Feedback and Revisions

The feedback I received was exactly what I was afraid of going into this project. My article, combined with my photographs, was too controversial. I would have liked to be able to stick with it, however I do not want to offend any one person or group of people. Due to this, I will be redoing my entire magazine.

I will be producing a photography magazine because I am looking for a way to showcase my photography and editing skills. With this perfect platform, I am able to do this, without really having to worry about the content of the articles offending anyone.

This means that much more time and effort will go into my photo shoots, along with the editing process. I am also going to have to use Microsoft Publisher and Adobe InDesign to produce my magazine layout. I originally was planning to use Canva, but was told by my instructor that my skills would be better showcased through a program that was more inclusive, rather than drag and drop.

Use of Conventions

My midterm product, a social activist magazine entitled Riot, uses and challenges the conventions of its genre in numerous ways. Unfortunately, the way it challenges some conventions are close to blurring the lines of being socially acceptable.

There are few social activist magazines in production, but I attempted to produce one nonetheless. I researched the genres that were closest to mine, and already had an idea for something that I wanted to do. I used a number of conventions including photography techniques and editing to emphasize and highlight my subjects. However, with the connotations of my main article, it almost appears that my magazine was border lining on a racist theme, of which I was precisely trying to avoid.

With that, I plan on redoing my entire magazine. For my final submission, I will be producing a photography magazine, so I am able to showcase my photography and editing capabilities without having to be constricted by article connotations.