daily, Carin is able to use the skills she has picked up over the years to provide the patrons at Wunderfolks with a pleasant experience, catering to their needs and ensuring that they leave the shop happier than when they came in. Although she is juggling both a fulltime degree and a part-time job, she believes that this is another good opportunity for her to learn how to keep a healthy work-life balance.

In her spare time, she enjoys painting her nails and expessing her creativity through nail art. Entirely self-taught, Carin picked up this hobby through watching YouTube videos. One main YouTuber she thoroughly enjoys watching would be SimplyNailogical, a YouTuber whose channel is solely dedicated to all things regarding nails - from how to properly care for your nails to nail art and spreading the magical beauty of holographic nail polish. This hobby allows Carin to take a breather from life. When she is dedicating 4 hours of her day to do her nails, she is able to take her mind off the fast-paced society we live in today and slow down, relishing in the tideous but rewarding process of painting her own nails.

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PROJECT REEL SOUND IN-CLASS ACTIVITY

I interviewed my partner, Dinesh, and recorded the interview in audio form.

Using my phone, we recorded a 60 second interview.

The interview was centered around getting to know my interviewee better. I started by asking Dinesh his name, and proceeded to find out more about where he used to study before enrolling into Murdoch University. I also probed him on some of the most memorable projects he worked on at his previous school, and how it was like working with his friends on a project he was passionate about.

LISTEN HERE

LISTEN HERE

I recorded a narration for the interview. Using Adobe Audition, I imported the audio recording of both the interview into the software and edited it. By cutting out unnecessary pauses and lowering the overall background noise of our surroundings, I was able to produce these final audio files.

VIDEO IN-CLASS ACTIVITY PIECES AT PLAY

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I shot a 30 second biographical clip with my interviewee, Dinesh, in mid-shot.

I shot a short film with my boyfriend, Ridhuan, titled “Pieces at Play”.

Following that, I imported the clip to Adobe Premiere Pro and edited the clip to take out any silent moments. I also did some slight colour correction to the clip.

After importing the clip to Adobe Premiere Pro, I edited the clip and added transitions, sound effects, subtitles as well as colour correction to the footage.

PHOTOSHOP MASHUP MOSSY EGG

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This image consists of more than 10 copyrightfree images found on Pexel. Importing them to Adobe Photoshop, I created a multi-layered photo mashup that effectively demonstrated skills such as the use of transformation tools, adding adjustment layers, creating clipping masks, tweaking the opacity of images and adding filters to them.

The most unique aspect of this image would be the merging of sharks with human legs with flippers. The merging of these two images make them seem unnerving, contrary to the cute pink aesthetic of the image.

VIEW I used 4 copyright-free photos to create this image. By adding a clipping HERE mask to the egg, I added an image of a statue with a bloody eye and added a mossy texture above it to create this look. By toning down the opacity, the statue was made visible. I then used the burn tool to add some depth to the egg.

Following that, I added another clipping mask to the backgroundof the original image and added some dew drops. I wanted this image to look like none of the elements were supposed to fit with each other, hence the random choice of images.

INDESIGN This is a magazine cover featuring my boyfriend, Ridhuan. The inspiration behind this cover was “Forever Favourties”, hence the use of my boyfriend’s image. Sticking to the theme, I added his Forever Favourites such as boxing, fight gear as well as his favourite rapper, Kendrick Lamar (also known as Kung Fu Kenny or KFK).

MAGAZINE COVER

Using a copyright-free background, the colour scheme of this magazine cover was decided to be earthy colours, with a pop of yellow for contrast.

I had a lot of fun coming up with the copywriting for this project, and it came quite naturally to me as the lines used in this cover were referencing common inside jokes my boyfriend and I would share between ourselves.

Using Adobe InDesign, I took all my ideas and laid them out. By manipulating the size, colours, kerning and alignment of the text, the layout of all the elements from the images to the typography and adding drop shadows to the necessary items, I was able to come up with a magazine cover that made me smile.

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RECOGNITION SPECIAL SPECIAL THANKS THANKS TO TO MY BOYFRIEND, RIDHUAN, FOR BEING SO SUPPPORTIVE EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY, ALLOWING ME TO GO TO SCHOOL WITH A HEALTHY, CLEAR MIND. MY TEACHER, ROY, FOR BEING ENCOURAGING AND ALLOWING ME TO EXPLORE MY CREATIVITY AND HAVE FUN WITH ALL THE PROJECTS. MY SCHOOL FRIENDS, FOR ALLOWING ME TO IDEATE WITH THEM AND RUN MY IDEAS THROUGH THEM.

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